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In Rojava I can feel victory and freedom: Statement on arriving

A member of Plan C Manchester As a communist and an antifascist I’ve come to Rojava to join the revolution happening here. The social transformations taking place are a shining example of what revolutionaries, with dedication and courage, can achieve in just a short amount a time. The victories for social justice, women’s liberation and […]

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Anti-fascism, Kurdistan

At the Forefront of the Struggle Against Capitalism and Patriarchy

I began this year by crossing into the Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria, commonly referred to in the West as Rojava. Rojava is seeing the creation of a radical, autonomous democracy with feminist and ecological values at its foundation, all whilst embroiled in the ongoing civil war and facing open hostility from surrounding countries.

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Feminism, Kurdistan

The Kurdish revolution – a report from Rojava

Peter Loo, Rojava Solidarity Cluster This report was originally published in December by the Red Pepper.  In 2012 the PYD, a Kurdish political party connected to the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) based in Turkey, took advantage of the spiralling chaos of the Syrian civil war to eject regime forces from large parts of Northern Syria (Rojava

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan

For Alan Kurdi and Hande Kader: For the spirit of Rojava and Against the Turkish State

A year ago yesterday, Alan Kurdi, a Kurdish toddler, washed up on the beaches of Europe and his much photographed dead body sparked outrage amongst populations, and the promise of action from politicians. Today there is silence as a boy is murdered in Kobane by the Turkish incursion, and  the mostly Kurdish population of Rojava face

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan
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