News & Updates
News Archive
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April 2024
- Apr 26, 2024 New NYC Art Exhibit: Stories of Resistance in Autonomous Communities Apr 26, 2024
- Apr 10, 2024 Announcing: West Coast Rojava Speaking Tour This May! Apr 10, 2024
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March 2024
- Mar 14, 2024 Hope and Contradictions: My Year in Rojava Mar 14, 2024
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February 2024
- Feb 20, 2024 Kurds and Supporters Rally Outside White House Calling for Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan Feb 20, 2024
- Feb 19, 2024 VT POLITICAL & LABOR LEADERS CONDEMN TURKISH ATTACKS ON KURDISH CIVILIAN TARGETS IN NORTH EAST SYRIA Feb 19, 2024
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January 2024
- Jan 31, 2024 Call to Action: Free Abdullah Öcalan! End U.S. Complicity in Turkey's War on Kurds! Jan 31, 2024
- Jan 28, 2024 ECR Condemns F-16 Sale to Turkey Jan 28, 2024
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December 2023
- Dec 26, 2023 ECR Press Release: Turkey's Christmas Bombings in North-East Syria Dec 26, 2023
- Dec 26, 2023 Jineoloji Academy Statement on Recent Turkish Attacks Dec 26, 2023
- Dec 18, 2023 2023 end-of-year fundraiser Dec 18, 2023
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November 2023
- Nov 30, 2023 Book Tour: Azize Aslan's Anticapitalist Economy in Rojava Nov 30, 2023
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October 2023
- Oct 17, 2023 Latest Summary of Turkey's Attacks on Rojava Oct 17, 2023
- Oct 10, 2023 The U.S. Launch of the 'Freedom for Ocalan' Campaign Oct 10, 2023
- Oct 7, 2023 Open Letter from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Oct 7, 2023
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September 2023
- Sep 21, 2023 The Kurdish Women’s Movement and Turkey’s Transnational ‘Feminicide’ Sep 21, 2023
- Sep 16, 2023 North East Syria Is Still Dealing With the World’s Forgotten ISIS Problem Sep 16, 2023
- Sep 14, 2023 Salih Muslim Warns against a Reorganization of ISIS - Part I Sep 14, 2023
- Sep 13, 2023 Ecocide in Kuridstan: A Product of Colonization Sep 13, 2023
- Sep 8, 2023 Political Organisations in Eastern Kurdistan Call for a General Strike on 16 September Sep 8, 2023
- March 2023
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February 2023
- Feb 28, 2023 Mazlum Kobane: Calls for a Ceasefire Conveyed to PKK Through Syrian Kurds. By Meghan Bodette Feb 28, 2023
- Feb 19, 2023 Turkey Doesn’t Need F-16s. It Needs Humanitarian Aid. by Jacob Batinga Feb 19, 2023
- Feb 13, 2023 Discrimination Made the Turkey-Syria Earthquake More Deadly by Lucas Chapman Feb 13, 2023
- Feb 8, 2023 Earthquake and Solidarity Feb 8, 2023
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December 2022
- Dec 13, 2022 "Why 'Jîna': Erasure of Kurdish Women and Their Politics from the Uprisings in Iran." By Farangis Ghaderi and Özlem Göner Dec 13, 2022
- Dec 13, 2022 "We’re America’s most loyal ally in Syria. Don’t forget us." By Mazloum Abdi Dec 13, 2022
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November 2022
- Nov 27, 2022 Turkey Is Starving the Rojava Revolution Nov 27, 2022
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October 2022
- Oct 20, 2022 "Jin, jiyan, azadi” is not a hashtag by Meghan Bodette Oct 20, 2022
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September 2022
- Sep 28, 2022 ECR's Tribute to Meredith Tax Sep 28, 2022
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August 2022
- Aug 26, 2022 Turkish State Violence and Kurdish Self-Determination: The PKK and the Conundrum of Innocence Aug 26, 2022
