After the Fall PodcastPodcast recommendation from the BBC:
The Documentary Podcast: Can Syria’s Kurds save their women’s revolution?
Episode webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0n465h4
The one with the headscarf 🧕🏽Azadi is now ✊ .
Eskalation in Nahost: Warum die CIA die iranischen Kurden zum bewaffneten Aufstand bewegen will
Die USA und Israel wollen Irans Exilkurden aufrüsten. Das Ziel: Sie sollen in ihrer Heimat kämpfen. Die Erfolgsaussichten sind höchst unklar. Auch weil viele sich womöglich gar nicht einmischen wollen.
MimiRE: https://theblower.au/@MaxG/116156175208111389
#Iran - Un pédophile sadique mythomane et narcissique s'en prend à 148 fillettes et les tue
148 fillettes délibérément assassinées par au moins 3 missiles différents ciblant leur école pendant qu'elles y étaient.
Oui pas un mais au moins trois donc ça NE peut PAS du tout être accidentel, c'est OBLIGATOIREMENT délibéré.
Les suprémacistes masculinistes sont tous les mêmes, avec ou sans turban.
Manifestement, pour ce qui est du recrutement de ses victimes le monstre Trump d'Epstein n'a pas été correctement formé par son maître : il les tue trop vite ...
#JinJyanAzadi #massacre #Iran #trump #netanyahou #fascisme #EpsteinFiles
Some herbalists in Canada are doing a fundraiser for WJAS! They are one of the organizations that I met in NE Syria last year. They support women in NE Syria through funding health clinics, providing job training, and, important in this context, providing needed materials for displaced people like tents and blankets. While the ceasefire has meant some people who fled Aleppo, Tabqa, or Raqqa can return, many people still cannot. And there are still all the people displaced from Afrin.
More information on the fundraising campaign is here: https://imginn.com/p/DVQ_JeTFeuN/
And if you're already wondering where to donate, it is here: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/R2AD2HTSR64P6
Updates from The Amargi about the situation in northern Syria. https://www.theamargi.com/posts/critical-phase-for-sdf-damascus-agreement-as-afrin-returns-start
Highlights:
re: the Women's Revolution: "Local sources report that research institutions centred on women’s studies, developed by Kurdish women and forming a key part of the DAANES curriculum, are advocating for the recognition of Kurdish gender studies – an initiative directly at odds with the ideology of the Islamist-led transitional government."
Re: possibilities for dusplaced Kurds to return to Afrin: "For many Kurds, the true measure of the agreement’s success rests in Afrin, a city with an overwhelmingly Kurdish population that has been under the control of Turkish-backed factions since 2018, when a Turkish military offensive drove out the vast majority of its Kurdish residents. In Aleppo, which also has a significant Kurdish population, Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafizeh face their own distinct set of security and administrative challenges.
On February 17, civil society institutions and DAANES began preparations for the return of approximately 500 displaced families from Afrin, in coordination with international bodies. Sunday’s joint security delegation visit to Afrin, followed by Monday’s assessment of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafizeh, represents the most concrete steps yet toward making those returns a reality.
But the road ahead remains steep. Turkish-backed factions have held onto control of Afrin, while the agreement’s clause on displaced persons, covering Afrin, Tel Abyad (Girê Spî) and Serekaniye, has yet to be meaningfully implemented at scale."
and finally, re: roadblocks to the implementation of the Jan 29 agreement"
"The durability of the agreement depends on factors beyond the control of either the SDF or Damascus, chief among them the stance of the Turkish-backed armed factions, whose continued presence in Afrin and around Kobani directly undermines the agreement’s core commitments. For thousands of displaced Kurdish families sheltering across northeastern Syria, the coming weeks will determine whether these delegations and committees translate into the long-awaited right to return home."
Critical Phase for SDF-Damascus Agreement as Afrin Returns Start
QAMISHLI, Syria – Nearly a month after a landmark agreement between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syria’s transitional government (STG), implementation has accelerated, but significant obstacles remain, with the fate of hundreds of thousands of displaced Kurds hanging in the balance. According to local media, a joint security delegation conducted a two-day sweeping tour […]
Really good episode of the Final Straw. Especially appreciated the second interview, with a PS at the end about the feeling in the streets of Qamishlo after the Jan 30 ceasefire.
