The DAANES has outlined conditions for both voting & running as a candidate in the upcoming municipal council elections:

📌Must be 18 or over

📌Must be from NES or have lived there for >5 years (and candidates must live in the area they are running in)
twitter.com/RojavaIC/statu…

Erdogan signs agreements with Bagdad while his military pounds Iraqi mountains - but no Iraqi terror listing for PKK. Meanwhile France acts as Turkey's policemen - my weekly news review
medyanews.net/diplomacy-with…

Your NATO ally Turkey bombed this station in January. The attack severed Alouk Water Station from the grid, creating a massive water crisis. You’ve said nothing about it.

Read the exclusive Kurdish Peace Institute report from on the ground in NES ⬇️
kurdishpeace.org/research/human…

So:

- Turkey pressures U.S. not to provide aid to Kurdish regions.
- Turkey blows up two U.S.-supported civilian infrastructure projects in Kurdish regions.
- Attacks discourage further assistance.

Might we consider this 'restricting the delivery of US humanitarian aid'?

The first #Ecology conference started yesterday with the slogan ' Freeing the leader Apo through the ecological paradigm and solving the Kurdish question ' in #Qamishlo and continued until today.
#Rojava

#Turkey targets USAID facilities in #Rojava

Proud to present our first report from Kurdish Peace Institute’s Qamishlo office — we visited USAID-supported infrastructure sites destroyed in Turkish drone strikes to cover the impact of 🇹🇷 threats on much-needed assistance to Kurdish-majority border areas.
kurdishpeace.org/research/human…

Tue, May 14th at 6pm at SJAC, 400 SE 12th Ave in Portland!

Despite relentless war waged by Turkey & ISIS, the Kurdish freedom movement continues to defend a sweeping social revolution. Come hear first hand accounts.

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Today we joined the first day of the First Ecological Conference in Qamişlo, #Rojava .

Ecological activists, scientists and researches discussed the ecological paradigm of #AbdullahÖcalan , its application in North-East Syria and ecological struggles

anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/e…

💥Folks in Boston: Looking to learn more about the #Rojava #revolution & how we might apply its lessons to our own movements & communities? Join us at Lucy Parsons Center on MAY 10th to hear from our members who have visited and written about Rojava. defendrojava.org/events/boston-…

Under intense pressure, Biden - amid growing regional unrest, escalating Turkish hostility, mounting domestic dissatisfaction, calls to #ArrestErdogan , and an increasingly competitive three-way election contest - has apparently delayed Erdogan's White House visit.

Keep it up!

So excited for this mid-May West Coast tour and series of talks with Arthur Pye (and in S.F. Andrej Grubačić!) about Rojava: why it deserves our support, and what it can teach us for our organizing here in the U.S.

If you’re in WA, OR, or CA, join the conversation! ⬇️

Bloomberg now citing senior white House official says Erdogan has postponed the visit

Bloomberg now confirming what ⁦Al-Monitor⁩ reported last week: Turkey’s Erdogan Will Meet With Biden at White House in May - Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Want to talk with ECR members Debbie Bookchin and Arthur Pye about #Rojava and community organizing?

RSVP for our upcoming West Coat speaking tour, and join the discussions in person! 👇

Rojava and Myanmar, Kurdish and anti-junta activists share a common cause: They are fighting authoritarian regimes and advocating for gender equality. But their struggle often goes unnoticed on the world stage.
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The Council of the family of the martyrs of Dêrik built an agricultural cooperative. Today we joined their work, ate together and participated in their assembly.
Even under the continuous thread of the Turkish fascist state, the ecological and cooperative revolution continues!

💥 An unprecedented attack on #Kurdish people & journalism in 3 countries simultaneously on the night of #Kurdish JournalismDay: 4 Kurdish TV stations raided in Belgium, Kurdish community centre and houses in France, and 9 journalists arrested in Turkey.
kurdistansolidarity.net/2024/04/24/kur…

#109 years later, our will to live keeps getting stronger
#ArmenianGenocide

The events in villages about for the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide continues.
#ArmenianGenocide #Rojava #NubarOzanyan #24April #Resistance