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July 2022
- Jul 25, 2022 10 Year Anniversary of the Rojava Revolution! Jul 25, 2022
- Jul 20, 2022 Infosheet on Cooperative Economy in Rojava Jul 20, 2022
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April 2022
- Apr 24, 2022 Turkey is invading the Kurdistan region of Iraq – and the world has hardly blinked Apr 24, 2022
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March 2022
- Mar 20, 2022 Celebrating Zapatista and Kurdish Women’s Struggles, on Int'l Women’s Day Mar 20, 2022
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February 2022
- Feb 3, 2022 Take Action: Call on Biden to Stop Enabling Turkey's Attacks on Rojava Feb 3, 2022
- Feb 2, 2022 Meredith Tax: Turkey Helps ISIS Attack Rojava Feb 2, 2022
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January 2022
- Jan 26, 2022 SDF retakes ISIS prison in Syria’s Hasakah after days of fighting Jan 26, 2022
- Jan 23, 2022 Turkey’s Aggression Against NE Syria Enables the Resurgence of ISIS: Press Release Jan 23, 2022
- Jan 20, 2022 #TurkeyOutOfEfrîn hashtag campaign launches on 4th anniversary of Afrin invasion Jan 20, 2022
- Jan 3, 2022 Border Closure Obstructs Delivery of Humanitarian Aid to AANES Jan 3, 2022
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December 2021
- Dec 20, 2021 New Video: Ozlem Goner on the Rojava revolution, its significance, and the work of ECR Dec 20, 2021
- Dec 12, 2021 Rethinking Anti-Imperialist and Anti-War Internationalism Dec 12, 2021
- Dec 5, 2021 Video Recording: Reportback from Rojava, with Meghan Bodette Dec 5, 2021
- Dec 1, 2021 This Saturday: Reportback from Rojava, with Meghan Bodette Dec 1, 2021
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November 2021
- Nov 27, 2021 Matt Broomfield: It's Time to Delist the PKK Nov 27, 2021
- Nov 12, 2021 Interview with General Mazloum Abdi of the SDF on the Latest Threat of Turkish Invasion Nov 12, 2021
- Nov 5, 2021 Researcher Meghan Bodette Discusses her Recent Trip to Rojava Nov 5, 2021
- Nov 1, 2021 State of the Occupation: Rights Violations Continued During the Spring in Turkish-Occupied NES Nov 1, 2021
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October 2021
- Oct 25, 2021 Public Letter by 65 Prominent Women Calls on OPCW to Investigate Turkey's Use of Chemical Weapons Oct 25, 2021
- Oct 24, 2021 Turkey Escalates Attacks in Kobanê Oct 24, 2021
- Oct 21, 2021 Catalan Parliament Recognizes AANES Oct 21, 2021
- Oct 10, 2021 Global Hashtag Campaign Calls for #FreedomForOcalanNow Oct 10, 2021
- Oct 7, 2021 200 Olive Trees Cut Down in Turkish-occupied Afrin Oct 7, 2021
- Oct 7, 2021 Zapatistas Meet the Kurdish Women's Movement in Germany Oct 7, 2021
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September 2021
- Sep 29, 2021 AANES Delegation Meets with US Officials in DC Sep 29, 2021
- Sep 23, 2021 Aysel Tuğluk Must be Released Immediately Sep 23, 2021
- Sep 14, 2021 Schools Reopen in Rojava with New Teachers, Programs and Curriculum Sep 14, 2021
- Sep 10, 2021 Rojava Delegation Meeting with US Officials in DC Sep 10, 2021
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August 2021
- Aug 29, 2021 Turkey Escalates Attacks in Rojava Aug 29, 2021
- Aug 15, 2021 Rojava Facing Another Spike in COVID-19 Cases Aug 15, 2021
- Aug 4, 2021 Turkish Attacks Continue in Ain Issa, Rojava Aug 4, 2021
- Aug 1, 2021 HDP Calls for International Solidarity After Turkish Fascists Murder a Family of Kurds Aug 1, 2021
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July 2021
- Jul 6, 2021 State of the Occupation: A New Quarterly Report on Rights Violations in Turkish-Occupied NES Jul 6, 2021
