A statement of solidarity for Rojava from Nik Matheou, a founding member of the Academy of Social Science, teacher and researcher at the University of Edinburgh.
“I stand in full, undying, unlimited solidarity with the Rojava Revolution, because this, the women’s and democratic revolution of North and East Syria, is the face of our collective liberation in the 21st century.
We all know the tragic stories of the last two centuries, as those beautiful revolutionary movements achieved their successes and ended in their failures. The Rojava Revolution, built from 2011 in the midst of conflict against the enemies of all humanity and suffering under an extreme economic embargo, has directly sought to learn from those failures and to develop a new paradigm, a new way of thinking about all of our collective liberation in this new century.
Built on the principles of democratic autonomy, confederalism, on the basis of women’s liberation and an ecological balance between humanity and the rest of nature, the Rojava Revolution is an example not just for Syria, not just for all the region’s peoples, but for the whole world.
Initiated and led by Kurds and especially Kurdish women, it has grown to encompass all the peoples of the region, including Armenians, Arabs, Assyrians, Circassians, Yazidis, and more.
This is why it is now under existential threat. It is the solution that empire seeks to crush. So all those who believe that another world is not only possible but can be realized by us and for us, and that we can build and create and realize a free life for everyone, everywhere, now has the responsibility to rise up for Rojava.
