On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Women’s Defense Units of the YPJ in North and East Syria, we send our solidarity greetings, strength and energy to the fighters of the YPJ, who with their courage and determination in the struggle for a liberated and self-determined life against the colonial policies of the states and patriarchal violence are resisting every day. The basis and theory of the women’s …
After the two massive earthquakes on Monday 6.2 in Kurdistan, Syria and Turkey, thousands of people have already lost their lives. Many more are injured, missing or affected by the devastating consequences. The numbers are increasing day by day. Entire villages and neighborhoods have been destroyed. With winter temperatures and snow, hundreds of thousands of people are now struggling to survive in the cold. As the Women Defend Rojava campaign, …
On the 23th of December 2022, Evîn Goyî, Mîr Perwer and Abdurrahman Kizil were killed in Paris. Nearly ten years ago on the 9th of January 2013 Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez were murdered in Paris as well. In the demonstrations against this recent attack, you could see many women and men holding up pictures of all six of them. This is not a coincidence! The recent attack …
Our revenge is to guarantee the women’s revolution On the 10th anniversary of the Paris massacre, we remember the fallen Sakîne Cansiz (Sara), Fîdan Doğan (Rojbîn) and Leyla Şaylemez (Ronahî) with gratitude and bow down to them. We also remember with respect the martyrs of Sîlopiyê Sêvê Demîr, Fatma Uyar and Pakîze Nayir, who led the resistance of the autonomous administration in Botan, and the martyrs of the 2nd Paris …
Since the revolution in Rojava, women have been active and involved in the struggle on all fronts of life. In this short documentary, you will get a glimpse into the life of a HPC – Jin member (Women’s Civil Defence Units). In the spirit of the people’s revolutionary struggle and participatory democracy, she organizes her neighborhood. Video with English subtitles:
Yesterday (the 23rd of December, 2022) three Kurds were shot and killed in a terrorist attack in Paris. The gunman also wounded another three people in three different locations that all belong to the Kurdish community in Paris. In this context this attack is more than simply a racist attack, which is how state authorities and the mainstream media are presenting it. It is a politically motivated assassination targeting the …
Grief to anger! Anger to resistance! A man shot at several people in front of the Kurdish cultural centre in Paris at noon today. Three of these people have already been murdered by his shots. Others are seriously injured. This is not the first time that Kurds have been subjected to massive violence in Europe. At the time of today’s attack, a meeting of the preparatory committee for the commemoration …
