Emergency Committee for Rojava

🌻 Greetings friends, join us on Saturday July 25th at 9am PT/12pm ET for the third session of our summer study series. The topic of this session explores the political economy of Kurdistan. 📚 RSVP and readings found at: defendrojava.org/events/summe...

Don't miss out – RSVP for our fourth and final summer study session happening tomorrow August 29th at 12pm ET/9am PT. 📚 Readings and RSVP available at the link below: www.defendrojava.org/events/summe...

Join us for the fourth and final session of our summer study series on Saturday, August 29th at 12pm ET / 9am PT. The topic of this session is "Cultural Assimilation, Linguicide, and Educational Resistance". Info and RSVP at www.defendrojava.org/events/summe... We hope to see you there!

Join us tomorrow!

Don't forget to join us tomorrow at 9am PT/12pm ET for the third session of our summer study series. The topic of this session explores the political economy of Kurdistan. 📚 RSVP and readings found at: defendrojava.org/events/summe...

Tonight at 5pm PT / 8pm ET!

Don't miss it! 5pm PT / 8pm ET RSVP here: www.defendrojava.org/events/updat...

🗓️Today is July 19th, the 14th anniversary the declaration of autonomy in northeast Syria, marking the official beginning of the Rojava revolution. May we all be both inspired and challenged on this day to strive for a truly self-governed society. ✊ Bijî berxwedana Rojava✌️

This is a reminder to RSVP for our upcoming call with author Aliza Marcus on Monday July 20th. We will be discussing updates from the Kurdish Freedom Movement as well as her new book, Resurgence and Revolution. RSVP at: www.defendrojava.org/events/updat... We hope to see you there!

Live in the Chicago area? Check out this event on July 19th at Pilsen Community Books pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/50921

Join us Monday July 20th (5pm PT / 8pm ET) for a conversation with author and journalist Aliza Marcus. We will be discussing recent developments in Kurdistan as well as her new book, Resurgence and Revolution. RSVP here: www.defendrojava.org/events/updat...

📢Join us Sat June 27 (12pm ET / 9am PT) for our second summer study group session: 'Genocide, Ecocide, and Femicide in Kurdistan', co-hosted with City Kurds and the Kurdish Gender Studies Network. 📚Readings and RSVP here: www.defendrojava.org/events/study...

May 31st is a global day of action in #solidarity with Rojava's Women's Protection Units (YPJ) #WeAreAllYPJ kongra-star.org/eng/2026/05/...

📢Don't forget to join us *THIS SATURDAY* for our next study group session on the colonization of Kurdistan. RSVP below...

Join us May 30th for the launch of our 📚Summer Study Group Series 📚 The Colonization of Kurdistan: History, Political Economy, and Gender, which we are co-hosting with our friends at City Kurds and the Kurdish Gender Studies Network. RSVP: www.defendrojava.org/events/summe...

📢This Friday, May 15. 📚Spread the word with your fellow students, educators, and scholars! Join the discussion about how we can support and defend Rojava's autonomous and democratic educational institutions! 🤝

🌹Happy #MayDay to you all! 🌼1 Gulan pîroz be! 🌿On this #InternationalWorkersDay we celebrate #solidarity between all struggles for social justice around the world 🤝

The US withdrawal from Syria and the transfer of its bases to the Syrian state marks a new era, solidifying Trump's abandonment of the SDF and the further consolidation of al-Sharaa's regime. These are dangerous and precarious times for Rojava. www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-mili...

🎈Happy 13th birthday to the #YPJ! 🌿Long live the Women's Protection Units! ✊Long live women's autonomy and self-defense!

✌️Newroz Pîroz Be! 🔥 Happy Kurdish New Year! 🌿 May we all take time this weekend to celebrate life, renewal, resistance, and freedom.

🌻Today on #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate the women of the world who are struggling for liberation, from #Kurdistan to #Palestine, from #Chiapas to #TurtleIsland ✊ A society can never be free without women's liberation.

📢Join us Feb 26 for 'Beyond The Nation-State', a panel discussion on colonization, resistance, and the Kurdish freedom movement, hosted by @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social: davidgraeber.institute/colonial-his...

