What is a cooperative? As the name suggests, a cooperative is about an cooperation. People cooperate instead of competing against each other. An Internationalist from the Commune is describing his experiences and insights into the economical works in Rojava and touching fundamental questions about another way of economy, one that is part of a Democratic […]
Over the last year or so, I’ve been lucky enough to be part of the women’s movement in North and East Syria. For a lot of that time I’ve been working, living, and sharing as a part of the Jineoloji Academy. When I first arrived, I honestly had only the vaguest grasp of what that
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Yesterday, the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced and shared with the public in a written statement the martyrdom of Kasim Engin, a member of the Central Committee of the party. Şehîd Kasim Engin was martyred as a result of an air attack on the guerrilla areas in the region of Bradost,
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Two days ago a fire started in a field near the International Commune. It’s unclear if it was started deliberately or accidentally. Last year ISIS sleeper cells and other Turkish proxies waged a brutal campaign of arson against crop fields in Rojava. Many thousands of acres of wheat were lost, and a number of farmers
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To start where the oppression begins, is the main key of social changes and rebuilding the values of a holistic world and life and society, says Jiyan, a German internationalist in northern Syria. Jiyan is a German internationalist who after the Sinjar massacre and the attack on Kobane in 2015 decided to travel to the
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In order to address the question of what role young women play as internationalists today, we must first look at the general situation young women’s live in. The reality of young women is first of all the union of two identities: that of youth and that of women. In the Kurdish Freedom Movement, the role
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The Autonomous Administration has just announced the extension of the anti-Corona quarantine measures for another ten days. This is a shorter period than before, and the curfew has also been amended to allow money exchanges to operate for two days a week. This was a common demand from the people here. Many families rely on
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Recent Turkish attacks have attempted to create conflict between the SDF and Regime forces in North and East Syria. The Turkish state has been unable to advance against the alliance of these forces, but hopes that conflict between them would create opportunities to do so. This is not a new strategy for Turkey – as
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