Articles

A short analysis of the economical and political situation in the Middle East

Leave a Comment / Articles /

By analyzing and understanding the current political, social, and economic situation in the Middle East, we can better understand the crisis of capitalist modernity. This can give us perspective to build up alternative solutions to the many problems oppressed people face today. The Middle East, particularly the Mesopotamian region between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers […]

A short analysis of the economical and political situation in the Middle East Read More »

Rojava’s economics and the future of the revolution

Leave a Comment / Articles, Ecology /

The next text of Salvador Zana was published on Kurdish Question on 1 July 2017: Rojava’s economy has been much discussed. Rojava has been lauded by leftists all around the world to be some kind of communal, confederal socialist utopia unparalleled by anything else existing around the world right now, so the question of how

Rojava’s economics and the future of the revolution Read More »

Marching to Qamişlo – the Meşa Dirêj

Articles, Internationalism, Internationalists Experiences, Youth /

“We’re here to show that we are a part of the revolution,” says Şilan as she opens the trunk of the loudspeaker-truck to retrieve some more flags. Şilan is one of a few hundred mainly kurdish and arab youths marching on the main street of Derik/Al-Malikiya towards Qamişlo on this sunny but cold Thursday afternoon. As

Marching to Qamişlo – the Meşa Dirêj Read More »

Kurdish Women’s Radical Self-Defense: Armed and Political

Articles, Recommended External Articles, Women's liberation /

This article of Dilar Dirik was published in TeleSur the 7 july 2015 The Kurdish women’s resistance operates without hierarchy and domination and is part of larger, societal transformation and liberation. The world’s powerful institutions operate through the state-structure, which has the ultimate monopoly on decision-making, economy, and the use of force. At the same

Kurdish Women’s Radical Self-Defense: Armed and Political Read More »

Declaration of the 1st Conference of Mesopotamian Ecology Movement

Articles /

Final Declaration of the 1st Conference held on April 23-24, 2016, in Wan – North Kurdistan On April 23 and 24, 2016, the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement (MEM) held its first conference in the city of Wan (Van). One hundred delegates participated, coming from the provinces Amed (Diyarbakir), Dîlok (Gaziantep), Riha (Sanliurfa), Merdîn, Muş, Wan, Elih (Batman),

Declaration of the 1st Conference of Mesopotamian Ecology Movement Read More »

Message from Janet Biehl to Amed Ecology Assembly

Articles, Ecology /

Originally published by Janet Biehl on March 7, 2015 I was invited to participate in the Ecology Assembly in Amed (Diyarbakir), which met on February 28. The organizers wanted me to explain Bookchin’s thinking about ecology.  Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend personally, but I wrote a message to that effect and added some of my own

Message from Janet Biehl to Amed Ecology Assembly Read More »

Scroll to Top