Last year a young women from Rojava was martyred in the free mountains of Kurdistan during the heavy attacks of the Turkish state against the Guerilla. Inspired by her story one of us drew a picture of her. Today we want to tell her story. Şehid Laleş Avesta was born to Ezidi parents in Tirbespiyê […]
A young ezidi woman’s answer to patriarchy, ISIS & colonization Read More »
A few days ago we received the message that a German friend had fallen in the mountains. The identity of the friend who fought to the last breath during a guerrilla action against advancing Turkish troops in Xakurke (mountain massif in southern Kurdistan) was published: Azad Şerger, real name Thomas Joham Spries. When we read
Butterflies & the fire: Internationalist guerrillas fallen in the mountains of Kurdistan Read More »
On May 1st, we congratulate all the workers, all those who take a stand against oppression and exploitation, those who continue to resist in the prisons, we salute the youth and women who rebel against domination and continue the historic struggle for freedom in the 21st century with courage and determination! May 1st, International Workers’
Before anything else I want to make clear that I don’t find it right to see only the 8th of March as the day of women. It is indispensable, that every day has to be lived with women, with free women. But the reality of the 8th of march shows openly that there are no
On this day, 15 February, which marks 24 years since the arrest of Abdullah Ocalan, with the complicity of a multitude of Western countries, we wanted to share some thoughts among internationalists about him. Like many internationalists who struggle together with the revolutionary movement in Kurdistan, we have had and continue to have different approaches
Who is Abdullah Öcalan? Exchange between internationalists Read More »
An internationalist who has come from his flat native country to meet the people of the mountains, to learn and share the most inspiring revolution of the 21st century wrote an embodied narrative, relating impressions of daily life and the latest tragic events with this upsurge of the Turkish threat on Rojava. The hope of
Children’s games and adult games Read More »
Statement against Turkish war crimes and a call to raise your voice & #DEFENDKURDISTAN For two years now, since the beginning of 2021, the Turkish occupation army has increased the usage of chemical gas and other internationally outlawed weapons against the guerrilla. This has mainly been done in the mountains of Southern Kurdistan/Northern Iraq in
“We don’t look away – These are our comrades and friends!” Read More »
In memory of the young Kurdish woman Jîna Amini, who was killed by the Iranian Regime and Nagihan Akarsel, who was killed by the Turkish Intelligence Service in Basur, the Young Internationalist Women recorded this Mashup of three songs in Sorani, Kurmanji and Persian. “Jin Jiyan Azadî is an unstoppable fire, a melody every woman
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