A-Infos (en) Czech, AFED: We need your help! - Open letter from Fridays For Future Rojava

Dear Fridays For Future students,we were thrilled to see global climate protests. And 
since we founded Fridays For Future Rojava this May, we have been protesting and betting 
at your side! ---- Fridays For Future brought together young people across the world who 
understand that it is impossible to continue destroying nature. ---- The reality in 
Rojava, a Kurdish region in northern Syria, is very different from many other locations 
where there are local branches of FFF. Since the revolution in 2012 in Rojava, we have 
been building an alternative social model based on three basic principles: women's 
liberation, ecology and radical democracy. In the last seven years, self-governing 
environmental projects have been organized from almost everywhere: neighborhood councils, 
women's centers, educational academies as an alternative, free school system, economic and 
agricultural cooperatives and much more. All areas of life have been reorganized from 
bottom to top. In the past, everything was controlled by the Syrian government of 
Damascus. Now we govern ourselves. In all these new structures, women organize 
autonomously so that they can counterbalance the patriarchy.
This democratic system has been the target of reactionary forces since the beginning. 
First Al-Nusra (part of Al-Qaeda) and then the Islamic State attacked our cities and 
occupied much of the country. But we managed to free themselves from their cruel regime. 
The Islamic State was defeated. The Islamic state is not just a phenomenon here in the 
Middle East. Many jihadists came here from western countries, through Turkey.
But even with the end of the Islamic State, the attacks continued. In early 2018, Turkey 
began illegal aggression and has since occupied the region of Africa, which was previously 
self-governing and was considered one of the safest areas in Syria. Now there is violence 
again.
Many young people like us have helped defend Africa. Almost every family could name 
someone she lost in defense against an Islamic state or Turkey - someone who was murdered 
in defense of peace and democratic values.
Today, on October 9, 2019, Turkey launched an attack. We have bombs and artillery fire. 
Turkish forces are trying to cross the border in some places. There are many civilian 
casualties already. Infrastructure, such as dams or electricity sources, was among the 
first objectives.
In these difficult hours we turn to you, dear friends from Fridays For Future. We believe 
that the ecological crisis can only be addressed by self-determination. Our economy is 
built on cooperation and people's needs. This is the revolution in Rojava.
Be strong, discuss these issues, don't be fooled by the media and take to the streets! As 
long as these attacks continue, there will also be actions of solidarity and resistance. 
Campaign # Riseup4Rojava brings all these actions together.
If you want to contact us directly, please email makojavagreenagain@riseup.net! We are a 
diverse group of people from Rojava, even those who came to Rojava to support the 
revolution. You can write to us in English or in any other language!

Source: 
https://makerojavagreenagain.org/2019/10/10/we-need-your-support-open-letter-by-fridays-for-future-rojava/

https://www.afed.cz/text/7045/potrebujeme-vasi-pomoc
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