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from the Rojava Information Center's Instagram: “RIC interviewed civilians taking up the call for general mobilization.”

For anyone seeing this who doesn't know the context: Syria is gearing up to do a genocide on, amongst other groups, the Kurdish people, from whom the Rojava Revolution was born in North East Syria. This revolution has been working to create a grassroots democratic alternative to capitalism and the nation-state which centers women, youth, ethnic minorities, & nature, in the form of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North East Syria (DAANES).

The city of Kobanê is currently under siege, the supply of bread and fuel has been cut off, and they are running out of medicine. There are reports of massacres of civilians including children being done by groups aligned with the Syrian government. Several babies have died due to freezing temperatures because they've cut access to power. And this is just in the past week or so.

Here's an article that explains the political context behind these attacks, & this post has a ton of links on Rojava, DAANES, the ideology behind the revolution, etc. to educate yourself. If you have money for humanitarian aid, donate to the Kurdish Red Crescent here. February 1 is World Rojava Solidarity Day so if you can, respond to the Global Call for Solidarity and organize a protest in defense of Rojava.

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For more context, see this post. From Emergency Committee for Rojava:

Call on members of US Congress to take immediate action to stop the Syrian state’s war on Kurds!

If you are not sure what to say, you can simply follow our script below. You can look up your Senators HERE, look up your Representatives HERE, or prioritize these two leading foreign affairs officials:

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair James Risch

Personal DC office: 202-224-2752 

Foreign Relations Committee office: (202) 224-4651 

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Brian Mast

Personal office: 202-225-3026

Committee office: (202) 226-8467

Call Script:

Hello, 

I’m calling to express my deep concern about the Syrian Government's attack on Kurdish communities across the Northeast of Syria, and to urge you to take action to protect American security interests and prevent the ethnic cleansing of Kurds.

For several days now, Syrian state forces have been carrying out a major assault on the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces – our longtime allies in the fight against ISIS. In the process, Damascus-backed militias have also released thousands of ISIS fighters from prisons in Raqqa and Hasakah in the process.

As the Syrian army advances, Kurds and other cultural minorities are being forced to flee their homes and subjected to humiliation, torture, execution, and mutilation. Despite numerous attempts by Kurdish leaders to reach a ceasefire agreement, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has refused to halt his attacks, seeking instead to consolidate his power by force. As a result, the country is now facing a humanitarian catastrophe and possible genocide, with cities like Kobani under attack on all sides from Turkish-backed militias and Syrian army forces.

This situation is spiraling out of control, plunging Syria into violence and threatening the security of the United States.

In the interests of peace, stability, and the protection of innocent lives, the United States must intervene immediately to:

Demand that the Syrian government immediately cease all attacks.

Demand that Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed militias withdraw to their positions West of the Euphrates River.

Resume negotiations with the US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces for a federated Syria that guarantees the full cultural and democratic rights of all minorities.

Include international monitors for all future talks so that promises and agreements signed by al-Sharaa can be enforced.

I urge you to insist that the Trump administration deescalate the situation, facilitate dialogue, and support the process of democratic integration. The U.S. must also do everything in its power to stop Turkey from exacerbating this conflict.