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world. We want to join all people in this movement. People are welcome to visit and see our philosophy, and we'd love to make connections with youths in the UK. We would like people to come and see with their own eyes what's going on here; it wouldn't be a burden for people to come here. And you can report it in the UK. But there are also so many organisations which come here and then don't provide us with anything. BKS: Activists in the UK are very inspired by the Rojava revolution and want to support it. democratic confederalism in rojava Ifpeople in the UK believe in us and they are excited about us, why haven't they made a revolution against their governments? When Alan [the Kurdish child who died while trying to reach Greece] died everyone in the world cried, but why don't these people do anything practical to support Kobanê? We have a lot ofpeople like Alan. You have to do something practical, not just cry. People talk a lot but don't offer anything practical to Kobanê. The city is completely destroyed and no-one does anything. We need practical support so that people don't leave Rojava. BKS: How can people support Kobanê? There's a German organisation which is building a hospital for Kobanê, and another organisation which collects money for children ofKobanê. It's really important to help Kobanê by donating money or by rebuilding. It will help the revolution. To read more about the reconstruction ofKobanê, see our article, Rebuilding Kobanê, later in this book. 74
meeting the politicians During our stay in Cizîrê canton in Rojava in November 2015, we were introduced to five different bodies ofthe Democratic Autonomous Administration (or the Democratic SelfAdministration): the Trade and Economic Body, the Foreign Body, the Women's Body and the Education and Environment Bodies. In 2014, a social contract was agreed for the three cantons ofRojava and Legislative Councils were set up in the three cantons. According to the contract, a Legislative Council is elected by the whole population, which in turn elects an Executive Council. At the time ofwriting elections have not yet taken place and the Legislative Council is made up ofthe parties and organisations that agreed to the charter, together with representatives ofdifferent ethnic groups. This system exists alongside the council system in Rojava, which organises society through a network ofassemblies known as communes. In theory, the government bodies of the Legislative and Executive Councils should only carry out the will ofthe grassroots communes. People who were organising our meetings in Rojava were keen for us to meet these politicians, despite our requests to meet with people in communes at the grassroots levels of organising. We believe that the reason for this is because the Democratic Autonomous Administration is eager to have international recognition and be seen as legitimate. “The most important thing for you to do is to pressure your governments to recognise us as a democratic administration,”stated Siha Qaryoo ofthe Trade and Economic Body. “Currently no other country recognises us as an autonomous administration.”Since our visit to the Bodies, Rojava has succeeded in gaining more recognition from European countries. In February 2016, a Rojava consulate opened its doors in Moscow, and in April 2016, another consulate opened in Stockholm. Officials in Rojava have stated that they also have plans to open similar offices in London, Washington and Berlin, as well as in other Arab-majority countries. 1 democratic confederalism in rojava Foreign Body We interviewed Ameena Oseh, the Deputy Vice President ofthe Foreign Body, who stressed, “we do not want to serve foreign interests.”She also stated that it is vitally important that the international world acknowledge the SelfAdministration. We asked her to explain the structures ofthe Legislative Council and Executive Councils ofRojava. “All movements gathered and formed TEV-DEM. After that we announced the SelfAdministration and signed a social contract. The Legislative Council was formed, consisting of101 people and about 41 of these people are women. The Legislative Council is responsible for issuing the laws that organise society. The Executive Council is formed of21 Bodies and the people are elected from the Legislative Council.” 75
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The Roboski massacre: An interview
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INTRODUCTION During 2015, we made v
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GLOSSARYOF TERMS AND ACRONYMS Kurdi
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DAESH: The Islamic State ofIraq and
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power base in the Silêmanî (Sulay
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Until the First World War, Kurdish
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terrorism was wide and was used to
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They filled their colonial armies w
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Between 1998 and 2004, I left Yeni
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From Fascistto anti-militarist: An
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organisation made up ofKurdish vill
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convention.”In 1994 the PKK were
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I had been in the Turkish military
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Anarchists, socialists and anti-mil
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Nûdem's family says that the real
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INTERVIEWS WITH KURDISH POLITICAL P
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The worst torture is the way that p
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evidence to prosecute me, too. They
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their gas grenades offthem and thre
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Roboski massacre, which occurred du
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PART 6: ECOLOGICAL STRUGGLES IN BAK
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that there used to be many restaura
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In 1990, Turkey cut offthe flow oft
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The campaign to list Hasankeyf and
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An Interviewwith Murat, a Hasankeyf
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Ottoman, Kurdish, Syrian, Egyptian
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All ofthe problems here are about w
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are 120,000 lira. There are five pe
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Interviewwith Bİlal Memİş in Has
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An interviewwith Batman EcologyAsse
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connections with us. It’s especia
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CW: Earlier on, you said that women
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The same thing happens in agricultu
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Rebuilding Kobanê This article app
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The Kurdish Regional Government (KR
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Despite the lack ofoutside help, pe
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But as the villages' damaged struct
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much ofIraq’s Anbar province. But
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adical Kurdish movement came ofage
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arms companies
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President Tayyip Erdoğan stated: "
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production ofthe tank too. Company
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aselsan basic information Traded on
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internationalarms company profile:
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internationalarms company profile:
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Resistance Anti-militarists target
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companies complicit in ecological d
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in brief: other companies involved
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fracking Shell The Anglo-Dutch oil
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Turkish Airlines: a companyprofile
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PART 9: act in solidaritywith the p
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For solidarity with the families of
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Kurmanji or Arabic, and that local
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links JINHA Women's News Agency: ji
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Kurdistan is currently divided betw
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