Two days ago a fire started in a field near the International Commune. It’s unclear if it was started deliberately or accidentally. Last year ISIS sleeper cells and other Turkish proxies waged a brutal campaign of arson against crop fields in Rojava. Many thousands of acres of wheat were lost, and a number of farmers […]
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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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In order to address the question of what role young women play as internationalists today, we must first look at the general situation young women’s live in. The reality of young women is first of all the union of two identities: that of youth and that of women. In the Kurdish Freedom Movement, the role
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The Autonomous Administration has just announced the extension of the anti-Corona quarantine measures for another ten days. This is a shorter period than before, and the curfew has also been amended to allow money exchanges to operate for two days a week. This was a common demand from the people here. Many families rely on
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Recent Turkish attacks have attempted to create conflict between the SDF and Regime forces in North and East Syria. The Turkish state has been unable to advance against the alliance of these forces, but hopes that conflict between them would create opportunities to do so. This is not a new strategy for Turkey – as
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As Corona exposes the fragility and callousness of the Nation-State system, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is proving far more capable. In many ways the system is designed to operate well in times of challenge and crisis – and for years it has weathered war, embargo, and terrorism. Despite these constant pressures,
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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
From Raqqa to Kobane, from colonial past till today’s flourishing of the revolution. Read More »
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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