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 »
The Internationalist Commune is a place that gathers people from around the world to take education on the ideological basis of the revolutionary movement in Kurdistan and to take part in the revolution in Rojava. To share a bit of the reality of the internationalists who come to Rojava we asked four members of the
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A delegation of the Internationalist Commune visited the 7th Conference of the Association of Şehîd Families of Dêrik on 14 November. The conference is held once a year to coordinate political work, joint assistance and support. At the time of the current threats by the Turkish state to launch a new invasion against Rojava, the
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Alina Sánchez, Lêgerîn Çiya, on the Rojava Revolution1 Editorial introduction After listening to a talk in the auditorium at the University of Nariño, Alina approached us and said: “From the way the speaker talks, one can tell he has a people behind him.” She was referring to how one can tell how much someone has
Şehîd Lêgerîn Çiya: “A Beacon of Hope for the World.” Read More »
“We used to detest our lives, but now every moment and every day feels like the most beautiful moment of my life.” A few days ago, as young internationalist women, we had the opportunity to visit different women’s structures here in Rojava and gather personal impressions and ask questions. Especially the visit to HPC Jin
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What is a cooperative? As the name suggests, a cooperative is about an cooperation. People cooperate instead of competing against each other. An Internationalist from the Commune is describing his experiences and insights into the economical works in Rojava and touching fundamental questions about another way of economy, one that is part of a Democratic
To start where the oppression begins, is the main key of social changes and rebuilding the values of a holistic world and life and society, says Jiyan, a German internationalist in northern Syria. Jiyan is a German internationalist who after the Sinjar massacre and the attack on Kobane in 2015 decided to travel to the
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