A Village in Rojava has Achieved Medical Autonomy through Self-organising in Communes

Participation is the essence of communal life, and this is what the people of Halanc village near Kobani have embodied by becoming medically independent. Since activating the communes in Kobanî [Kantona Kobaniyê] once again by liberating it from Daesh [the Islamic State group] in 2016, people have started to self-organise by working in committees. These are the foundation

Video: The Rojava Revolution and Democratic Confederalism meets Cooperation Jackson

A Cooperation Jackson dialogue with Ercan Ayboga, Co-Author of “Revolution in Rojava”, an activist of the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement Come learn about the ideological, political and programmatic similarities between the Jackson-Kush Plan and the radical democratic movement in Jackson, Mississippi and the Charter of the Social Contract, which serves as the Constitution of the Rojava

Rojava’s Jazira Canton now has 87 Co-operatives with 30,000 Members

There are now 87 co-operative societies in Jazira Canton [Kantona Cizîrê‎ / Cezîre], with 30,000 participants [members] between them. The co-operatives provide work opportunities to all the participants, some of whom work in turns by taking three month shifts. The co-operatives have been playing a big role in providing supplies for the markets, stabilising prices and overcoming monopoly. In Qamishlo

Campaign Launched in North Kurdistan [East Turkey] to Boycott Turkish Goods

Activists in the Germiyan region have launched a campaign to boycott Turkish goods, and say Turkish goods should be banned throughout Başurê Kurdistan [North Kurdistan / East Turkey]. As reactions rise against the invading Turkish state’s attacks against Başurê Kurdistan, a campaign has been launched to boycott Turkish goods. Groups of activists came together in

How Cooperation is Building Al-Rawda Market in Tabqa

The municipality of the town of Al-Mansura in the eastern part of Tabqa [Tebqa / Al-Thawrah] has started a market project called Al-Rawda in the part of the town near the education centre. The Technical Committee in the town presented this initiative four months ago, based on the principles of co-operation. Their aim was to regulate the

The Antidote to Crisis is the Workers’ Co-operative

Mersin – Making assessments regarding the economic crisis that has ensued from the interior and foreign policies of the government, Associate Professor Selim Çakmaklı argues that “The classes that control production also control politics. The antidote to this anti-democratic rule is the workers’ cooperative.” Associate Professor Selim Çakmaklı, who was discharged from Mersin University by decree