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June 2021
- Jun 19, 2021 HDP's Statement on the Murder of Deniz Poyraz in the Attack on an HDP office Jun 19, 2021
- Jun 14, 2021 Announcing #RojavaMustSurvive: A New Global Campaign Jun 14, 2021
- Jun 8, 2021 Beyond Rojava: North and East Syria’s Arab Regions - RIC's Report Jun 8, 2021
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May 2021
- May 11, 2021 Who Are the Real Terrorists?: Public Letter to Secretary Blinken Regarding the PKK May 11, 2021
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April 2021
- Apr 26, 2021 NEW VIDEO: Messages of solidarity with HDP members on trial in Turkey Apr 26, 2021
- Apr 21, 2021 Feminist Perspectives on Anticapitalist Politics Apr 21, 2021
- Apr 19, 2021 Giran Ozcan on the History, Politics and Oppression of the HDP in Turkey Apr 19, 2021
- Apr 16, 2021 Virus surge threatens northeast Syria camps, Save the Children warns Apr 16, 2021
- Apr 11, 2021 Turkey's attack on the HDP is an attack on democracy: Statement by Emergency Committee for Rojava Apr 11, 2021
- Apr 4, 2021 Turkey Is Trying to Ban the Socialist, Pro-Kurdish HDP Apr 4, 2021
- Apr 4, 2021 Urgent Call to the WHO regarding the Distribution of Vaccines in Syria Apr 4, 2021
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March 2021
- Mar 13, 2021 Şehîd Lêgerîn Çiya: “A Beacon of Hope for the World.” Mar 13, 2021
- Mar 2, 2021 Support Kurdish Women's Movement Mar 2, 2021
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February 2021
- Feb 18, 2021 The New York Times Whitewashes Turkey's Occupation of Northern Syria: A Reality Check Feb 18, 2021
- Feb 16, 2021 Turkey’s dirty war gets dirtier Feb 16, 2021
- Feb 8, 2021 Noam Chomsky's Lecture at Rojava University Streamed live on Jan 15, 2021 Feb 8, 2021
- Feb 8, 2021 ECR's Ozlem Goner speaks at a webinar "Kurdish women in Kurdistan and abroad: Past, Present, and Future" Feb 8, 2021
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December 2020
- Dec 21, 2020 Cooperatives in North and East Syria – developing a new economy Dec 21, 2020
- Dec 18, 2020 Hidden Battlefields: Rehabilitating ISIS Affiliates and Building a Democratic Culture in Their Former Territories Dec 18, 2020
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November 2020
- Nov 10, 2020 VIDEO: Are We Losing a Valuable Feminist Project in the Middle East? Nov 10, 2020
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October 2020
- Oct 23, 2020 The World Celebrated Kurdish Women’s Fight Against ISIS. Now It’s Silent as They’re Raped and Tortured. Oct 23, 2020
- Oct 22, 2020 Phone Blast to Condemn Turkey’s Escalated Attacks in North East Syria Oct 22, 2020
- Oct 13, 2020 Despite Ceasefire Agreement, Turkey Implicated In More Than Eight Hundred Violations Oct 13, 2020
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September 2020
- Sep 26, 2020 The Raids Against the Opposition in Turkey Show Erdoğan’s Weakness Sep 26, 2020
- Sep 23, 2020 ECR's Ozlem Goner's interview at the Victoria Anarchist Bookfair Sep 23, 2020
- Sep 17, 2020 Rojava Today: Where is the Movement Now? Sep 17, 2020
- Sep 15, 2020 Turkish-Backed Forces May Have Committed War Crimes in Northern Syria - U.N. Report Sep 15, 2020
- Sep 9, 2020 Can Syria's Kurds reel in Turkey with profits from American oil deal? Sep 9, 2020
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August 2020
- Aug 6, 2020 Help Rojava Fight the Pandemic Aug 6, 2020
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July 2020
- Jul 28, 2020 The Fragile Status Quo in Northeast Syria Jul 28, 2020
