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Analysis: Rojava Is Fighting for Its Life

Steven Methven

Kurdish women fighting Isis were once feted in the US and UK media. But support for the Kurds of north and east Syria - now facing an existential threat - would only ever last as long as they were risking their lives in pursuit of western goals, writes Steven Methven.

Opinion: David Graeber Was Right to Recognise the Importance of the Kurdish Struggle

Giran Ozcan

David Graeber was an early and committed supporter of the Kurdish freedom movement. We can remember him the way he remembered the people of Rojava who gave their lives in the fight against Isis, writes Giran Ozcan - by living out our ideas in practice and making a commitment to solidarity that goes beyond words.

International: How a Revolution Really Feels: Rojava 8 Years On

Matt Broomfield

How does it feel to seek new ways to live? On the eighth anniversary of the Rojava revolution, journalist and activist Matt Broomfield - who has been living and working in North and East Syria for the last two years - explains.

As Isis Falls, a Humanitarian Crisis Is Rapidly Unfolding in North-Eastern Syria

Dani Ellis in Deir-ez-Zor, Syria

As the media fixates on 'Isis brides', the Syrian Democratic Forces are struggling to keep thousands of people alive in the desert, with little help from international aid groups. Novara Media and the Rojava Information Centre report from the frontline.

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