Written by Hawzhin Azeez. She holds a PhD in political science and International Relations, from the University of Newcastle, Australia. Azeez is the creator of The Middle Eastern Feminist and was formerly the Co-Director of The Kurdish Center for Studies (English branch). Previously she has taught at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), as […]
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Statement by the European Ecological Movement for Kurdistan (TEV-EKO) from 12.05.2025. The 12th Congress of the PKK, which was held on 5-7 May 2025, and the statement issued afterwards represent a new turning point in the peoples’ struggle for freedom and democracy. The decisions taken have a historical significance not only for the Kurdish people, […]
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Written by Yavor Tarinski To many the news of PKK dissolving itself came as a thunder bolt from the blue sky. Such a surprise mostly comes from an absence of knowledge on the writings of Öcalan and the project of Democratic Modernity that has been adopted by the Kurdish freedom movement couple of decades ago. […]
Read More Strategic Transformation? The PKK’s Self-Dissolution within the Framework of Democratic Modernity
Written by Andrej Grubačić for the book Building Free Life: Dialogues with Öcalan (PM Press, 2020). Svetozar Marković, the founder of Balkan socialism, was arrested in January 1874. He was immediately jailed in the Serbian town of Kragujevac. For the police records Marković gave his occupation as a writer; the local authorities recorded that he […]
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Statement by the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement Rojava, which is being built as a democratic, ecological and women’s libertarian model of life in the Middle East, is once again facing the danger of occupation. The life built in Rojava with the joint struggle of peoples, women and youth in the middle of the war, while giving […]
Read More GIVE VOICE TO ROJAVA! We will not stop defending Rojava, the hope of the peoples to live together
On the 3rd of October, in collaboration with the Academy of Democratic Modernity, a presentation of Ocalan’s brochure “Ecology: The Rebellion of the Environment” will take place at our social space in Athens, from 19:00. More about the brochure HERE.
Read More Brochure presentation of “Ecology: The Rebellion of the Environment”
A brochure by the Academy of Democratic Modernity, entitled: “Ecology: The Rebellion of the Environment”. It is a compilation of the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan about ecological problems and needed solutions. Presenting the booklet, the Academy said: “Alongside radical democracy and women’s liberation, ecology is also a central pillar in the paradigm of democratic modernity. […]
Read More Ecology – The Rebellion of the Environment (brochure)
On the morning of February, 17th, the session on the ” Kurd”, organized by Civil Diplomacy Center NE Syria, in collaboration with Kongra Star Women’s Movement and Jineoloji Center took place. 50 people from around the world took part online to learn about the methods of the people- and women-led revolution in North and East […]
Read More Webinar | Rojava Revolution, an alternative world being built in NE Syria
Announcement of the Kongra Star Women’s Movement from 15 January 2024 Since the night of 13 January, the fascist Turkish state has launched a second intensive air operation in Rojava (Northern Syria) within a month, once again targeting civilian infrastructure and production facilities and thus the daily life of the people. Over the past […]
Read More Show solidarity with the women’s revolution in Rojava, break the silence
Written by Dr. Federico Venturini, Human Geographer and Social Ecologist This is a personal relection on an activist-researcher’s experience as a peace delegate. As with all stories, let’s start from the beginning. I believe in freedom and I work towards the elimination of all forms of domination. For this reason I am embedded in many […]
Read More An Activist-Researcher as a Peace Delegate