STRUGGLES
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and momentum for the setting up ofcooperatives<br />
by the grassroots in Rojava. This<br />
is being done in a bottom up way by a<br />
diverse range ofcommunes and related<br />
organisations. For example, the Foundation<br />
ofFree Women in Rojava is currently<br />
setting up a number ofwomen's cooperatives<br />
in Cizîrê canton.<br />
We have a lot to learn from these<br />
movements, and the first step towards<br />
solidarity is to educate ourselves. Many of<br />
the groups we visited in Rojava asked for<br />
people from outside to come and learn<br />
about their movements. By making stronger<br />
connections with activists working at the<br />
base level ofdemocratic confederalism - for<br />
example, the communes, co-operatives and<br />
women's organisations - we can broaden<br />
our understanding and begin to forge<br />
genuine solidarity and also generate ideas<br />
and inspiration for our own movements.<br />
democratic confederalism in kurdistan<br />
End notes<br />
1. A. Öcalan (2011), Democratic Confederalism, http://www.freeocalan.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/09/Ocalan-Democratic-Confederalism.pdf,<br />
Transmedia Publishing Ltd.<br />
2. A. Öcalan (2011).<br />
3. M. Bookchin (1990), 'The Meaning ofConfederalism', reprinted in New World Academy, 'Stateless<br />
Democracy' (2015).<br />
4 and 5. A. Öcalan (2011).<br />
6. http://www.hawarnews.com/%D9%86%D8%AD%D9%88-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1-<br />
%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF-<br />
%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A-<br />
%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A/<br />
7. A. Öcalan (2013), Liberating life: Women's revolution, http://www.freeocalan.org/wpcontent/uploads/2014/06/liberating-Lifefinal.pdf,<br />
Transmedia Publishing Ltd.<br />
8. P. White (2015), The PKK, Coming Down From the Mountains, Zed Books.<br />
9. http://www.biehlonbookchin.com/dtks-autonomy-proposal/<br />
10. From Janet Biehl's personal notes ofan interview with Aldar Xelîl (October 2014), kindly provided to<br />
Corporate Watch in 2016.<br />
11. https://rojavanorthernsyria.noblogs.org/english/document-of-the-democratic-federal-system-ofrojava-northern-syria/<br />
12. https://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2016/03/25/syrian-kurdish-activist-and-journalist-shiarnayo-on-the-declaration-of-federalism-in-north-syria/<br />
12a. https://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/syria-on-the-syrian-revolution-and-the-kurdish-issueand-interview-with-syrian-kurdish-activist-and-journalist-shiar-nayo/<br />
13. Z. Baher (2014), The experiment ofWest Kurdistan (Syrian Kurdistan) has proved that people can<br />
make changes, Libcom.<br />
13a. https://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/syria-on-the-syrian-revolution-and-the-kurdish-issueand-interview-with-syrian-kurdish-activist-and-journalist-shiar-nayo/<br />
and<br />
www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/07/syria-kurds-pyd-amuda-protest.html<br />
14. Z. Baher (2015), Our attitude towards Rojava must be critical solidarity, http://libcom.org/library/ourattitude-towards-rojava-must-be-critical-solidarity,<br />
Libcom.<br />
15. Z. Baher (2015).<br />
16. Z. Baher (2014), The experiment ofWest Kurdistan (Syrian Kurdistan) has proved that people can<br />
make changes, Libcom.<br />
17. http://www.kurdistan-report.de/index.php/archiv/2014/171/13-privateigent...<br />
Translated by the Institute ofSolidarity Economics.<br />
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