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  • A new co-operative economy: Democratic confederalism in Rojava and Bakur
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    Article by Rebecca Harvey, originally published in Co-operative News, 31 May, 2016

    The co-operative movement in Rojava (the democratic, autonomous region in the north of Syria) and Bakur (the mostly-Kurdish region which lies within Turkey’s borders) is growing. Here, co-operatives are seen as…
  • New book: Struggles for Autonomy in Kurdistan
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    By Eliza Egret and Tom Anderson, First published on Corporate Watch, May 2016

    This book, by Eliza Egret and Tom Anderson, gathers together first-hand accounts of the struggles for a new society taking place in Bakur and Rojava – the parts of Kurdistan within…
  • Towards Counter-Hegemony: The Cooperative Option in Supporting and Rebuilding Rojava
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    International Cooperative Alliance delegates stage action in support of cooperatives in Turkey and Syria.

    By Alexander Kolokotronis. Originally published on July 16 2016 in Grassroots Economic Organizing

    Amidst the onslaught of the Daesh (otherwise known as ISIS or ISIL) and the wide media coverage of refugees pouring into Europe, a major event remains tremendously under-reported. This under-reporting has…
  • The 1st Economy Conference Finishes with Important Decisions
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    Originally published in Arabic on Hawar News on 18th October, 2015

    Kurky Leky – The 1st economy conference in Rojava finishes with decisions and recommendations that covered all economic areas. It was held in the 16th of October at Aram Dikran Cultural…
  • Cooperatives in Portugal Are Willing to Cooperate with Cooperatives in Rojava
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    Originally published on Hawar News on 22.06.2016

    Bordeaux – Cooperatives in Portugal are hoping to cooperate with the cooperatives of the democratic self-governance in Rojava. The union of cooperatives organised a conference in its headquarters in Bordeaux about…
  • Hafkertn Cooperative Forms Its Board of Directors
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    Originally published in Arabic on http://encumenacibiciker.info on 2016-06-14

      During a meeting in Serikanya, Hafkertn appointed a board of directors that consisted of 11 members. It was among the list of activities of Hafkrtn to have meetings in the…
  • The ‘Rojava Revolution’ in Syrian Kurdistan: A Model of Development for the Middle East?
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    By Can Cemgil and Clemens Hoffmann. Originally published in IDS Bulletin Vol. 47 No. 3 May 2016: 'Ruptures and Ripple Effects in the Middle East and Beyond' 53–76

    Abstract As the civil war in Syria continues, in the territory of Rojava – in Kurdish, ‘the West’ – the northern Syrian Kurdish political movement is attempting to implement ‘libertarian municipalism’,…
  • Economic Self-Governance in Democratic Autonomy: The Example of Bakur (Turkish Kurdistan)
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    Report by Azize Aslan. Translation from an article in Turkish first published by Birikim in May 2016

    The “Apoist”1 thread of the Kurdish Movement, which today involves many actors and organizations in military and political capacities, has gravitated away from the idea of founding a state. With the…
  • Regaining hope in Rojava
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    By Jo Magpie. This article was originally published by Open Democracy on 6th June, 2016

    This is a revolution in consciousness, not only in politics, and it has transformed the lives of countless women and men for generations to come. Sometime in early February, I was…
  • Towards Building a Co-operative Economy
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    Report by Aheen Barakat. Translation from an article in Arabic originally published by Hawar News Agency on 17th Oct, 2015

    The economy is a social, participatory phenomenon and achieving an independent fair social economy is no less important than security, politics and diplomacy. Building a free and fair economy and achieving…
  • Crowdfund Feeding The Revolution in Rojava!
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    This article is about a fund-raising campaign taken from the page on coopfunding.net. UPDATE: The fundraising campaign is now over, though there are rumours that it is still possible to donate…
  • A conversation with the Wan Economic Commission
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    By Eliza Egret and Tom Anderson, published in Corporate Watch's recent book, Struggles for Autonomy in Kurdistan, May 2016

    The DTK has set up a number of regional commissions to deal with areas such as ecology, economy, education, language, religion, culture, science, diplomacy, women and young people. We interviewed Mehmet…
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