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The Cooperatives of Van, a Model in Development [17.10.15]

Van, Kurdistan, Turkey, Bakur, cooperatives, women, jineoloji

This is a translation of a Spanish language article from October 2015, written by Sara A, member of a Rojava Azadi delegation to Bakur.

In the east of Turkey, next to Iran, we find the province Van [Wan]. Here, the Kurdish movement is developing several projects, including cooperatives for the production and distribution of local...

From the Moment of Coercion – Cizire Canton, Rojava

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

Rojava, Syria, revolution, women, jineology, coops, cooperatives, commune

This article is republished from SIC Journal.

The relation of exploitation contains, in an immanent way, a direct relation of domination, of subjection, and of social and police control. But when one takes the relation of domination, of...

The Advance of Women’s Economic Projects and Cooperatives in Rojava’s Cizire Canton in 2016

Co-operative Economy in Rojava and Bakur

This post is a translation of an Arabic article that first appeared on Ronahi, 22nd January, 2017

The year 2016 was characterised by the advance of economic projects that aimed to improve the communal economy in Rojava, especially the projects that were connected to women.

Kurdish Democratic Confederalism: founded on the self-governance of villages

Co-operative Economy in Bakur

Kurdistan, democratic confederalism, Kurds, Ocalan, Turkey, Bakur, peace

Translated from French. The original anonymous article has now been taken off the site, its old address was here. It appears to have been written in 2015, sometime after the elections in Turkey in June of that year. Photo:

Since 2010, one of the objectives of the movement for Democratic Confederalism has been the founding of so-called “freedom villages”. These villages place value on democracy, ecology and the equality of…

The Centre for Women’s Economy in Qamishlo Starts Agricultural Cooperative Project

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

Centre for Women’s Economy, Rojava, Syria, women, feminism, jineologi, Qamishlo, cooperative, coops, agricultural cooperative

This is a translation of a report written in Arabic on Ronahi.net, 12th November, 2016

The Centre for Women's Economy held a meeting for the communes and women's bodies in its headquarters in West Street in the city of Qamishlo, to start work on the agricultural…

The No State Solution: Institutionalizing Libertarian Socialism in Kurdistan

Co-operative Economy in Bakur

Kurdistan, Rojava, Bakur, Syria, Turkey, democratic confederalism, peace

This long and detailed essay and analysis by Alexander Kolokotronis is taken in its entirety from New Politics, where it was published on November 2, 2014.

In what many outside of the territory are referring to as the Rojava Revolution, a major shift in political philosophy and political programmatics has taken place in Kurdistan. Yet, this shift...

Women and Rojava’s Cooperative Societies

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

Syria, Rojava, women, cooperatives, coops

This is a translation of an Arabic language article by Avîn Yosef that originally appeared on Ronahi.net, one of Rojava’s own newspapers, on 23rd November, 2016

''Through the communal economy we will break the siege on Rojava. The economy is the backbone of the community, and this will happen only through the participation of women, because women…

Cooperatives and Communes: the third way of Rojava in the Syrian conflict

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

Rojava, Syria, Kurdistan, communes, cooperatives, coops

By Heval X. Translated from Spanish, originally written in Italian from Rojava, 15th December, 2016

A journey into the heart of the revolution and the strategies of transition towards a social economy: the multiplication of communes and cooperatives, and experimentation with new models of social, political…

Women’s Cooperatives: a glimpse into Rojava’s economic model

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

Syria, Rojava, Kurdistan, Kobanê, Kobanî, Kobani, Kobane, cooperative, women, coop, coops, Amarge

This article by Hawzhin Azeez first appeared in English on Kurdish Question on 26th January, 2017. It has been very lightly edited (spelling and punctuation). The original article, in French, can be found here

In Rojava, the significance of the co-operative system lies in efforts to democratise all sectors of society, including the economy. For this reason, creating alternative means and avenues that allow traditionally…

How a Women’s Dairy Product Cooperative in Rojava is Developing the Lives of Women and their Society

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

women, Rojava, Syria, coops, cooperatives, Kongreya Star, feminism, jineology, jineologi

This is a translation of a Turkish language article by Berîtan Sarya that originally appeared on ANF News, 24th December, 2016

In Rojava, the economic activities of women are being organised in the form of communes and cooperatives. For about two years, women have been meeting in small cooperatives. This gets them…

Healer of the Earth

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

Syria, Rojava, coops, cooperatives, agriculture, women, feminism, jineologi, economy

This is a translation of a Turkish language article by Dengir Güneş that originally appeared on Yeni Özgûr Politika, 19th May, 2016

While Naide Zengin was working on building sites in England she had wished to do something for Rojava, so she prepared a greenhouse project. “Finding my country and putting my work…

21 Cooperatives form in Hesekê, Including three especially for Women

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

Syria, Rojava, Kurdistan, Hasakah, Hesekê, Hêsiçê, cooperatives, coops, women, economy, TEV DEM, Kongreya Star

This is a translation of an Arabic language article that originally appeared on ANHA, 19th October, 2016

The Economic Committee in Cizîrê‎ Canton formed 21 agricultural cooperative societies in Hesekê and its rural surroundings, including three special cooperatives for women, during a meeting.

The Cooperatives of Van, a Model in Development [17.10.15]

From the Moment of Coercion – Cizire Canton, Rojava

The Advance of Women’s Economic Projects and Cooperatives in Rojava’s Cizire Canton in 2016

Kurdish Democratic Confederalism: founded on the self-governance of villages

The Centre for Women’s Economy in Qamishlo Starts Agricultural Cooperative Project

Women and Rojava’s Cooperative Societies

Cooperatives and Communes: the third way of Rojava in the Syrian conflict

Women’s Cooperatives: a glimpse into Rojava’s economic model

How a Women’s Dairy Product Cooperative in Rojava is Developing the Lives of Women and their Society

Healer of the Earth

21 Cooperatives form in Hesekê, Including three especially for Women

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