Call from Ecological Organizations: Stop Turkish State‘s Brutal War on Northeast Syria! 2019-10-12 15:32:51     NEWS CENTER- 70 ecological organizations working on ecology and democracy from all over the world have released a statement and they call on all people around the world to stop Turkey’s offensive on NE Syria.   70 ecological organizations working on ecology and democracy from all over the world have released a statement and they call on all people around the world to stop Turkey’s offensive on NE Syria. The statement says the Syrian people and their nature are faced with a brutal invasion by the Turkish state since 9th October 2019.   The statement is as follows;   “We, organizations working on ecological and democratic future, condemn the war that the Turkish government has unilaterally called on Northeast Syria. This war has absolutely no legitimate justification, but rather is a crime and is deepening the war in the region in a very serious way. It is an invasion attempt which targets the democratic achievements of the Kurds, Assyrians, Arabs and others living together peacefully in Northeast Syria. In 2012 the liberation process started in Rojava, the predominantly Kurdish region within Syria, and afterwards spread to many other parts of Northeast Syria with the defeat of the terrorist Islamic State (IS). The model of self-administration called "democratic autonomy" is based primarily on the liberation of women, direct democracy, ethnic and religious diversity and ecological principles. It is by far the most peaceful and democratic region within Syria after eight years of disastrous war. This democratic region must be defended by all people and organizations all around the world if the opportunity for any democratic change is to be maintained for Syria!   The first two days of the ongoing attacks show that the Turkish army also purposefully targets civilians and their livelihoods. Water supply facilities, dams, electricity power plants and other infrastructure has been destroyed. The whole of the natural world, which hosts human society, is heavily impacted by air and artillery attacks. Dozens of projects for an ecological, democratic and gender liberated life, some of which have been established with the participation of many international people and civil society organizations, are also under threat. Once more we experience: war is a crime on people and on nature.   The people are resisting this invasion and attempt to change the demographics of the region with all means possible, but there is a huge imbalance while fighting in self defence against a big NATO state. The role of the USA, which gave space to Turkey for this brutal war, is more than shameful, but all other Western states, Russia, as well other regional and global states, must be criticized intensively too.   If the war of the Turkish government on Northeast Syria, which is cleary a violation of international law, is not be halted, it will have catastrophic results and will solve no problems. We challenge all international organizations and governments who claim to be democratic to speak up against this war.   We call on all democratic and ecological organizations to raise your voices for the people of Northeast Syria, join and organize public democratic actions, and immediately demand that politicians take all steps possible to halt this brutal war against innocent people, democracy and nature!”   A call by:   Mesopotamia Ecology Movement, North Kurdistan/Turkey   Make Rojava Green Again, Rojava   Internationalist Commune, Rojava   Waterkeeper Iraq   Civil Development Organization (CDO), National NGO, Iraq   Save the Tigris Campaign, Iraq   Iraqi Civil Society Soloidarity Initiative (ICSSI), Iraq   Movement of Dam Affected People (MAB), Brazil   Movement of Dam Affected People from Latin America (MAR), The AmericA   Ende Gelände, Germany   Balkanka Association Sofia, Bulgaria   European Water Movement   Ekolologistak Martxan, Basque Country   Komite Internazionalistak, Basque Country   Kurdistanekin Elkartasun Ekimena, Basque Country   Catalan Network for a New Water Culture, Catalonia   Cambridge Social