Worker Uprisings Today in Rojava, France, and United States

On this episode I have brought back two guests who have been here before, along with a third guest that we are all excited to meet. Speaking to things more familiar to those of us in the United States, David Van Deusen - former president of the Vermont AFL-CIO - has joined us and will help to get things going. Next, René Berthier - CGT member and anarcho-syndicalist - will be discussing some things more specific to the context in France. And finally, our new guest Anna Rebrii from the Emergency Committee for Rojava will give us some insight into the situation in North East Syria and the unionization efforts ongoing there.

Stay tuned for the group discussion after the one-on-one interviews!

- DAVID VAN DEUSEN -

David Van Deusen - Insurgent Labor: Vermont AFL-CIO 2017-2024: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1581

Other writings at theanarchistlibrary.org:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/david-van-deusen

- ANNA REBRII -

Anna Rebrii - Turkey Is Starving the Rojava Revolution
(Jacobin peace that talks about coops in Rojava):
https://jacobin.com/2022/11/rojava-turkey-attacks-water-shortage-cooperative-economy

Anna Rebrii - Celebrating Zapatista and Kurdish Women’s Struggles, on International Women’s Day:
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/zapatista-rojava-womens-movement/

Anna Rebrii - “Woman, Life, Freedom”: Syrian Women Are Rising Up Against Patriarchy:
https://truthout.org/articles/woman-life-freedom-syrian-women-are-rising-up-against-patriarchy/

Anna Rebrii writings at openDemocracy:
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/author/anya-briy/

- RENÉ BERTHIER -

René Berthier's writings at Monde Nouveau:
https://monde-nouveau.net/

René Berthier's writings at theanarchistlibrary.org:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/rene-berthier

- VERMONT AFL-CIO -

Vermont AFL-CIO platform: 
https://vt.aflcio.org/news/vermont-afl-cio-ten-point-program

VT AFL-CIO resolution In support of Rojava: https://docs.google.com/file/d/1wkzFX-5dZTuWH3rKy3mlyPmjzDShhNab/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msword

Recent letter signed by Vermont labor and political leaders to oppose US arms sales to Turkey: https://docs.google.com/file/d/1n0qq0r_qmpekGCssfNb4pUE_cFmnYbki/edit?filetype=msword

Public exchange between Vermont AFL-CIO leaders and unions in Rojava: https://youtu.be/ZXEn6FWSR8g?si=Xrzhr7d9rxkufPkb

- EMERGENCY COMMITTEE FOR ROJAVA - 

Emergency Committee for Rojava: 
defendrojava.org 



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