The Youth Movement of Rojava released a statement answering the Turkish military operations in Afrin. We translated the statement to english. In these moments right now, the fascist turkish state is attacking our people and land in Efrîn. With warplanes they are bombing cities, villages, the mountains and the valleys. For a long time the […]
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The first-ever conference of Jineology in Northern Syria, held in the city of Derek, ended on Saturday 13th January. In attendance were hundreds of women of all ethnicities and religions from across Northern Syria, as well as women from all four parts of Kurdistan and across the world. On this second day of the conference,
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On Friday 12th January, women gathered in the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria in the city of Derek for the first ever conference on Jineology in Northern Syria; the science of women aimed at developing a sociology, and practice behind it, based on truth and equality. Women from every ethnicity and religion of Northern Syria,
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It’s common to hear internationalist groups and collectives talk about ‘democratic confederalism’ referred to as the ideological paradigm of the Kurdish Liberation Movement. Despite the fact that this concept has been useful to understand the ideological evolution of the movement, it remains somewhat incomplete, and it may be more appropriate to talk about Democratic Modernity.
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Today 09.01.2018, it is the fifth anniversary of the deaths of Sehid Sara (Sakine Cansiz), Sehid Ronahi (Leyla Saylemez) and Sehid Rojbin (Fidan Dogan). Sehid Sara is one of the first women and founding member of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party). At a time when it was even harder for women to organize themselves politically
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On August 17 the youth women movement organized a demonstration in Dirbesiye, and some people of the Internationalist Commune of Rojava decided to take part of this event. On the way to Dirbesiye, we were driving the road that goes near the wall that the Turkish State built in the Syria-Turkey border. Around six hundred
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Dear friends, Since the Long March last year we have been able to achieve great victories in our struggle for a free society without a state, power or violence. Through its commitment to radical democracy, ecology and women‘s liberation and because of its visionary approach the Kurdish Freedom Movement has become a central factor in
Invitation to the „Freedom for Öcalan” Long March Read More »
August 3 of 2017 was the day that daesh attacked Sengal. For that reason, in 2017 the Free Yazidi Women’s Movement (TAJÊ) released an call for the international day against the genocide. Answering this call, the youth movement of Rojava organized a march for August 3 that started in Derik. Some members of the Internationalist
Gallery: co-operatives and Ezidî solidarity march Read More »