Beit Al-Barakah Co-operative Prepared Winter Supplies in Two Months

The ten workers in Al Barakah Co-operative are about to finish making the winter supplies, such as dried vegetables, pickles, pumpkin jam and olives. The Women’s Council announced the formation of this co-operative, in co-ordination with the Committee of Economy and Municipalities. The co-operative is called Beit Al Barakah [House of Delight], and it aims to get women

A Kurdish Response to Climate Change

Conversations with the Kurdish Liberation Movement on ecological society and democratic confederalism For 4000 years since the breakdown of the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia, almost every major societal collapse has featured five trends: spiralling migration, state collapse, food shortages, epidemic disease and climate change.[1] What makes the present era distinct is that whilst previous collapses have

The First Consumer Co-operative in Manbij Opens

The Economic Committee and the Management of Co-operative Societies in the Manbij [Minbic / Mumbuj] Democratic Civil Administration have opened the first consumer co-operative society in the city. The objective is to establish the concept of co-operative societies and communal work across all the strata of society and to build a democratic society. The co-operative is in

From Kobane to Tabqa: Academia begins to thrive in Northern Syria

In the reconstruction process of Northern Syria, one of the first priorities by the Democratic Administration has been to develop institutions of Higher Education. On Friday, the Tabqa [Tebqa / Al-Thawrah] Legislative council attended the inauguration of the Democratic Society Academy which was set to begin classes on the following day. Source: ANF English Ferzende Munzir, an official

Cooperatives are Taking Root in North Syria

Cooperative societies have been established in North Syria to develop the communal economy. They have proven that they can satisfy people’s needs and prevent some traders from monopolising, and so far there are more than 142 co-operatives. A co-operative society is an independent group of people who co-operate voluntarily for shared social, economic and cultural benefits.

Jinwar: On autonomous spaces, the connection of struggles and women’s revolution in Rojava

We came to Rojava as women and feminist internationalists, eager to learn from the Kurdish Women’s Movement, to live and to work with our Kurdish friends and comrades and to be part of the revolutionary process of building up and defending vivid alternatives of social organizing – here and elsewhere in this world. We want

Report of Afrin Executive Council Meeting in August

The Executive Council in Afrin [Afrîn / Efrîn‎] has put forward future plans in its annual report, which was presented to the Legislative Assembly during a meeting. The plans are related to society and the obstacles that the region has been facing for a year. The meeting was held in Afrin, and it was attended by Hevi

Qamishlo in Rojava Gets its First Co-operative Park

The Environmental Office in the Municipality of East Qamishlo [Qamişlo / Qamishli / Al-Qamishli] is working to renovate Shehid Warshin Park, and invest in it as a co-operative society for the people in the commune of Shehid Farhan, in the Ashuriyah district. Shehid Warshin is lacking services and people have to go very far if they want to