“We see this evening not only as an anniversary but as a moment of denunciation of Turkish crimes and support for the Kurdish population,” said the activists celebrating the anniversary of the Rojava Revolution.
A celebration was held in Bologna, Italy at the social center Làbas to mark the 12th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution.
Activists created a little "mini" Cinema to promote the crowdfunding for the reconstruction of the Cinema Amude, and remembered the martyrs, some of whose pictures were exposed along the space. The activists also displayed a banner in support of the guerrilla struggle in Kurdistan.
Many people came for the event and for the occasion a migrant activist from Labas, originally from Ghana, prepared a Ghanaian dinner whose proceeds were donated to the cinema crowdfunding.
“We trust that the struggle and daily commitment will lead us to new goals in the name of the revolution and our martyrs,” said the activists, who made the following press statement:
"On the night of July 19, 2012, the city of Kobane in northern Syria rose up and proclaimed its autonomy from the central government. Soon other cities joined the revolutionary project, giving birth to the confederal revolution of Rojava, based on the principles devised by Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish leader and founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). An experiment in self-government from below where all the minorities present in the territory can live together in opposition to internal and external tyrants and the evil of ISIS, where it is possible to overcome the model of the nation state and where the role of women and the overthrow of patriarchal society is central, as well as attention to ecology.
The resonance of the Rojava revolution and the significance of its principles has led many over the years to join the YPG (People's Protection Units) and YPJ (Women's Protection Units), including many Western women and men who joined their Kurdish, Arab and Yazidi comrades. Many of them lost their lives fighting for the ideals of democratic confederalism. The Kurds say Şehid Namirin, martyrs do not die. Here we would like to mention some of them.
This anniversary comes at a time when Turkey is invading and militarizing Bashur (South Kurdistan), taking advantage of internal betrayals in the region and international silence, and once again resorting to jihadists in hire. Part of Rojava is still being invaded and attacked by Turkey. We see this evening not only as an anniversary but as a moment of denunciation of Turkish crimes and support for the Kurdish population."
The crowdfunding to rebuild the Amude Cinema in Rojava is available here
