Women’s Cooperatives are Growing in Rojava

QAMIŞLO – The women of the Cizîrê‎ canton are participating in the cooperatives founded by Kongreya Star in increasing numbers. The Economic Committee of the Kongreya Star administration of the Jazira Canton [Kantona Cizîrê‎ / Cezîre] founded a women’s agricultural cooperative in Qamishlo [Qamişlo / Qamishli / Al-Qamishli] on 11th November, 2016. The 30 women in the cooperative

The First Products of Amed’s Communal Fields

DİYARBAKIR [Amed]- While the ecologists have begun to grow crops in the field led by the Agricultural Seed Commission of Ecology Association, the seedlings are aimed to be distributed to the people by using the barter system. Vegetables and greens are growing in the field formed by the Agricultural Seed Commission of Ecology Association in

Reconstruction Cooperative Begins Work in Rojava

DÊRIK – The project for a house-building cooperative has begun. The goal of the project is to enable the homeless to buy a house and work in this area will become widespread. As we have seen, the Baath regime introduced brutal laws towards the Kurdish people during its occupation of Rojava. One of these was the

A Cooperative for Arab Refugees in Rojava

This Arab family has escaped a war to take refuge in the Kurdish area of Syria. The regional government has given them work. The “Ministry of the Economy” of Jazira Canton [Kantona Cizîrê‎ / Cezîre] tries to ameliorate the agricultural economy in a way that provides work and a stable source of income to farmers, while at

Growing the Future in Rojava

Kobanî [Kobanê / Ayn al-Arab] is a small city in northern Syria, part of the self-declared autonomous region of Rojava since November 2013, which, as part of the wider Syrian Civil War, broke away from the national government in a social revolution. The Rojava revolution seeks to establish a system of democratic confederalism, a system

Inanna: a Women’s Agricultural Coop in Afrin

  In Rojava’s Afrin Canton [Kantona Efrînê‎ / Afrîn], women are bringing to life the economy. On the 1st of November, 2016, Inanna Agricultural Cooperative was founded with the help of Kongreya Star. Onion, garlic, chickpeas and beans were sown in January and February on the 18 dunam [decare] plot that belong to the women’s collective. The women toil

A Poultry Project to Achieve Self Sufficiency and Develop the Communal Economy

The Agricultural Council in Hasakah [Hesekê / Hesîçe / Al-Hasakah] started a cooperative society for the building of poultry houses and planting of fruit trees. It announced that registration will open on the 18th of February 2017, and their objective is to achieve self-sufficiency and develop the communal economy. The Agricultural Council in Hasakah, which belongs to the Economic Committee

Rojava, Syria: A revolution of hope and healing

Rojava is an enclave whose inhabitants have fashioned a place of security, gender equality, economic cooperation, and a unique form of localized direct democracy that has no equivalent elsewhere.  With images of chaos, conflict, and a seemingly endless parade of horrors dominating the mainstream media, the image of Syria that dominates the popular mind is

Rojava’s Economy is Woven in the Academy

Post-revolutionary work is being undertaken to develop a system of social economy against the pre-revolutionary economic embargo of the Baath regime. One of the most active institutions in the economic struggle in Rojava is the Academy of Social Economy founded in the Jazira Canton [Kantona Cizîrê‎ / Cezîre] in 2014 by the TEV-DEM Economic Committee.

A Cooperative in Amuda for Families of Martyrs

Amuda ─ The Council of Families of Martyrs in Amuda [Amûdê / Amouda] is preparing to open a cooperative society for the families of martyrs in the city. The cooperative is a pickle factory, and it involves the participation of 92 families. The communal economy is developing among the institutions and people of Rojava, and leading to