As the first event of ECR's 2024 West Coast speaking tour, Report from Rojava: Women’s Revolution, Direct Democracy & Social Ecology in North-East Syria will take place Saturday, May 11th @ 6pm, at Western Washington University (CF 105), featuring a conversation led by Debbie Bookchin and Arthur Pye.

After nearly twelve years, despite a relentless war of aggression waged by Turkey and ISIS, the Kurdish freedom movement, alongside the other diverse peoples of North-East Syria, continue to build and defend a sweeping social revolution rooted in the principles of direct-democracy, women’s liberation, cooperative economics, cultural pluralism and social ecology.

How is society being organized in Rojava? What are the revolution’s achievements and challenges? How did this movement transform chaos into social revolution, and what lessons could we apply to organizing our own local communities?

Join us as we discuss what is happening in Rojava, why it matters, and how we can stand in solidarity.

The Emergency Committee for Rojava is proud to be partnering with the Institute for Social Ecology (ISE), Democratic Socialists of America - Libertarian Socialist Caucus (DSA-LSC), and the Oil & Gas Action Network (OGAN) as co-sponsors of this tour.

Admission is FREE to the public.

TIME: 6pm Sat May 11

LOCATION: Western Washington University, Communications Facility (CF 105)

170 E College Way, Bellingham, WA 98225

PARKING INFO: map.wwu.edu/www_evening_parking.pdf

For more information contact info@defendrojava.org

Can't make this event? Check out the other tour dates:

• Sat May 11: Bellingham, WA

• Sun May 12: Seattle, WA

• Mon May 13: Olympia, WA

• Tue May 14: Portland, OR

• Thu May 16: San Francisco, CA

• Fri May 17: Oakland, CA