Author: admunisty

February 3-5, 2012, a a conference was organized in Hamburg, Germany. The theme was “Challenging Capitalist Modernity: Alternative concepts and the Kurdish Question.” The following text was delivered as a speech to the conference. Listen to the speech here I am honored to be here and to contribute to the discussions about alternative quests to

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

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

Kurdish campaigners have called for a boycott of tourism towards Turkey, citing a number of reasons as to why Turkey should not be visited, including growing autocracy, a lack of space for dissent, Turkey’s persecution of Kurds, its attacks on the free press, and its links with various jihadist groups in Syria. Just this year,

The Centre for Economic Development has organised a meeting for administrators in co-operative societies to discuss the situation of co-operative societies, the problems that they have, and possible solutions. The meeting was attended by Najah Qormo and Kamal Abdullah and other co-chairs and administrators of co-operative societies. The meeting hall was filled with photos of

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hasakah [Hesekê / Hesîçe / Al-Hasakah] had a meeting to form a committee for the Union of Factories. Many workers attended the meeting. The co-chair Mohamad Saed Al-Amr spoke about the political situation in the region, and how it has led to the current situation. He said that all the countries

Economic expert Jelnak Omar says that the systematic Turkish attacks on Afrin [Efrîn‎ / Afrîn] are also intended to destroy the communal economy in the region. Hawar News had an interview with Jelnal Omar to discuss the effects of the recent Turkish attacks on Afrin. How would you describe the economic situation in Afrin since the announcement of the Self

The Federation of Farmers in the Jazira Canton [Kantona Cizîrê‎ / Cezîre] formed an assembly to contribute to the development of agricultural plans. This came after a meeting in the centre of Derik [Dêrik / Al-Malikiyah], which many farmers from the region and members of the federation attended. The assembly will become an umbrella for all the agricultural departments

The Economic Committee of The Tabqa [Tebqa / Al-Thawrah] Democratic Civil Administration held a meeting which was attended by the Administration of Co-operative Societies in Northern Syria. They talked about the importance of establishing co-operatives and other communal economic projects in that region. The meeting was held at the Academy of the Democratic Society. Attendees included