I have the most intense feelings when I remember how the valleys that began at the skirts of the mountains were prepared for production from the onset of spring to the onset of autumn by my farmer father. I cannot forgive myself for the inability to mourn his death—an inability brought on by the relationships imposed by modernity. I have big regrets: Why could not I fully understand these travelers of god and befriend them? At one time, I thought that the moment for village relationships had come and gone. Today, I have no doubt that the ideal life for humanity can only be sustained in the villages that are in harmony with the ecology—not in the city structures of modernity. The only way that cities can become fit for human dwelling is to transform them into ecological villages. To my mind, the people living in the range of the Nur and Zagros mountains are the sacred passengers of the gods and goddesses who reside at the thrones located at the peaks of the mountains. I reject the insult, from the perspective of modernity, of being “backward” because progressiveness and backwardness are just ideological judgments. I not only think that modernity is backward, but I also believe that a profound analysis of capitalist modernity’s mentality (which I view as an enemy of humanity) will lead us back to the fundamentals of humanity. When we rid ourselves of modernity’s hellish shackles, namely profiteering, industrialism and the nation-state, we will be able to live a meaningful life again. The city— that has opened its doors to the life of profit, the capture of the human being in an iron cage and the industrial monsters that are the murderers of life—is an even more meaningless copy of the old “Babylon with seventy two languages.” I have no doubt that the liberation of humanity lies in the collapse of the cancerous structure of this kind of urbanism. And I do believe that I was able to make the grand return to freedom. I have told this short story to evoke memories of the life-culture that is our roots. We need to fully and effectively understand the lifestyle that is the product of this constructed social reality before we can escape playing the role of modernity’s fool. If we do not rid ourselves of this cancerous life of modernity that has taken all of us hostage—including the shepherd in the mountains—we cannot live a free life. We shall, sooner or later, understand that “the wrong life cannot be lived rightly.”

🔥ÖCALAN NEW MESSAGE FOR THE YOUTH!

"April is a Renaissance for me, a rebirth. The young people's march is a march towards freedom. Marching towards freedom is meaningful. Wherever I go, I organize myself. I had a group that moved with me when I went to school. This is how socialization happens. I have been doing this since my childhood.

Socialism means society, communalism. Socialism means socialization. In Kurdistan, politics should be done with this understanding. This is called communal, socialist politics. This is achieved by organizing. Organization is the most important job. If you cannot do that, I will criticize you greatly. Therefore, you will organize everywhere. I support your work and send my greetings."

Abdullah Öcalan

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From Tishreen to Imralî: On the 4th of April we congratulate Rêber APO!

On 4th of April 1948 Rêber APO (Abdullah Öcalan) was born in the village of Amara in Northern Kurdistan. His struggle created the base for the renessaince of the Kurdish people. Today his ideas have spread far beyond Kurdistan and became the hope that guides our Resistances and struggles around the world.

From the people's resistance on the Tishreen Dam in North-East Syria we send our greetings to Rêber APO!

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🎥WHO IS ABDULLAH ÖCALAN?

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Today is the 76th birthday of Abdullah Öcalan, the people's leader who developed the paradigm of democratic modernity on the basis of the Rojava Revolution and the Jin Jiyan Azadî Revolution 🎉

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YOUNG INTERNATIONALIST WOMEN ORGANIZED AN ART ACTION FOR RÊBER APO'S BIRTHDAY

🕊 As an aswer to Rêber Apo's message to the youth, that focused on organizing the youth everywhere, the Young Internationalist Women greeted Rêber Apo with an art action.


🌼 "Rêber Apo's birthday symbolizes the spring of the people, the rebirth of the democratic society and the free women."

LONG LIVE RÊBER APO!

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MAKE ROJAVA GREEN AGAIN CELEBRATES RÊBER APO AND HIS NEW CALL FOR THE YOUTH

🕊 Throughout Kurdistan and beyond, people are celebrating April 4th, Rêber APO’s birthday and, as a symbol of a new life, trees are planted.

🕊 This year Rêber APO’s call for peace and a democratic society has sparked new hope and confidence far beyond Kurdistan, Syria and Turkey.

Now a new call for the youth has arrived.

☀️ We here in Rojava, northeast Syria, have also begun planting trees for this occasion. This is a promise and a commitment to care for nature.

☀️ In this spirit, we and all our friends join Reber APO’s call and will work together to bring it to life.

Make Rojava Green Again
https://x.com/GreenRojava

We are at war – Şehid Sara Dorşîn’s letter to the internationalists

On April 7th, 2019 our friend Sara fell martyr in the mountains of Kurdistan. In a letter to her comrades back home, she shows a stance full of clearness & Determination.

