Internationalists Experiences

Why coming to Rojava – Interview with members of the Internationalist Youth Commune

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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Our visit to the Conference of the Şehîd Families of the Dêrik Region

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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Şehîd Lêgerîn Çiya: “A Beacon of Hope for the World.”

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

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Revolution and Cooperatives: Thoughts about my time with the economic committee in Rojava

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

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Interview with an Internationalist health Worker in Rojava

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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From Raqqa to Kobane, from colonial past till today’s flourishing of the revolution.

Through two short texts a comrade of the Internationalist Commune tells those two cities through his own experience there. 1. Colonization and stolen history – The stolen brothers of Kobane. 2. After war and death, the liberation of life and of women – The women council of Raqqa. 1. Colonization and stolen history – The

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It´s A Small World- Internationalism In Our Time

The word internationalism might seem self explanatory, but it carries a long history. The concept has been evolving ever since the call, “Workers of the World Unite“ and the formation of the first international 150 years ago. But if we follow it down the winding path of struggle we see that with one face or

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