September 2016 – We Are Plan C

Solidarity Networks and Rent Strikes

This is the text of a pamphlet handed out at the recent Rent Strike Weekender. You can find a pdf of the pamphlet itself here. Renting is shit – but rent isn’t our only problem. We work, more than ever before. We’re depressed and anxious, more than ever before. Life is expensive, academic work is […]

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Commons, Education Struggles, Feminism, Housing, Kurdistan, Social Reproduction, Social Strike, Strategy, Strike

23rd September 2016

Interview with YPG Commander Cihan Kendal

Interview with Cihan Kendal, YPG Commander in Rojava discussing the role of international volunteers, women in the YPG/YPJ, and the current nature of the revolution in Rojava.

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Kurdistan

19th September 2016

For Alan Kurdi and Hande Kader: For the spirit of Rojava and Against the Turkish State

A year ago yesterday, Alan Kurdi, a Kurdish toddler, washed up on the beaches of Europe and his much photographed dead body sparked outrage amongst populations, and the promise of action from politicians. Today there is silence as a boy is murdered in Kobane by the Turkish incursion, and the mostly Kurdish population of Rojava face

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan

3rd September 2016