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Speech of internationalists at 2nd congress of Rojava Youth’s Union (YCR)

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Speech at the 2nd congress of Rojava Youth’s Union (YCR) We, as internationalists, salute the Revolutionary Youth of Rojava and Syria, we are honored and thankful for having the opportunity to be present in this historical congress. In a congress that opens the way for the struggling youth of all Middle East: Kurd, Arab, Turkmen, Yezidi, […]

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“I hear a difference in their shouts”: marching on Başur with the Kurdish youth

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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

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Rojava to Bașur: Internationalist Commune to march on border with Kurdish youth

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A previous march from Derik to a Yezidi refugee camp in January 2018 Members of the Internationalist Commune are marching from Rojava to Bașur (South Kurdistan) alongside the Kurdish Youth Union, protesting Turkey’s violent invasion of the Qandil mountains and the craven complicity of Masoud Barzani and the puppet state of Iraqi Kurdistan. We will

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From Germany to Rojava. Perspective of an anarchist youth from the BRD

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This is at the same time a farewell letter and a declaration of attack. It is a communiqué claiming responsibility and a personal reflection as well. „There‘s only one thing that is bigger than the love for freedom: the hate against those who take it away.“ – Che Guevara I feel myself part of an

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Marching to Qamişlo – the Meşa Dirêj

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“We’re here to show that we are a part of the revolution,” says Şilan as she opens the trunk of the loudspeaker-truck to retrieve some more flags. Şilan is one of a few hundred mainly kurdish and arab youths marching on the main street of Derik/Al-Malikiya towards Qamişlo on this sunny but cold Thursday afternoon. As

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