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82nd anniversary of the death of Seyit Riza, Kurdish leader of the Dersim Rebellion

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This 15th November 2019 mark the 82nd anniversary of the execution of Seyit Riza by the Turkish state. We wrote this article to remember him and his fight against the oppressors. Seyit Riza (1963 – 1937) was an Alevi, Zaza-Kurdish* political leader from the Dersim region of North Kurdistan (today part of the Turkish state). […]

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Til Temir: Front line – A letter from an internationalist friend

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A combatjet passes in low flight over the city of Til Temir, making the windows of the houses vibrate, where Kurds, Arabs and Assyrians coexist in this arid city located today few kilometers of the front. When the blazing sound of the engine passes, the crying of a baby is the first thing to break

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A Ray of Hope

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Foza Yusuf, member of the coordination of Kongra Star, former co-chair of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, on the importance of internationalist works against Turkish fascism. First of all I would like to greet all our people worldwide, all friends of the Kurdish people and all freedom-seeking women on the occasion of

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Hero of our time – Andok Cotkar, Konstantin

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On 16 October 2019 Andok Cotkar, Konstantin, from Kiel in Northern Germany fell in an air raid in Serekaniyê, Northern Syria in the course of the war of aggression of NATO member Turkey. In September 2016, Heval Andok joined the YPG People’s Defense Force in Rojava, Northern Syria, to become part of the fight against

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World Resistance Day for Rojava – November 2nd

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At 4pm on October 9th, the Turkish occupation army and its Islamist allies began their long-prepared war of aggression against the liberated areas of northern Syria. At four o’clock sharp in the afternoon, bombs rained down on people in towns and villages on the border. Jihadist militias began their advance under the leadership of the

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Asayîş, Democracy’s Self-Defence

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A few days ago, several members of the Internationalist Commune of Rojava went to visit the offices of the Asayîş in the city of Dêrik, in the North-East of the region. Heval Ronahî tells us about it, in his own words: “When we arrived there, we were welcomed by all the members of the base.

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Let us be realistic, let us try to do the impossible

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In memory of the freedom fighter Michael Panser/Xelîl Viyan/Bager Nûjiyan Four butterflies decide to find out what fire really is. The first butterfly flies far past the fire, comes back and says, ‘Fire is something that gives light’. This is not yet all the knowledge about its nature, and so the second butterfly flies a

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The culture and art center of Dêrik

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The cultural and art center of Dêrik opened its doors to internationals, for a visit, in order to present its site and purpose, which is to defend art and culture. It offers a space for music groups, and notably dengbêj groups (the Kurdish traditional style of singing), of either adults or children or both, to

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