- Jul 24, 2020 Bi-Weekly Calendar of Events on Kurds Jul 24, 2020
- Jul 24, 2020 ECR on Internationalist Strategy with Progressive International Jul 24, 2020
- Jul 18, 2020 Meredith Tax: Towards an Internationalist Foreign Policy Jul 18, 2020
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June 2020
- Jun 4, 2020 How to Abolish the Police: Lessons from Rojava Jun 4, 2020
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May 2020
- May 31, 2020 Kurdish Women’s Movement in solidarity with George Floyd protests May 31, 2020
- May 18, 2020 Kurdish Women against Conflict between Kurdish Parties May 18, 2020
- May 18, 2020 Bring Water to Rojava! May 18, 2020
- May 18, 2020 Campaign: Free Nûdem Durak from prison for singing in Kurdish May 18, 2020
- May 5, 2020 Daraja Press: ECR's Ozlem Goner speaks with Firoze Manji May 5, 2020
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April 2020
- Apr 28, 2020 Human Rights Watch Report on Syria: Aid Restrictions Hinder Covid-19 Response Apr 28, 2020
- Apr 15, 2020 Four Million People in North and East Syria Face Deadly Coronavirus Apr 15, 2020
- Apr 9, 2020 Coronavirus Crisis in North & East Syria: Briefing by Rojava Information Center Apr 9, 2020
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March 2020
- Mar 24, 2020 No Coronavirus Tests in North and East Syria, No Water, No UN Aid: Syrian Democratic Times Mar 24, 2020
- Mar 20, 2020 ECR's update on the Coronavirus situation in Rojava Mar 20, 2020
- Mar 10, 2020 Against the Odds, a Stable Economy in Syria Mar 10, 2020
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February 2020
- Feb 16, 2020 Afrin Under Turkish Occupation Feb 16, 2020
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January 2020
- Jan 20, 2020 Statement by University Students in Tehran Protesting Downing of a Ukrainian Airlines Plane Jan 20, 2020
- Jan 16, 2020 New Report by RIC on Rojava's Political Structure Jan 16, 2020
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December 2019
- Dec 12, 2019 Debbie Bookchin in conversation with James Butler, Novara Media Dec 12, 2019
- Dec 11, 2019 The second of a two part interview with Debbie Bookchin & Emre Sahin on their experience in Rojava Dec 11, 2019
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November 2019
- Nov 26, 2019 Revolution in Rojava on KPFA w/Laura Fantone & Andrej Grubacic Nov 26, 2019
- Nov 24, 2019 Richard Engel on MSNBC reports from the ground Nov 24, 2019
- Nov 8, 2019 ECR's Anna Sara Malmgren, with Latif Tas: Dictators Aren't Built in a Day Nov 8, 2019
- Nov 4, 2019 Debbie Bookchin and Emre Şahin who traveled to Rojava share their thoughts on the Rojava revolution. Nov 4, 2019
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October 2019
- Oct 25, 2019 The ECR's Ozlem Goner on MSNBC Chris Hayes Show Oct 25, 2019
- Oct 19, 2019 WNYC covers Rojava: Hanging in the balance Oct 19, 2019
- Oct 16, 2019 ECR's Meredith Tax writing for Dissent: Trump’s Betrayal of Rojava Oct 16, 2019
- Oct 14, 2019 The ECR's Ozlem Goner on Democracy Now Oct 14, 2019
- Oct 10, 2019 The ECR's Debbie Bookchin on Democracy Now Oct 10, 2019
- Oct 7, 2019 US to Step Aside for Turkish Assault on Kurds in Syria Oct 7, 2019
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September 2019
- Sep 28, 2019 Twitter has suspended the ECR account based on a court ban from Turkey. Sep 28, 2019
- Sep 17, 2019 Wave of Resignations Imperils Erdoğan’s Parliamentary Majority Sep 17, 2019
- Sep 15, 2019 PEN AMERICA Condemns U.S. Decision to Bar Entry to Austrian Academic Doing Research in Rojava Sep 15, 2019
- Sep 10, 2019 To Win in Syria, America Must Rethink Its Kurdish Policy Sep 10, 2019
