From the protest camp at the Tishrin Dam in Rojava, North-East Syria we call on all the youth organizations, socialists, antifascists, ecologist, women’s movements and everyone that stands against war to speak up to the war crimes being committed by the Turkish state on the Tishreen Dam and to start actions to stop the attacks.
Since almost 50 days the SDF is defending the area around the Tishreen Dam against the attacks of the Turkish fascist state and its militias such as the SNA. The Tishrin Dam is a strategical point for the Turkish state in order to enter Kobanê and to continue to destroy the infrastructure of the people that live in the regions of the Autonomous Administration. Since the start of the resistance there had been severe attacks by the Turkish state’s drones and warplanes on the waterdam, showing a imminent danger to the livelihood of the people. The Democratic Autonomous Administration has been warning that the destruction of the waterdam caused by the bombings would lead to a huge ecological catastrophe for the people and the region: Hundreds of thousands would be without electricity and water. Thousands of hectares of farmland would be destroyed and even villages flooded.
To stop the attacks on the dam and to protect it from being destroyed thousands of people from all over North-East Syria have been coming to the Tishreen Dam in the last weeks. The very first people’s convoy of hundreds of vehicles was immediately attacked by Turkish drones and artillery on the way to the dam. But despite the attacks, the will of the people prevailed: By foot they continued to march to Tishreen. Here again the people of North-East Syria declared a state of total resistance against the attacks and decided to continue the action without any fear and willing to give everything to protect their land. This stance showed once again the historical and heroic spirit of these people and how Revolutionary People’s War is put in practice.
Today at the Tishreen Dam the people are writing history and every day more and more people come to protect the dam.
In the last two days the Turkish state, enraged by the people standing between its goal of destruction and occupation, has been deliberately targeting civilians. Drone strikes launched on the people and the car park have so far cost more then 15 lives and injured dozens. Among them Artists, Politicians, Educators, Activists, Mothers, Fathers, Daughters and Sons. This showed how much the Turkish state is afraid of the power of the people and their resistance. This is why the fascist Turkish state is attacking viciously to break the will of the people.
We are here today, because we believe that we have to stand together to fight the injustice and brutality of capitalism. We are here today because we believe that every deed, every action counts in these times of crisis and chaos. We are here today because we believe in the alternative that is being built in Rojava. We are here to say: We Are Tishreen!
We call on everyone to act now because it is all our responsibility to stop the attacks on this action of the civil society! The people coming to protect the Tishreen dam, one by one, are aware that they might become a target of the Turkish states airstrikes. But they are aware of the importance of this dam.
For this reason we call on you : The action to protect the Tishrin dam is not only in North-East Syria but has to spread everywhere! We call on everyone to join the action day on the 25th and 26th and together we will bring an end to the attacks on the Tishreen dam!