This article is part of our series on life for Êzidî (Yazidi) women, written by a member of the Internationalist Commune who is currently working in the women‘s structures in Shengal. Only the Kurdish movement intervened when the Kurmanci-speaking Êzidî people suffered genocidal massacre at the hands of Daesh in 2014, yet earlier this year […]
“They sold me for a cigarette”: voices of Shengal women #2 Read More »
This article is part of our series on life for Êzidî (Yazidi) women, written by a member of the Internationalist Commune who is currently working in the women‘s structures in Shengal. Only the Kurdish movement intervened when the Kurmanci-speaking Êzidî people suffered genocidal massacre at the hands of Daesh in 2014, yet earlier this year
“My children are still in ISIS’ hands”: voices of Shengal women #1 Read More »
Our Make Rojava Green Again crowdfunding campaign to publish a book sharing information about the ecological struggle here in Northern Syria is underway, and the book is being prepared for publication – you can learn more about how to support the project from afar here. Here on the ground in Rojava, meanwhile, our practical efforts
Make Rojava Green Again! Picture Gallery – June 2018 Read More »
This interview was first published June 2017 in Lower Class magazine. At that time the academy was still under construction – see here for the changes the last 12 months have brought, including the completion of the academy, the launch of the Make Rojava Green Again campaign and our first education together. Baz Soz is
Interview with a Palestinian Internationalist in Rojava Read More »
After two days on the road with the Kurdish Youth Movement, our feet are sore and our throats hoarse. In the end, a thousand-strong torrent of youth were beaten back by the gun-butts of the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga as they attempted to cross the Tigris river border and join a “human shield” defending the Qandil
“I hear a difference in their shouts”: marching on Başur with the Kurdish youth Read More »
This interview/article was originally published in the Independent newspaper. “Thirty years ago this area was full of trees,” Adin says, pointing at a dusty swathe of harvested wheat fields spreading to the horizon and the Turkish border beyond. “Then the regime sent men to cut them all down.” We are in the autonomous region of
Why we’re planting trees in northern Syria – Independent article Read More »
Being the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel, large mobilisations have been organized in Gaza under the slogan: “the march of the return”. Children and grandchildren of those who were forcefully expelled have tried to return to their homes, finding the brutal repression of the Israeli armed forces, which have murdered
Palestina, Kurdistan! Intifada, serhildan! Read More »
We, the Internationalist Commune of Rojava, stand in solidarity with the #Moria35 political prisoners. These refugees were subjected to police brutality, found guilty on false charges, and are currently imprisoned in direct contravention of a court order. Their only “crime” was to engage in a peaceful demonstration outside the European Asylum Support Office on the
Rojava to Lesvos – solidarity with the #Moria35 Read More »