The Final Straw Radio: Rojava Revolution In Peril: a perspective from Tekoşîna Anarşîst and a voice in Qamişlo
Episode webpage: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/02/02/rojava-revolution-in-peril-a-perspective-from-tekosina-anarsist-and-a-voice-in-qamislo/
First article I have seen that quotes someone from the Zenobia Assembly, an Arab women's organization that was affiliated with Kongra Star in NE Syria. Zenobia Assembly was most active in Tabqa, Raqqa, and Deir Ezzor. You can hear them talk about their organization here: https://afterthefallpod.libsyn.com/episode-two-a-contested-city
I had heard from contacts on the ground that women from the Zenobia Assembly, which was affiliated with the Autonomous Administration, had to flee the area when Transitional Government troops moved in. But this is the first article I have seen quoting someone on the ground.
https://www.theamargi.com/posts/no-more-womens-rights-in-raqqa
After the Fall: Dispatches from the Women's Revolution in North-East Syria: Episode Two: A Contested City
The second episode brings us to Raqqa where we talk to Arab women organizing since the fall of ISIS to build up new women’s collectives and projects. We also attend a press conference with representatives of the women’s committee of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North East Syria (DAANES), the main governing body in the region. They tell us about the kind of work being done to bring together the different populations living in the area. Notes: Syrian Democratic Council’s statement on the Interim Government’s Draft Constitutional Declaration from March 14, 2025: Syrian Women’s Council on the constitution: US Troops withdrawal from Syria as of June 2025: Amnesty International’s report on the situation in the prisons and camps in NE Syria: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/04/syria-mass-death-torture-and-other-violations-against-people-detained-in-aftermath-of-islamic-state-defeat-new-report/ Citation for claim that “one of the groups affiliated with the SDF’s Manbij Military Council changed allegiances after the fall of Assad and started supporting a Turkish backed militia that was affiliated with HTS”: Article on the threat that HTS will try to attack SDF around Raqqa/Deir Ezzor: More reading on the Zenobia Women’s Assembly: and I make a brief mention of different tendencies within the Kurdish movement in this episode. If you’re curious to learn more, there is a lot of Kurdish history in this book: Cambridge History of the Kurds. Ed. Hamit Bozarslan, Cengiz Gunes, Veli Yadirgi. Cambridge University Press, 2021 Episode credits: Voice credits: Karla Stephen, Gabrielle Mulholland, Heidi, Kelly Montford, Cristine, Andrea Hume, Anais Maranda Music credits: Theme music is from Koma Şehîd Hêva Ya Şehba available online at and interlude and outro music is from Shahriyar Jamshidi https://shahriyarjamshidi.bandcamp.com/album/my-sunset-land-rojava
Article about YPJ's position in the current ceasefire. Things still seem very up in the air. Quotes from Ruksen Mohammed, a spokeswoman for the YPJ speaking to a UK based newspaper:
"The YPJ is not mentioned in the ceasefire deal, but Ms Mohammed said her units would continue to exist as an autonomous armed group within the Kurdish divisions."
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"Ms Mohammed said: “Our commanders and soldiers have played the largest role, in the war against IS, in the war against al-Nusra, on all frontlines. So we can’t accept an armed force without women.”
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"Ms Mohammed added: “The attacks may get intense, but they will only get to our land over our dead bodies. We’re surrounded, yes. But we are also prepared.”
Kunterbuntes NeuköllnEin wichtiger Ort in #Neukölln
Hevrin Xelef Garten
Die Gartensaison fängt am 18.03.26 wieder an. Auch in diesem Jahr immer mittwochs von 15-18 Uhr
#communitygarden
#feminism
#jinjyanazadi
#jinaamini
#jinwar
#Feminismus #Kurdistan
Autonomie und SolidaritätTextreihe Revolte/Aufstand #Iran
Hier einige empfehlenswerte Texte zum jetzigen (und früheren) Aufstand in Iran die von der Soligruppe für Gefangene veröffentlicht wurden!
Textreihe Revolte/Aufstand Iran
Hier mehrere Texte die wir zum jetzigen (und früheren) Aufstand in Iran veröffentlicht haben. Erklärung aus dem IRAN / 11. Januar 2026 https://panopticon.noblogs.org/post/2026/01/16/erklaerung-aus-dem-iran-11-januar-2026/ [Iran2026] An die Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter der Welt https://panopticon.noblogs.org/post/2026/01/16/iran2026-an-die-arbeiterinnen-und-arbeiter-der-welt/ [Iran2026] Wir leben in einer Welt, in der der Kapitalismus keine Maske mehr trägt (...)