📢Global intellectuals including Slavoj Zizek and Silvia Federici have signed onto the call to #DefendRojava! Check out their statement in @theamargi.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/skj5pb68

Read and share this "Statement of Academic Solidarity with the Universities of Rojava" from the Migration Scholars' Global Solidarity and Resistance Network: migrationscholarsmobilize.org/blog-posts-2...

📢Syrian Kurds are Under Attack❗ 📃Read and share our joint-statement and call-to-action in collaboration with other US-based Kurdish organizations. www.defendrojava.org/news/syrian-...

📢 Join us this Saturday in New York City! Stop the war on Kurds!✌️

Big thanks to everyone who joined us in Seattle today to show our solidarity with Kurdish communities currently under attack in Aleppo, Rojava, and Rojhilat!

📣Call Congress Today! 📞Demand immediate action to stop the Syrian state's ethnic cleansing of Kurds in Aleppo! 🚨 www.defendrojava.org/news/call-in...

📢 ECR Statement on the situation in Aleppo: 🕊️ Hands Off Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh! ✌️ Solidarity with the Kurds of Aleppo! 🌿 Syria is for ALL Syrians! www.defendrojava.org/news/ecr-sta...

📣Last chance for books and t-shirts! Support our end-of-year fundraiser and receive a special #solidarity gift! www.defendrojava.org/donate

🌻We still have some of these hand-printed "Defend Rojava" t-shirts 👕available as thank you gifts (among others)🎁 to those who contribute to our end of the year Rojava solidarity fundraiser at: www.defendrojava.org/donate 🙏

Hands off Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh! End the siege now! Solidarity with the Kurds of Aleppo!

"It's the tension between utopian ideals and material compromises that generates the movements most revolutionary moments" 🌻 - Matt Broomfield, Hope Without Hope 📚Pick up a copy of this fantastic book (and others!) by contributing to our 2025 fundraiser: www.defendrojava.org/donate

"There is no single blueprint for a democratic and ecological way of life...each community must reinvent real democracy for itself"🌻 - Eleanor Finley, Practicing Social Ecology You can pick up a copy of this book by contributing to our 2025 fundraiser: www.defendrojava.org/donate

Join us later today! municipalism.org/municipalist...

“This book consciously centers stories of resistance and victory. Not because things are perfect, but because things are possible – through faith and struggle.” 🌿 - Dilar Dirik 📚You can receive a copy of this book by supporting our 2025 Rojava solidarity fundraiser at: defendrojava.org/donate

"Democracy is the power of communities to govern themselves without the state." - Abdullah Öcalan 🌻 📚You can receive a copy of this book by supporting our 2025 Rojava Solidarity Fundraiser today at: www.defendrojava.org/donate

🎁 Support our 2025 Rojava #solidarity fundraiser today and receive a special thank you gift (while supplies last)! ✌️ For more info go to: www.defendrojava.org/donate

One year after Assad's fall #AANES leaders call for peace, democracy and decentralization in #Syria. Fears of escalation mount as SDF-Damascus negotiations slow and the US dismisses Kurdish-led calls for decentralization. Self-determination is the only path to peace! ✌️ npasyria.com/en/132952/

A great way to show your solidarity on #GivingTuesday!

Join us on Dec 15 for this conversation with Kali Akuno and Rebecca Tarlau on the topic of global movements building #DualPower, including #Rojava, the #MST in Brazil, and #CooperationJackson in the US!

🎬 Watch the VIDEO from our recent event, featuring a conversation with journalist and author Matt Broomfield about his fantastic new book 'Hope Without Hope: Rojava and Revolutionary Commitment' www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-7e...

📢 Our 2025 end-of-year fundraiser has officially launched! 🌻 Help us build a movement of international #solidarity with the women-led democratic revolution in Rojava / North-East Syria✌️ 🎁Donors will receive special gifts (as supplies last)! Go to: www.defendrojava.org/donate

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Join us THIS SATURDAY!

📢 Join our SPECIAL EVENT on Saturday November 29th, featuring a discussion with journalist Matt Broomfield about his new book 📗"Hope Without Hope: Rojava and Revolutionary Commitment", as well as end-of-year announcements from ECR. Don't miss it! 🌻 RSVP: www.defendrojava.org/events/hope-...

If you're in the Portland, OR area we encourage you to check out this film screening on the 22nd, hosted by @lumpyspacepdx.bsky.social at the Clinton Street Theater!