Month: November 2016

Kurdistan, Rojava, Syria, Cizire, co-operatives, cooperatives, co-operative, cooperative, co-op, co-ops, solidarity, solidarity economy, workers co-op, workers co-operative, workers cooperative, cooperative economy, women, empowerment, Hasakah, Hesekê

The Success of Women in Hesekê Leads to a New Coop

The women in Hesekê are trying to improve the economic situation of women by forming special cooperative societies for them, allowing them to become self-reliant, and creating job opportunities for them.
Kurdistan, Rojava, Syria, Cizire, co-operatives, cooperatives, co-operative, cooperative, co-op, co-ops, solidarity, solidarity economy, consumer cooperative, workers cooperative, cooperative economy, Qamishli, Qamishlo, Nasrin Cooperative

Exclusive: Qamişlo’s Nisrîn Cooperative

Nisrîn Cooperative was established on 11th April, 2015. At that time, it consisted of five people, who each paid around 15,000 Syrian pounds (SYP), meaning they were able to raise 75,000 SYP between them. Their main aim was to help the poor and to break the traders' manipulation of the prices of food and detergents, because the prices in Nisrîn Co-operative are cheaper and more competitive than the central market, which is controlled by the traders.
Kurdistan, Rojava, Syria, Cizire, Qamishlo, co-operatives, cooperatives, co-operative, cooperative, co-op, co-ops, solidarity, solidarity economy, workers co-op, workers co-operative, workers cooperative, cooperative economy, solidarity

Canadian John Restakis Visits Rojava Cooperatives and Trains Members

Executive Director of Community Evolution Foundation (CEF), John Restakis, visited Qamişlo [Qamishlo / Qamishli / Al-Qamishli] in order to learn about the system of the cooperative societies. John is currently working on training the members of the administrations of cooperatives in Rojava. John Restakis went to Rojava and North Syria in order to learn about the way cooperative societies
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Exclusive: Hevgirtin Cooperative’s Tirbespî Branch

Hevgirtin is the largest cooperative in Rojava, with branches across the region. It is somewhat similar to a UK consumer cooperative, but owned and run by its members in the local community. This project aims to help people in Rojava by providing them with their daily food needs and selling products at lower prices than other markets. This
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Today at Tangram Housing Cooperative in Leeds: Rojava, Eyewitness to War and Revolution

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Rojava, Syria, Kurdistan, TEV DEM, democratic confederalism, cooperatives, coops

How do co-operatives work in Rojava?

This is an official booklet produced by the TEV DEM [Movement for a Democratic Society], by the Board of Agriculture and Economic Development. It lays out the basic principles under which co-operatives in Rojava run, based on decisions made after many meetings, which were attended by all of Rojava's economic committees.
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A conversation with TEV-DEM’s Bedran Gia Kurd

https://corporatewatch.org/sites/default/files/Struggles%20for%20autonomy%20in%20Kurdistan.pdf

Kasrek: a Rojava Co-operative with 4,000 Members

In Kasrek [Qesrik] village of Dirbêsiyê‎ [Derbesiye / Al-Darbasiyah], a co-operative society with 4,000 members started working on its economic, agricultural and livestock projects that will boost the community economy in the region. After a series of meetings of the people in the region, organised by the Economic Council in the Dirbêsiyê area, a new co-operative was formed
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Dr. Yusuf: Rojava’s Economic Model is a Communal Model

“Because this model” Dr. Yusuf says, “is the model by which the history of humanity will be brought back to life our chances of winning are high.”
Kurdistan, Rojava, Syria, Cizire, co-operatives, cooperatives, co-operative, cooperative, co-op, co-ops, solidarity, solidarity economy, workers co-op, workers co-operative, workers cooperative, cooperative economy, Democratic Modernity

Democratic Modernity vs Capitalist Modernity: Rojava’s Alternative Model

The democratic confederal system in Rojava is still under development, the speed has been slowed by the constant attacks they have to deal with and the embargo imposed by the Turkish state. Yet many great steps have been taken towards establishing an alternative economic system that provides an alternative to the dualism of capitalism and communism.
Kurdistan, Rojava, Syria, Cizire, co-operatives, cooperatives, co-operative, cooperative, co-op, co-ops, solidarity, solidarity economy, workers co-op, workers co-operative, workers cooperative, cooperative economy, women, empowerment, Kongreya Star, Hevgirtin

The Success of Kongreya Star’s Women’s Coops

Hesekê [Hesîçe / Al-Hasakeh / Hasakah] — The first cooperative of the Women’s Economy Council in Kongreya Star was successful in its first project and is preparing for more. Kongreya Star formed an economic committee for women with 20 members and 5 administrators in Hesekê on 18th June 2016, with the aim of letting women accomplish self-sufficiency, and providing work opportunities. After
Kurdistan, Rojava, Syria, Cizire, co-operatives, cooperatives, co-operative, cooperative, co-op, co-ops, solidarity, solidarity economy, workers co-op, workers co-operative, workers cooperative, cooperative economy, women, empowerment, Kongreya Star, women's movement

The Women’s Movement in Rojava

Kongreya Star is a confederation of women’s movements throughout the region of Rojava, a predominantly Kurdish area of northern Syria, also referred to as West-Kurdistan. While Kurds make up the majority of Rojava and most of the population is Muslim, the area is home to many different peoples, including Arabs, Assyrians and Ezidis, as well