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Declaration of the 1st Conference of Mesopotamian Ecology Movement

Final Declaration of the 1st Conference held on April 23-24, 2016, in Wan – North Kurdistan On April 23 and 24, 2016, the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement (MEM) held its first conference in the city of Wan (Van). One hundred delegates participated, coming from the provinces Amed (Diyarbakir), Dîlok (Gaziantep), Riha (Sanliurfa), Merdîn, Muş, Wan, Elih (Batman), …

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Message from Janet Biehl to Amed Ecology Assembly

Originally published by Janet Biehl on March 7, 2015 I was invited to participate in the Ecology Assembly in Amed (Diyarbakir), which met on February 28. The organizers wanted me to explain Bookchin’s thinking about ecology.  Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend personally, but I wrote a message to that effect and added some of my own …

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Challenging privilege: on solidarity and self-reflection

Solidarity is not a one-way charity undertaking by privileged activists, but a multidimensional process that contributes to the emancipation of everyone involved. A german man is not impressed with the grassroots democracy project in Rojava because he has seen something similar decades ago in Latin America. A French woman reproaches Kurdish women for a lack …

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Şehid: Fîraz Dağ (Mehmet Aksoy), founder of Kurdish Question

Fîraz Dağ (Mehmet Aksoy) was from the Elbistan district of Northern Kurdistan in Maraş province. He grew up in London after his family’s migration to Europe. Since the early years of his youth, he has never been separated from the path of anti-capitalist, democracy and human rights struggle as part of the rightful struggle of …

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British YPG volunteer Jack Holmes falls şehid in Raqqa

Along with the People’s Defense Units (YPG), Jack Holmes tirelessly participated in eight military operations against ISIS terrorists in Rojava, northern Syria, including the campaign to liberate Raqqa. The city of Raqqa was officially liberated from ISIS on October 20, 2017, yet Jack who has the Kurdish nom-de-guerre Şoreş Amanos, insisted to stay in the …

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