It’s sometimes hard to put feelings into words, when you are faced with something that is hard to understand. Sometimes even when you were unable to believe something like this before. Because it’s an understanding that is coming from your hearth, deep down inside of you. When we talked about the cooperatives, I thought about …
Exactly one year ago, five young girls were murdered in a school in Heseke in northeastern Syria. While they were playing volleyball they were bombed by a Turkish drone. This was not an accident, but a targeted assassination. The targets of these attacks are precisely selected and have symbolic value. They are commanders of the …
Internationalism and becoming a true internationalist revolutionary is a topic that is discussed by many but understood only by few. There is no concept or formula to becoming an internationalist. However what is for sure is that it requires conscience, a deep connection to humanity, the ability to feel the pain of every people and …
Şehîd Elefteria – The Beauty of Internationalism Read More »
I met Elefteria in 2018. From the first moment until the last time I saw her, she was always determined to fight and never doubted it for a moment. Elefteria the German anarchist who spoke a lot about her time in the Hambi and the struggle to protect the forests and nature. She was deeply …
As a group of internationalists from different places in the world, being involved in different structures in Rojava we were part of a tour in the region of north and east Syria, the region organized as the Autonomous Administration. For few more than a week we had the chance to visit places, discuss with different …
Meeting society – The Colors of the Revolution in Rojava Read More »
The women’s revolution of the 21st century is blossoming in Rojava. For more than 10 years the women and the different peoples of northeast Syria have been struggling and fighting to build up an alternative life to capitalism – in the middle of the 3rd world war. With the crisis of capitalism which today is …
Call to the young women of the world: Join the women’s revolution in Rojava! Read More »
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 »