A conversation between two Gilets Jaunes on their way to Rojava, where they want to learn for their movement and the ecological struggle. Can you introduce yourself? I am an agronomist from France and have worked most of my professional life in Central America, Africa and Asia. My passions, my purpose in life are the […]
Rojava is a laboratory that links the environment and society with municipalism. Read More »
In face of the health consequences, and when seeing the impact of weapons on the living planet, one could think it’s not relevant to care about ecology when there’s war, but Freedom fighters of North-Eastern Syria’s Autonomous Administration show us there is more to war and ecology than what it seems at first. Let’s dig
Ecology in times of war Read More »
Originally published on Komun-Academy, Written by Hêlîn Asî, March 15 2019 Around the world, currently, thousands of people, especially youth, protest and demand action against climate change. Under the slogan Fridays for future global strikes and mass demonstrations took place on March 15th. In light of the statistics and prognoses about the causes and effects of
Ecology against Capitalism – Seeking a Renewed Relationship to Nature Read More »
The war on Northern Syria/Rojava is exacerbating the ecological crisis in the Middle East. But at the same time it offers the chance to reveal the connections between imperialism and the destruction of nature and to unite struggles for ecology, radical democracy and peace; an opportunity to learn from each other and to reach out
Growing together – Against Erdogan’s war, for solidarity and an ecological alternative Read More »
“Today, at the global day of action to defend the revolution in Rojava, we would like to send our greetings of solidarity to all those different struggles all around the world”. 29.1.2019 Make Rojava Green Again and the Internationalist Commune of Rojava Dear Comrades, dear friends, We are sending our warm greetings from Rojava,
My interest in Rojava and Kurdistan ignited after a long time spent searching for a similar model or concept inside the Russian movement. The Russian movement is small and disorganised, and each person within it acts by themselves. A good example is the struggle against the ‘Nord Stream’ gas pipeline. Beginning in Vyborg city, the
Not scared to fight: Why I left Russia for the ecological struggle in Rojava Read More »
Comrades from the Special Patrol Group recently launched a subvertising campaign in London, hacking ads to display images from the Internationalist Commune’s forthcoming book ‘Make Rojava Green Again’. The images, of imprisoned representative of the Kurdish movement Abdullah Ocalan and a flower blooming from an AK-47, appeared overnight in bus-stop advertisement hoardings. Now Special Patrol
Make your city Green again: do-it-yourself subvertising kit Read More »
Our Make Rojava Green Again crowdfunding campaign to publish a book sharing information about the ecological struggle here in Northern Syria is underway, and the book is being prepared for publication – you can learn more about how to support the project from afar here. Here on the ground in Rojava, meanwhile, our practical efforts
Make Rojava Green Again! Picture Gallery – June 2018 Read More »