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For a new Internationalism of Women: Democratic World Women’s Confederalism

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The Kurdish women’s liberation movement presented its proposal for a democratic confederalism of women for the first time in October 2018 at the International Women’s Conference in Frankfurt, which was organized by the network “Women Weaving the Future” under the title “Revolution in the Making”. In its five-page declaration for this year’s 8 March the […]

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Stories: Internationalists of the PKK in the Palestinian Resistance 1982

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On June 6, 1982, ten PKK militants fell while fighting shoulder on shoulder with the Palestinian resistance in Lebanon in the war against the Israeli invasion. They fell as internationalists. Today, on the occasion of the anniversary, we publish stories of these ten Kurdish partisans in resistance and commemoration of the fallen Internationalists of the

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Commemoration of two internationalist women – Uta Schneiderbanger

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Uta Schneiderbanger with Kurdish name Nudem, which means “New Time”, was born on July 20, 1961 in Mühlheim an der Ruhr in Germany. Since her youth she has been active in leftist movements, especially in the women’s movement. Uta heard about the new Kurdish liberation movement for the first time at the end of the

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Commemoration of two internationalist women – Ekin Ceren Doğruak

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She was born in January 1981 in Ankara. Her family was originally from Agean region of Turkey. She left her studies in Ankara University Sociology Department in her last year. During her university studies she met Kurds and the Kurdish freedom movement. She participated in different student movements. At the same time she participated in

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From Kurdistan to Great Britain – Why hunger strikes matter

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It is only with our knowledge and understanding of our own history that we can see the impact hunger strikes can have in the fight against oppression and tyranny. Our own history of struggle has been shaped and redefined by this acts. Thats why hunger strikes matter, from Kurdistan to Great Britain. In the last

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II. Remembering means fighting – Internationalism and Prison Resistance of the Şehids of May

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In May, we will be releasing a series of articles related to the history of revolutionaries and their struggles. The stories and fights of Bobby Sands and Ulrike Meinhof, Hakî Karer and Deniz Gezmis still have a special meaning for us today and give us revolutionary perspectives for the future. As internationalists, we continue their

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Remembering the Nakba – building Democratic Confederalism

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Today, on the 15th May 2019 we write to remember the struggle in Palestine and to call for building democratic confederalism all over the Middle East. Remembering the Nakba, 15th May 2019 Today, on the 15th May 2019 we write to remember the struggle in Palestine and mark 71 years since the Nakba (catastrophe) expelled

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Women’s structures of Internationalist Commune of Rojava – The New International

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The eleventh episode of the New International follows the work of Heval Zelal, a French revolutionary who’s joined the education at the Internationalist Commune as part of the autonomous women’s structures. The New International is a biweekly, bilingual show broadcast on Kurdistan’s Stêrk TV. Each episode follows a day in the life of an internationalist revolutionary

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