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Cooperatives: an Alternative against Labour Exploitation

Co-ops in Bakur

Turkey, Bakur, Kurdistan, cooperatives, coops

This is a translation of a Turkish language article by Bêrîtan Elyakut, first published by JINHA 16th August, 2016.

AMED – The Mesopotamya Youth Research Centre Textile Cooperative was launched in 2015 in Diyarbakir [Amed]. The cooperative is working collectively against labour exploitation, and is specifically geared towards women. The textile cooperative...

Exclusive: Shilan Underwear Cooperative

Co-ops in Rojava

Shîlan Cooperative, Qamishlo, Syria, Rojava, Kurdistan, cooperatives, coops

Article and photos by Salar Abduljalil Mohammad

Qamishlo: Cooperatives are continuing to spread across regions controlled by Kurdish forces with the support of the local self-administration structures of Rojava – North Syria. Following the success of Rojava’s cooperatives in reducing the...

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

Co-operative Economy in Bakur

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...

“We are not Dependent on Men’s Money”

Co-ops in Rojava

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

This is a translation of a Turkish article by Beritan Sarya which appeared first on Demokrasi, 25th April, 2016

The women of Rojava are creating their own economy by founding cooperatives. Having faced a lot of resistance from their communities, with people telling them that they would not be able...

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.

Women Joining the Economy in Syrian Kurdistan

Co-ops in Rojava

women, Warshin, cooperative, coop, Syria, Rojava, Kurdistan

This article is republished from Ekurd Daily, where it appeared on 4th June, 2014. By Aziz Koyluoglu – Qamishlo, ANF

QAMISHLO, Syrian Kurdistan,— 23 Kurdish and Arab women, most of them displaced from cities such as Aleppo, Damascus, al-Raqqah and Idlib, are working in the Warşîn Cooperative in the city of...

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…

Cooperatives: an Alternative against Labour Exploitation

Exclusive: Shilan Underwear Cooperative

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

“We are not Dependent on Men’s Money”

From the Moment of Coercion – Cizire Canton, Rojava

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

Women Joining the Economy in Syrian Kurdistan

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

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