Ecology

Growing together – Against Erdogan’s war, for solidarity and an ecological alternative

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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 […]

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Greetings from Make Rojava Green Again and the Internationalist Commune of Rojava to #RiseUp4Rojava

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“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,

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Not scared to fight: Why I left Russia for the ecological struggle in Rojava

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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

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Make your city Green again: do-it-yourself subvertising kit

Global Days of Action, Internationalism, Make Rojava Green Again /

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

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Make Rojava Green Again! Picture Gallery – June 2018

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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

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Society‘s roots: the battle for history at Rojava’s archaeological sites

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Rojava is home to many of the oldest sites of human society, culture and history, dating back 5000 years or more. Members of the Internationalist Commune, together with archaeology students from Rojava’s Tevgera Xwendekaren Demokratik (TXD, or Democratic Students’ Movement), recently visited several of these ancient sites as part of a joint education. We saw

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We need your help! Crowdfunding for the book “Make Rojava Green Again”

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“Help bring a new world into being in Rojava. And spread its vision: that a free, ecological society is possible everywhere.” – Debbie Bookchin In the beginning of this year, we started the campaign “Make Rojava Green Again” together with the responsible entities within the self-administration for the ecological work. Several initial ecological projects, mainly

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Why we’re planting trees in northern Syria – Independent article

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This interview/article was originally published in the Independent newspaper. “Thirty years ago this area was full of trees,” Adin says, pointing at a dusty swathe of harvested wheat fields spreading to the horizon and the Turkish border beyond. “Then the regime sent men to cut them all down.” We are in the autonomous region of

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