The Mexico-based women's collective Colectiva Las Kompas sent a letter to the Kurdistan Women's Freedom Movement and the people of Rojava.

In a letter sent by comrades of the Kurdistan Women's Movement in Abya Yala, the Collective expressed their happiness after learning that Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan is in good health and, but said they are very angry and resentful that the Turkish state continues to keep Öcalan in isolation and under constant torture. “For this reason, together with you, our comrades, we will continue to demand his freedom,” said the letter, which further included the following:

“We also see that the bombings of the fascist Turkish state have intensified in order to destroy the Kurdish people's struggle for freedom and the Autonomous Administration experience in Rojava, which has raised the hope of all peoples. We also see ourselves in this barbarity. Today, a massacre is also taking place in Mexico. With the help of the government, the war, which supposedly appears to be between the drug cartels, is in essence being waged against our peoples. In this context, murders of indigenous leaders, human rights defenders and journalists who protect the land are increasing. The Mexican state and gangs are forcibly arming young people. With these pressures, they force people to flee and leave their territories. Thus, they are trying to destroy the Zapatista autonomy and the resistance of indigenous peoples, which is the hope for our region. The Zapatistas have a new generation of youth and children who are trained to build a new world; they want to eliminate them.

The same thousand-headed monster (Hydra) is chasing us all over the world, but it cannot destroy us. We are outraged at all the suffering that has brought tears to our eyes in Rojava, Chiapas and many other places. We know that the source of all the disasters we are experiencing is this damned patriarchal capitalist system. We see that this monster tries to neutralise our resistance by creating in us a sense of helplessness. But at such moments, we turn to your struggle and draw strength and energy from your struggle and resistance. Your struggle insisting on love, honour and free coexistence in the midst of evil and war is a source of inspiration for us.

And here we are. We are with you in our territories, in the spaces of indigenous communities, in the cities and suburbs.”

The collective concluded its letter by recalling the words of Bety Cariño, the murdered female pioneer in Mexico: “As our sister and comrade Bety Cariño says, ‘We sow dreams and reap hope’ and we send our love, resistance and rebellion energy to you through this letter. Freedom for Öcalan, Jin, Jiyan, Azadi.”