Rojava

Defend Rojava global day of action

‘Your solidarity is part of our self-defense’: Two urgent calls from Rojava for global solidarity

Two urgent calls for solidarity with the Rojavan revolution, one initiated by Women for Rovaja and RiseUp4Rojava, the other from universities in Rojava/Northern and Eastern Syria.
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Stop war against the Kurds: Stand for peace, justice and freedom; solidarity with the Kurdish people

Kurdistan National Congress — The clear objective of the war of annihilation against the Kurds is to hand Syria over from the Baath dictatorship to the HTS dictatorship.
Kurdish rally in Sydney January 18

[Updated] (Statements) Defend the Rojava revolution against the Syrian regime’s genocidal attacks

Statements by the Revolutionary Left Party (Syria), Socialist Alliance (Australia), Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party, Turkey), Socialist Party of Malaysia, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA, and Southall Black Sisters (England) opposing the Syrian regime’s genocidal attacks on the Rojava revolution.
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[Updated] Kurdish left statements: Defend Rojava!

Statements by Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union, Democratic Union Party and Kongra Star Coordination denouncing the Damascus transitional administration’s attacks on Rojava and North and East Syria.
A Syrian Democratic Forces member stands guard along a road in town of al-Busayrah in Syria's Deir Ezzor province, on 4 September 2023

Why Arab tribes haven’t defected from the Syrian Democratic Forces

Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi — After the Assad regime’s collapse, many predicted the SDF would rapidly unravel from within. Those expectations have not materialised.
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[Updated] ‘A serious threat to civil peace and national unity’: Statements from Rojava on sectarian violence in As-Suwayda

Statements by the Syrian Democratic Council, the Democratic Union Party and the Women’s Protection Units on violence in Suwayda.
Engin Sustam

‘A politically conscious Kurdish society is emerging’

Engin Sustam says that the Kurdish movement is no longer just an organization but an international people’s movement rooted in socialism.
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‘HTS rejects Syria’s social mosaic, thus obstructing any path toward a democratic, pluralistic future’

Women's Defense Units — In response to the massacres committed against our Syrian people, our greatest act of resistance will be to embrace legitimate self-defense and realize a democratic Syria that welcomes all peoples.
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Syria: Building an anticapitalist economy in Rojava

Azize Aslan discusses the economic order and class relations in Rojava (North and East Syria) and the role class struggle plays in the revolution.
Protest in Afrin, Rojava earlier this year in support of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan.

The Kurdish issue, Öcalan’s call and developments in Rojava

Hamit Bozarslan talks about the historical roots of the Kurdish issue, Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the PKK to disarm and recent developments in Northern and Eastern Syria.
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Salih Muslim (Democratic Union Party): ‘The Syrian Democratic Forces–Damascus agreement is consistent with Öcalan’s letter’ (plus statements from Rojavan organisations)

Salih Muslim explains the content of the agreement signed between Syrian Democratic Forces General Commander Mazlum Abdi and Syrian Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

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