➡️Read it here: https://www.revistalegerin.com/en/post/weareatwar

Published in Lêgerîn Magazin

Understand the personality of Rêber APO through the eyes of Şehîd Sara

Since the international conspiracy who lead to the kidnapping of Rêber APO (Abdullah Öcalan) in 1999, the 4th of April became one of the dates of struggle celebrated not only by the Kurdish society but any other people who defend his paradigm. To understand all the phases the movement went through until nowadays effort for peace and democracy launched by Rêber APO it is necessary to understand his personality and how it shaped the ideology that allowed the PKK to continue fighting.

We will explain Rêber APO’s approach to the struggle through the eyes of Şehîd Sara, the vanguard of women’s liberation.


➡️ Read the article here: https://internationalistcommune.com/the-month-of-april-is-the-month-of-renaissance-understand-the-personality-of-reber-apo-through-the-eyes-of-sehid-sara/

"To be a socialist means to embrace social life. And to embrace social life means to walk and work with people. This must be built. Politics leaves no room for emptiness."

Abdullah Öcalan, 31st of March 2025

Audiobook: Sociology of Freedom!

Today, on the occasion of the Global Öcalan Book Day we are pleased to share he defining work of Öcalan, written in the Imrali prison, called “Sociology of Freedom” as an audiobook.

👂Links to Youtube and Spotify available on our website: https://democraticmodernity.com/the-sociology-of-freedom-by-abdullah-ocalan-audiobook/

New Brochure: "The Jewish-Arab Problem and a Solution for a Democratic Middle East" - Analysis by Abdullah Öcalan

Why has no solution been found to date for the conflict between Israel and Palestine, which has led to genocide in Gaza? To answer this question, we must take a look at the history and emergence of the Jewish and Arab nation states and their contradictions.

This brochure contains various texts from the Defence writings of Rêber APO (Abdullah Öcalan), which deal with the origins of the Arab-Jewish conflict and solutions for a Middle East of Freedom, Peace and Equality.

The various text sections were compiled by the "Abdullah Öcalan Academy of Social Sciences" in North-East Syria.

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📺🎬 The Age of Media Warfare (Documentary)

The Documentary "The Age of Media Warfare" is a production of the Press Center of Komalên Ciwan.

This documentary is about the correct methods of using the telephone, the internet, the media and technology. It brought together Rêber Apo's evaluations on these issues and the approach of the Guerrillas of Democratic Modernity on this topics.

With Lêgerîn Artemetan, Ozgur Şerker and Xebat Andok.

➡️ Watch & Download here:
https://kolektiva.media/w/ojNeXCqW7gtmN6JU9bT4DY

➡️ More about Psychologcial and Special Warfare: Brochure “Psychological and Special Warfare: Our duties and responsibilities against it”
https://internationalistcommune.com/psychological-and-special-warfare-our-duties-and-responsibilities-against-it/

🚩 Let's go out on May Day – From Rojava to the whole world: Build a socialist life!

The intervention of the Kurdish freedom movement against the plans to reshape the Middle East has, with the Rojava Revolution, created a reality that cannot be denied or destroyed. The alternative to sexism, war, and misery lies in the peaceful coexistence of peoples based on the principles of women's liberation, ecology, and radical democracy.

The call for peace and a democratic society now written by Rêber APO can mark the beginning of a new stage in which even greater efforts will be made to build, through peaceful coexistence, a genuine tenderness between peoples who have been at war with each other for over a hundred years. It is up to us to recognize the necessity and urgency of Rêber APO's physical freedom, to strengthen his position through our struggle, and to gather around him.

➡️Full Text: https://internationalistcommune.com/lets-go-out-on-may-day-from-rojava-to-the-whole-world-build-a-socialist-life/

"AS A YOUNG WOMEN, I AM FOLLOWING THE PATH OF MY MOTHER"

🕊 Interview of Heval Lorîn, who's mother fell martyr in an airstrike attack of the Turkish state in Dêrik, Rojava in 2022.

🔥 Lorîn deals with the martyrdom of her mother, in following her revolutionary footsteps with high moral and determination. To understand, where this young women takes her strength to struggle, watch the interview, that she recently gave to us.

📍WATCH THE INTERVIEW ON OUR WEBSITE: https://www.younginternationalistwomen.com/2025/05/05/as-a-young-women-i-am-following-the-path-of-my-mother/

Şehîd Mizgîn – What would life be without music?

Şehîd Mizgîn, who, as a Kurdish woman, musician, politician, and guerrilla fighter, waged an all-encompassing struggle against genocide and fascism and for a meaningful, artistic, and free life. After meeting Rêber APO in Lebanon she played an important role in building the Kurdish women’s movement and culture movement.
On May 11, 1992, Turkish soldiers launched an operation against Şehîd Mizgîn’s unit. Even in this situation, she proved her character. She fought with her comrades until the last bullet and went down in the history of the Kurdish freedom movement as a courageous and warm-hearted artist and guerrilla fighter.

➡️ Read it here: https://internationalistcommune.com/sehid-mizgin-what-would-life-be-without-music/