Internationalism

International action week from 1 to 8 November 2020

It is also 6 years since we found ourselves together on the streets of the world. We were united by anger, worry, horror, but also hope and faith in our own strength. United by internationalist solidarity, we became hundreds, thousands, millions, One. A strength that gave voice to those who risked and sacrificed their lives […]

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To our families, the families of Ş. Nûdem, Ş. Avaşîn, Ş. Şiyar, Ş. Bager and Ş. Andok:

We have read the open letter that you wrote to Merkel and we are very happy about your coming together and the joint initiative. As internationalists who are part of the revolution and freedom struggle in Kurdistan and Rojava in different ways, as comrades of your children with whom some of us spent beautiful, precious

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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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Rise Up Against Isolation: „Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan World Day“

It’s October 2020, and Abdullah Öcalan, the founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), leader and philosopher for the Kurdish and Middle Eastern people and creator of the „Paradigm of a Democratic, Ecological Society and Freedom of Women“ is still being held hostage on Imrali Prison Island by the Turkish Fascist State. 22 years have

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End isolation, fascism, occupation; Time to Ensure Freedom

To the public and press: On 12th September this year, the 40th anniversary of the military coup of 1980 in Turkey, the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) launched a new campaign and offensive, named „End isolation, fascism, occupation: Time to ensure Freedom“. We welcome and salute this initiative to be our perspective for this phase of

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Hevalê Çîya – two letters to the memory and to pay tribute to our internationalist comrade

Those letters have been first published in Spanish onto the Rojava no está sola blog, then kindly translated to allow their publication in English that we reproduce here. Letter 1: Truly, it is really difficult to start this letter. No beginning is adequate to express the immense pain that comes with the death of a

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Bager Nûjiyan: The Seeker of Truth who insisted on another world

Our friend, internationalist revolutionary and guerrilla fighter Michael Panser, Bager Nûjiyan (also Xelîl Vîyan) died and became immortal on December 14, 2018 in a Turkish air raid on the Medya defense areas in Southern Kurdistan. “Our hearts are full of pain, our heads are full of memories. Heval Bager was a friend who will remain

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8th anniversary of the July 19 Revolution

Today, on the 19th of July 2020 we celebrate eight years of revolution in Rojava. Since 2012 the liberated areas of North and East Syria have been a global locus of revolutionary energy, struggling against fascism and counter revolution as a beacon of hope for many. Through the sacrifice of many thousands of martyrs and

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