Written by citizen journalists Nathan McDonnell & Baudoin who visited the Rojava Revolution in NE Syria in February 2026. We were very excited for our trip to visit the revolution in Rojava, in Kurdish-majority north-east Syria. In this region, the Kurdish freedom movement is leading the creation of a new society based on direct democracy, […]
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Written by Hawzhin Azeez Unfortunately for the people of Iran and their long-held aspirations of removing the brutal Ayatollah regime, Trump’s killing of Khamenei has only served to create a martyr – a martyr that will soften his brutal legacy for many, increase support from hardliners for the regime, and move many moderate Iranians to […]
Read More No to Foreign Intervention, Shahs, and Mullahs: Freedom Only Comes From Below
Press Release, co-signed by TRISE, regarding the Action week from January 25 – February 1, 2026. From January 25 to February 1, the Women Defend Rojava and RiseUp4Rojava campaigns declared an action week in solidarity with the revolution in North and East Syria. International solidarity actions were especially significant on January 26 (Kobane Action Day), […]
Read More International pressure for Rojava is working and must not stop! | Press Release on the Week of Action
Transcript of a voice message from internationalist fighter from Rojava, sent on 19-01-2026. Hello comrades, we are sending greetings from Rojava and we want to talk about the mood of the society, of the people here, because you are probably all reading the news. You are informed about the situation and yes, it is true […]
Read More Message from Rojava: Failure is not an option, our revolution continues
Written by Davide Grasso We must mobilise for the confederal revolution in Syria. This is a crucial moment. After conquering the areas controlled by the confederal revolution in the governorate of Aleppo, last night government forces launched a general offensive against the Democratic Administration of the North-East from the west (Tabqa) and the east (Deir […]
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Written by Vittorio Sergi Abbesmuseum in Eindhoven is a small structure in post-modern architecture in the midst of a residential neighborhood of modern colonial Dutch-style cottages just across the canal that surrounds the historic center. The museum houses a diverse, and unusual by Italian standards, collection of critical post-colonial artworks and information installations. Henry Von […]
Read More Sociology of Freedom: a world where many worlds fit
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 […]
Read More Hawzhin Azeez: “The Children of War Know Its Human Costs”
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 […]
Read More The Democratic Modernism of Svetozar Marković and Abdullah Öcalan