Women struggle
War mentality is patriarchal mentality We as Internationalist Young Women in Rojava woke up to the sounds of airstrikes and bombs this morning. How does it feel as a woman to be in a war zone? What is our specific role? Even if there are contradictions between the nature of the woman and the reality […]
War in Rojava: Woman as the strongest self defense against the 3rd World War Read More »
Heval Ronahî, Andrea Wolf, was murdered by the Turkish state on the 23rd of October 1998 together with 23 of her comrades in Catak, Northern Kurdistan. Ronahî was a German revolutionary that had joined the PKK movement. In 1996, she stayed at the Academy of Şehîd Mahsum Korkmaz in Damascus with Rêber Apo (Abdullah Öcalan). Learning
Şehîd Ronahî/Andrea Wolf: A revolutionary woman and internationalist Guerrilla fighter Read More »
Daesh. It’s a name not unfamiliar to our ears from those of us from the international community. ISIS, the Islamic State or sometimes simply referred to as “terrorists”, we think immediately of men dressed in black, looting, killing and terrorizing people in their path. But do we really know any more than that? Do we
Shengal, anniversary of the genocide towards political autonomy Read More »
The ecological revolution in Rojava is an ongoing process, which aims to bring about fundamental changes in our approach to nature and life. This revolution has to rebuild what former regimes have destroyed, change the mentality of a people and resist against one of the most ecocidal forces in the region, the Turkish state. From
Perspectives from Rojava: “We will leave no women unorganized!” Read More »
After we have brought out the personality of Zîlan, the old masculinity has died. – Rêber Apo On the 30th July 1996 Şehîd Zîlan (Zeynep Kinaci) made her selfsacrifizing action in Dersim. She joined the Guerilla in 1995 and as an result of an attempt to assasinate on Rêber Apo on 6th May 1996 in
Goddess of Freedom – Zîlan Read More »
“The enemy wages a total war against us. Our answer must be total resistance in the struggle for our freedom.” My name is Zeynep Kinaci. I was born in Malatya in 1972. My family comes from the village of Elmali. We belong to the Mamureki tribe. I studied tourism and psychology at Inonu university in
Letter from Şehîd Zilan (Zeynep Kinaci) Read More »
“Elefteria” Our comrade Elefteria Hambi (Eva Maria Steiger) became a vanguard of young women, ecological activists and anti-fascists of her century. Starting her struggle against the exploitation and destruction of nature in Northern Europe, she continued fighting the powers of death, the so-called Islamic State, which was fueled by the same capitalists powers that destroy
