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Back to homepageMake Rojava Green Again Call for Action Days on the 18th and 19th July 0
We call for two international days of action on the 18th and 19th of July 2020, against the bombing and invasion of Basûr (Southern Kurdistan, Iraq) and the occupation of Rojava regions by the Turkish army
Read MoreFreedom for Ocalan 0
As trade unionists and internationalists, we understand that nothing builds solidarity like a shared struggle and a shared experience
Read MoreTurkish drones killed three women in Kobanê 1
On 23 June, three activists of the women’s movement in north-east Syria were killed as a result of a drone attack carried out by Turkey in the village of Helincê (Halinja) near Kobanê
Read MoreInterview: Civil Defense Forces commanders on community policing in North and East Syria 0
Zibeda Eli commands the Civil Defense Forces in Qamishlo and the Jazira region, while Samira Mihemed is the commander of the all-female Women’s Civil Defense Forces (HPC-Jin) in Qamishlo
Read MoreIran – Still Executing Kurds 0
The Iranian regime, with its Revolutionary Guards at the helm, once again comes under international scrutiny for its disappearance and execution of political prisoners with little interest in due process
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Water for Rojava
While the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s right-wing government continues to attack the Kurdish-led Rojava Revolution. One of its weapons of war is water
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Gramsci, Öcalan and the Postmodern Prince
The Kurdish self-governing resistance can also be read as resistance for the creation of a counter-hegemony
Read MoreGramsci, Öcalan and the Postmodern Prince
The Kurdish self-governing resistance can also be read as resistance for the creation of a counter-hegemony
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Fatih Akin: Yilmaz Güney was a master of realist cinema
Today the great Kurdish director Yilmaz Güney will be 83. He died prematurely in 1984 in Paris, where he was exiled. In 1982 he had won the Cannes Festival with the masterpiece “Yol”
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Revuelta de los presos de ISIS en Rojava
Kino Gabriel, el portavoz de las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias (SDF) ha anunciado por la tarde del lunes que el motín iniciado por la tarde del domingo en la cárcel de Heseke (en Rojava) donde se encuentran alrededor de 5000 presos del Estado Islámico
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