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Towards Counter-Hegemony: The Cooperative Option in Supporting and Rebuilding Rojava

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…

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’,…

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…

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…

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…

The Greenhouse Project

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By Jo Magpie

“If we don’t give this to the society then we’re going to be just like a company. Then we’re not working for Rojava, we’re working for ourselves.” We visited Bîstanên Rojava…

Women’s co-operatives in Rojava

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By Rahila Gupta

Women’s co-operatives: Qamişlo, Rojava The following article is based on my trip to Rojava in March 2016 where I interviewed Delal Afrin, Head of the Women’s Economic Committee of Kongira Star…

Largest co-operative opens in Cizirê canton

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First published in Turkish on Hawar News Agency on 26 November 2015

QAMIŞLO – The economic activities of the Cizire canton continue with the opening of the largest cooperative. The United People’s Cooperative (Birleşik Halk Kooperatifi), for which 3 thousand people have registered…

The Women’s Co-operatives of Rojava Have Made Significant Advances

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Originally published in Turkish on Hawar News Agency on 15 July 2015

DÊRIK – The Women’s Agricultural Cooperative was founded by the women of Derik at the end of 2014 with the aim of improving social life, against the patriarchal system. The Women’s…