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• Vineyards in Raqqa and Tabqa, an important source of income  

  In the Raqqa and Tabqa cantons, vineyards are considered important as a source of income, and help meet the needs of families.
• Kalkan: Destroying nature is the origin of every form of oppression and exploitation 

  Duran Kalkan called for participation in the 32nd Kurdish Culture Festival to be held in Frankfurt.
• Makbule Özer: If they weren't afraid of us, they wouldn't have thrown me in prison 

  Makbule Özer has now been released from prison for the second time. "If they weren't afraid of us, they wouldn't have thrown me in prison like this," she said.
• Kalkan: The KDP must be exposed more 

  Duran Kalkan talked about the need to show the real face of the Barzani family and the KDP to the world.
• Kalkan: The PKK is waging its struggle for freedom in every field 

  "The PKK is standing upright, maintaining its full strength. It resists heroically in every aspect," said Duran Kalkan.
• From the ‘Arab Spring’ to Self-Government  

  Popular protests in Syria started in 2011 with the impact of the ‘Arab Spring’. In 2012, the fire of revolution was lit in Kobanê and in 2018 the Autonomous Administration was declared. Last year, it was crowned with the Social Contract.
• Summer School for Music and Theater in Rojava sees participation of dozens of students 

  Dozens of young people spent three months intensively engaged in cultural education in the Summer School for Music and Theater.
• Kalkan: The most meaningful resistance for freedom and democracy in history takes place in Imrali 

  Duran Kalkan, member of the KCK Executive Council, who talks about the current alliance policy in the genocidal war against the Kurdish people, as well as the importance of peace and the need to stand up against ecocide.
• No buffer zone, but occupation and annexation 

  Let us understand the events in the Medya Defence Zones correctly. Let us not believe the lies of the AKP-MHP, Iraqi and KDP administrations. Let us see the reality of occupation and annexation well and take an active stand against it.
• Incentives for bosses, less rights for workers 

  Textile workers in Turkey and North Kurdistan are exposed to severe exploitation and health risks. They receive wages well below the poverty line.
• Global Days for Öcalan from 1 to 10 October 

  New Global Days for Öcalan to be held from 1 to 10 October.
• Fatma Yavuz: It seems that every institution in Turkey works contrary to its mission 

  Author Fatma Yavuz said: "Hospitals produce diseases, courthouses produce oppression, and places of worship produce sin and polytheism."
• 'Peace, Dialogue and Democracy Conference' publishes final resolution  

  The ‘European Forum for Freedom and Peace’ ended in Berlin with the reading of a final resolution.
• Emin Şeker: Violations of rights in prisons are increasing 

  Emin Şeker said that the pressures experienced in prisons are increasing. "A board in the prison decides whether the prisoners will be released or not."
• Journalist Biryar Efrîn talks about Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn, killed by a Turkish drone 

  Journalist Biryar Efrîn had known murdered journalists Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn since 2016.
• Hêlîme Hecî: Abdullah Öcalan is a great source of power for us 

  Helîme Hecî (58) participated in the Sociology of Freedom readings. She said: "Our Leader is a great source of power for us women. We are building a new life by placing him at the center of our lives."
• 'Entering a new intellectual era', new brochure from the Internationalist Community of Rojava 

  'Entering a new intellectual era', new brochure from the Internationalist Community of Rojava
• Turkish state targets pioneering revolutionary women in Kurdish society 

  It is clear that the Turkish state team, which organises massacres against Kurdish women, harbours a deep hatred. The fact that women lead revolutions and influence societies is deemed sufficient for death sentences.
• Exploitation of women in agriculture sector in Turkey and North Kurdistan 

  Large-scale agricultural production in Turkey and North Kurdistan is based on brutal exploitation, which particularly affects women, who do not even receive 16 euros for twelve-hour days in sweltering heat.
• Sur in the shadow of history: Destruction of cultural heritage and erasure of identity 

  The destruction experienced in Amed Sur is not only physical destruction, but also a systematic attack on the cultural identity of the region.
• ‘We Are Hope, We Are Peace’ campaign explains content of Family Law in Northern and Eastern Syria  

  The ‘We Are Hope, We Are Peace’ campaign carried out in Northern and Eastern Syria aims to explain the content of the Family Law as well as end violence against women and raise awareness among men.
• Karasu: Every day, there are political genocidal operations in Kurdistan 

  Mustafa Karasu spoke about the Iraq-Turkey agreement, the ongoing genocide practice against Kurdish people and the recent visit of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Turkey.
• Peace in Kurdistan: Far right riots and state’s response both pose a threat to our civil liberties 

  The Peace in Kurdistan Campaign issued a statement analyzing the violent riots that broke out following the shocking fatal stabbing of three young girls in the seaside town of Southport, in the United Kingdom. 
• Karasu: A society lacking culture and art is a dead society 

  Mustafa Karasu spoke about the impact of the 15 August 1984 breakthrough on today's Kurdish culture, as well as the impact of the politics of the AKP-MHP government on every aspect of life in the country.
• Mustafa Karasu: Isolation of Abdullah Öcalan is unlawful and arbitrary 

  New long and in-depth interview with Mustafa Karasu, member of the KCK Executive Council.