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July 2019
- Jul 12, 2019 International Forum On ISIS meets in Rojava, issues 11 recommendations Jul 12, 2019
- Jul 6, 2019 Meredith Tax: Supporting Dictators is Not Anti-imperialism Jul 6, 2019
- Jul 6, 2019 Now is the moment for peace between Kurds and the Turkish state. Let’s not waste it. Jul 6, 2019
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June 2019
- Jun 20, 2019 The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) operates an office in Washington DC Jun 20, 2019
- Jun 11, 2019 Kurdistan: A State or a State of Mind? Jun 11, 2019
- Jun 7, 2019 In the Heart of Syria's Darkness, a Democratic, Egalitarian and Feminist Society Emerges Jun 7, 2019
- Jun 4, 2019 Climate, Solidarity, and Resistance: Paradigm for a socialist foreign policy Jun 4, 2019
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May 2019
- May 26, 2019 Pluralism Lost in Syria’s Uprising: How the Opposition Strayed from Its Inclusive Roots May 26, 2019
- May 17, 2019 Descendants of Survivors: Syriac Christians Oppose a Turkish ‘Safe Zone’ in Syria May 17, 2019
- May 12, 2019 Kurdish women’s experience of state violence in Turkey May 12, 2019
- May 12, 2019 No turning back: Syrian Kurds reshape region with books and schools May 12, 2019
- May 6, 2019 After surviving ISIS and a civil war, these Syrian women built a female-only village May 6, 2019
- May 2, 2019 Government appointees leave new mayors in Turkey’s southeast with crippling debt May 2, 2019
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April 2019
- Apr 27, 2019 Solidarity Economy and Cooperatives in Rojava Apr 27, 2019
- Apr 25, 2019 Cracks Are Deepening in Erdoğan’s Ruling Party Apr 25, 2019
- Apr 19, 2019 At a new university, Syrian Kurds build their own future Apr 19, 2019
- Apr 19, 2019 Hard Truths in Syria Apr 19, 2019
- Apr 9, 2019 Opinion: "The Rise and Rise of the Turkish Right" Apr 9, 2019
- Apr 5, 2019 Debbie Bookchin's Report from Rojava: What the West Owes its Best Ally Against ISIS Apr 5, 2019
- Apr 3, 2019 The City Is Ours: HDP in Turkey Apr 3, 2019
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February 2019
- Feb 27, 2019 Rojava Is Under Existential Threat Feb 27, 2019
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January 2019
- Jan 15, 2019 Turkey’s Erdogan is one of the biggest threats to peace in the Middle East Jan 15, 2019
- Jan 3, 2019 The theory and practice of the Kurdish Women’s Movement: an interview in Diyarbakir Jan 3, 2019
- Jan 2, 2019 Trump and the Two Thousand Jan 2, 2019
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November 2018
- Nov 20, 2018 Socialist Foreign Policy Must Center Climate Change Nov 20, 2018
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September 2018
- Sep 26, 2018 The New York Times: "These Are Not Disposable Allies" Sep 26, 2018
- Sep 9, 2018 The Women of the Revolution: inside the Kurdish Rojava Revolution Sep 9, 2018
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June 2018
- Jun 1, 2018 Battle to Stamp Out ISIS in Syria Gains New Momentum, but Threats Remain Jun 1, 2018
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May 2018
- May 28, 2018 Report on the Displaced People from Afrin Canton May 28, 2018
- May 28, 2018 Information Center of the Afrin Resistance: Report on the Displaced People from Afrin Canton in Shah May 28, 2018
- May 25, 2018 Erdogan’s Revenge and the Kurdish Dilemma May 25, 2018
- May 24, 2018 Kurds locked out of Afrin as Ghouta refugees take their place May 24, 2018
- May 23, 2018 Overview of the Demographic Change in Afrin May 23, 2018