In the heart of Europe, in the so called city of love, a feminicide against Kurdish revolutionaries happened for the second time. On Dec. 23rd 2022, three Kurdish friends have been shot in Paris and lost their lives. One of them was Evin, who has been a vanguard in the Kurdish women’s movement for decades. This massacre reminds everyone immediatly of the killing that happened exactly 10 years ago, also in Paris. At that time three women of the Kurdish women's movement had been shot, who played a leading role in the women's freedom struggle.

Who were these women and why were they targeted? What is the connection between these two murders? And who is responsible for the killings? These questions and more we discuss in this last episode of the third season on our podcast. Arjîn, a kurdish young women who is active in the women's movement in Europe and Anja, who has known Evin personally, are answering all our questions!

What is going on in the free mountains of Kurdistan? Kurdistan and it's people are going through the most difficult time in their history right now. In eastern Kurdistan the people, led by brave young women, are relentlessly fighting in the streets against the Iranian Regime. West-Kurdistan, Rojava is continuously under military attack by the Turkish state. But what is actually happening in the mountains of north and south Kurdistan is not widely known.

Horrible photos are circling in the internet. The mountains in which the Kurdish Guerilla is living and fighting for freedom, are under the heaviest attacks. The Turkish army is bombing the freedom fighters with chemical and other internationally banned weapons.

But why is no one intervening? Who are the Guerilla, these young women and men, that are resisting so fearlessly? And what do they have to do with the Rojava-Revolution? These questions and all facts about the current chemical attacks, are the topics of this new episode "In The Free Mountains".

Here in Rojava we are currently facing the biggest military attack since a long time! Turkey is attacking the region with war planes, drones and artillery. How this new war started, what happened so far, how we experience these attacks and our predictions on how it will continue we share in this new episode. Please share this episode with your friends. Nobody should stay silent about this, but stop the war! Defending the women's revolution of Rojava means defending the hope of humanity!

"If anyone in Iran hears my voice, I tell them to close their wounds and continue until they reach freedom.
And if someone outside of Iran hears my voice, I request you to be the voice of the Iranian people, because the Islamic Republic of Iran is trying to silence the
voice of the Iranian people." - Ala from Kirmaşan

More then 40 days passed since the feminicide on the Kurdish woman Jîna Mahsa Amini (16.09.2022) by the Iranian Regime. From this day on the people of Eastern Kurdistan, Iran and Balochistan are rising up and demanding their freedom.
We had the chance to talk to Ala, a young Kurdish woman from Kirmaşan, who is right now witnessing and taking part in the revolution of Rojhelat and Iran. In this episode she is sharing her beautiful and powerful message on this current situation with the world.

JIN JIYAN AZADI is being shouted on the streets of Rojhelat and Iran by young women and all the other parts of society and it’s echoing all over the world. What is the real meaning of this slogan? What is the current situation? How are the uprisings in Rojhelat and Iran connected to the revolution in Rojava? What is the meaning of Kurdish identity in this context and in the events taking place right now? These are some of the questions we are discussing in this episode with Beri - who is from Rojhelat and living in diaspora.

“It’s this friction between how people are born and the ideas and thoughts they have inherited from their ancestors and then this system that is put upon them. And they are so far apart, that’s why it will never work.” - Beri

Our guest: Beri Shalmashi @berishalmashi from Rojhelat, living in Netherlands

What makes the revolution in Rojava so successful and growing for over 10 years now, is the power of the society, the power of the people. But what does that actually mean? What is the strategy behind and how does this look like in the reality here in Rojava?
A woman friend joined our 4th cay break to talk about the concept of revolutionary people's war and what it means for a revolutionary movement that aims to liberate the society. As it is becoming very clear in the light of the increasing attacks of the Turkish state right now,  the revolution is based on defending and fighting for itself which is going further then professionally organized military structures like YPG and YPJ.
Each person has a responsibility in defending the society and the land of their home, as real freedom can only be created by the people standing up for themselves. This means taking the responsibility in the shape of all kinds of different roles, from giving space in your house to the fighters to the armed struggle itself. In that way society creates a power as a whole. 

We all need to stop relying on the states that oppress us! We need to relearn how to defend and fight for ourselves and communities!

The access to water in Rojava and NE Syria is becoming more and more limited. The severe drought that has been lasting for over two years is connected to the global ecological situation and the Turkish state cutting the water supply to the region. Water is a source of life and as such it is one of the most direct ways to attack the society. The water is being used as a method of war. Afriend joined us to talk about Heyva sor, the Kurdish Red moon structure and her current project on assessing and improving water infrastructures, access to water and the quality of water.

We need to change our relations to nature and stop capitalist exploitation and destruction of it. Rojava is an ecological revolution as ecology is one fundamental principle of the movement that aims to change how we live with each other and nature. It gets clear that to protect the fundament of life for the people in this revolution, we need to rise up and take a stand against the Turkish fascist regime everywhere where people feel the hope that is arising from the Rojava revolution. To protect nature is to protect life!

WE ARE AT WAR and the revolution in Rojava and it’s people are being attacked every day economically, ecologically and psychologically. But also military attacks of the Turkish state, which have always been part of the warfare against the revolution here, are becoming more and more common and intense. The cities til Rifaat, Ain Issa, and the Region Shehba are targeted by artillery and drone attacks on a regular basis. During the last days the Turkish state is escalating it’s attacks intensively and expanding the target area. In  the cities Tirbespi, Qamishlo, Amude and Dirbesiye already several civilians have been killed and dozens have been injured.

Today we are joined by a Kurdish friend who explained and analyzed the current situation. She explains the different methods that the Turkish state is using to terrorize the society on an everyday basis. The people here in north-east Syria are being attacked, because they are building up the alternative to an oppressive system, which is giving hope and inspiration to the people of Turkey, Syria and many other places in the world. People are feeling encouraged to put their utopias into practice. This is a threat to the oppressive states, that try to suffocate the revolution of the people.

We, people form all over the world, need the revolution in Rojava and the revolution needs us!