Season 2

Episode 1: Why We Joined the Revolution In our first episode we are talking about why we came to Rojava, what our first impressions were and what we are struggling with… join the cay break!…

In this episode we are talking about the reality of living in a region that is constantly confronted with war. Even though none of us has actively participated in war, living in north-eastern Syria involves being confronted with different war situations. Low-intensity war, warm war, special warfare and many other kinds of war. What this makes with us and the people we have met, is in the focus of our discussions. What it’s like to Live in a War Zone In this episode we are talking about the reality of living in a region that…

The aesthetics of resistance – In the middle of a newly discussed invasion against the revolution in Rojava, we want to address the issue of war. War is not only associated with life and death, but also with resistance, great emotions and the struggle for life. While the front is coloured with great resistances, there is the story of heroic friends who play a central and important role with their work. Today we are talking to internationalist women working in medical combat about the current threats against Rojava and what its like to…

In this episode we are talking about the paradox of getting to know you r own culture in the revolution of a foreign country, funny situations that happened to us in Rojava because of not knowing the local culture and what revolutionary culture is. Controversial discussion about culture, identity and post-modern colonialism… Our guests: Lara who is working in the women’s movement and Gulan from the Internationalist Commune…

Every revolution’s engine is the youth with it’s spirit to radically change things. We realized that giving importance to the vanguard role of the youth, is one of the secrets of the Rojava Revolution. But the youth identity is rarely talked about. Who is young? What is the role of the youth in society and revolution?And what is special about being a woman and being young at the same time? These and other questions we are discussing with the young women from the Internationalist Youth Commune. Our guests: Bruna from Catalonia and Helin…

The success of the revolutionary women in Rojava is linked a lot to their determination and militancy. Reaching this means fighting liberalism. The term liberalism seems to be confused a lot. After many discussions with friends here in Rojava we started to get a deeper understanding of what it is and how it is connected to every single one of us. How we think, how we struggle, how we approach revolution is all connected to how much we are influenced by liberalism. With Ruken and Berwar we are discussing how we are personally…