Antifascist activists, we came to Rojava. We were born and raised in Europe. We asked ourselves some questions. The ones we all ask ourselves. What am I doing here, what is this society in which I live. We were socialized, we went to school. We followed, for a time, the path that is determined by […]
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As Internationalist Commune of Rojava and international campaign RISEUP4ROJAVA we call for a worldwide mobilization against a Turkish invasion in Northern Syria: Call: Seven years ago a revolution began in Rojava that was to radically change the lives of millions of people. The Kurds liberated themselves from the dictatorship of the Assad regime and began
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In a few days is the 19th of July. This date is a significant day in our history. It is the 7th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution. To draw attention to this historic day, we as a global RISEUP FOR ROJAVA network call for a social media campaign on July 19. Share your congratulations with
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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
For a new Internationalism of Women: Democratic World Women’s Confederalism Read More »
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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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
Commemoration of two internationalist women – Uta Schneiderbanger Read More »
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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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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