Rojava
*I support the Kurds in Rojava who are building an egalitarian society in dire circumstances.
It is based on communalism and social ecology.
CC BY-NC-SA Autonomous Design Group https://www.weareadg.org/rojava
People around the world have been enormously inspired by the achievements of the Kurdish-led movement in Rojava, in particular, the gains in women’s liberation, LGBTQ liberation struggles, experiments in direct democracy and campaigns for ecological justice. – Solidarity against the Turkish invasion
0.1. Turkish occupation
If Turkey occupies Northern Syria, the social progress made in the region, including advances in women’s liberation and popular self-government, would be destroyed. We have already seen Turkey and the Islamist militias it backs reverse these gains in Afrin.
0.2. Critiques
This is notwithstanding criticisms of the ways in which the Kurdish PYD-YPG has suppressed other political groups among Syrian Kurds, making seemingly limited attempts at meaningful power-sharing in Arab-majority territory under its control, and its record of collaboration with both US and Russian military imperialism in Syria.
1. Raqqa
Bookmarked: The Women of Raqqa Are Rebuilding Their Future
Four years since Raqqa was liberated from ISIS, women are playing a leading role in rebuilding the Syrian city. Their activism shows that socialist feminism isn’t just about gender parity in top jobs — it’s about women taking control of their own lives.
2. Resources
3. Elsewhere
3.1. In my garden
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