Ecology, UK   Italian Forum of Water Movements   FridaysForFuture Frankfurt, Germany   Association Town Partnership Oldenburg-Efrîn, Germany   Metro Center for Journalists Right & Advocacy, Iraq   Fundacja Zielone Światło, Poland   Ecosocialist Horizons, USA   Inter-American Vigilance for the Defense and the Right to Water (Red VIDA), The Americas   Kareza Institution, Iran   Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive, North-Kurdistan/Turkey   Chiya Environmental Institution, Iran   Green Kurdistan Environmental Organization, Iran   Green Chiya Organization, Iran   Mariwan Cultural and Literary Organization, Iran   Rojiyar Cultural and Literary Organization, Iran   Plan C, UK   Kurdistan Solidarity Network, UK   Movement of Defence of Water, Land and Environment (MODATIMA), Chile   Mariwan Teachers Union, Iran   Ronan Scientific and Cultural Center, Iran   The Corner House, UK   Solidarity Economy Association, UK   Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP), Catalonia   Pajin Environmenal Organization. Iran   Saqiz Environment protectors Organization. Iran   Ashti Cultural Development Foundation Bane. Iran   Platform for Public and Community Partnerships of the America’s, PAPC   Fundación Abril, Bolivia   Ecos, El Salvador   Corporación Ecológica y Cultural Penca de Sabila, Colombia   Cambridge Zero Carbon Society, UK   Hetaw Environmental Organization of Sardasht. Iran   Shney Nojin Organization of Sine. Iran   Green Kurdistan Population. Iran   Sardasht Environment Protectors Institution. Iran   EcoMujer, Germany   Red de Sistemas Comunitarios y Comités por la Defensa del Agua, México   Agua para Tod@s, Agua para la Vida, México   Devon and Cornwall Green Anti Capitalist Forum, UK   Umweltgewekschaft e.V. - Regional Group Bremen/Oldenburg, Germany   Bristol Social Ecology, UK   Danish Ecologist Tannie Nyboe, Denmark   Solidarity Economy Association, UK   Kurdistan Green Jiwan Organization, Iran   Baroje Literary Center, Iran   Zagros Oak Organization of Rabbat, Iran   Yaqui Music Collective, USA   First Ecosocialist International   Campaign against Animal Factories, Niedersachsen, Germany   Plataforma Ciudadana Zaragoza sin Fractura, Spain   Asociacion de Cultura Popular Alborada, Spain   Aigua és Vida, Catalonia   Associació Catalana d'Enginyeria Sense Fronteres, Catalonia   Moviment per l'aigua pública i democràtica, Catalonia   Fridays For Future, UK   Individuals:   Himanshu Thakkar, South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People, India   Janet Biehl, Independist Scholar, USA   Dr Derek Wall, former International Coordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales   Linda Farthing, Journalist, Bolivia   Eyal Rozenberg, Activist, Palestine/Israel   Prof. Felix Padel, Wales, UK   Joost Jongerden, Associate Professor Wageningen University, Netherlands   Debbie Bookchin, Activist and Writer, USA   Abdurrezzak İlge, Mardin Artuklu University, Fine Arts Faculty, Turkey   Sina Arnold, Academician, Germany   Professor Kariane Westrheim, University of Bergen, Norway. Chair of EUTCC.   Federico Venturini, PhD, University of Udine, Italy   Enrica Saraullo, International Solidarity Officer, International Workers of the World, UK   Gisela Penteker, IPPNW, Germany   Heike Geisweid, Bochum, Germany, Lawyer   Pete Davies, Organising Department Chair, Industrial Workers of the World, UK   Erling Folkvord, Former MP in Norway and today the leader of Solidarity with Kurdistan   Nadia Alexan, Professor, Canada   Kati Engel, Member of Thuringia Parliament, DIE LINKE, Germany   Beata Nowak, Co-Chief Editor of Zielone Wiadomości, Poland   Women's Strike Assembly, Cymru (Wales)   Kurdish Solidarity, Cymru (Wales)   IWW, Cymru (Wales)   Mar Carrera, Education Activist, Catalonia   Giannis Papadimitriou, Ativist, Greece   Wasilis von Rauch, Ecology Activist, Germany   Rüdiger Bahr, IG-Metall member, Germany   Matt Heinrich, UK   Julian Melamade, Brighton IWW Secretary, UK   Raphaël Favier, France   Dr. Savaş Ergül, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, Ireland   Burcu Seyben, Academician, USA   Prof. Neşe Özgen, Duke University, USA