The Emergency Committee for Rojava was founded in 2018 in response to Turkey’s invasion of Afrin. Our mission is to defend Rojava, formally known as Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), popularize its political ideas, campaign against U.S. complicity in Turkey’s war on the Kurds, and urge the resumption of peace negotiations between the Kurdish movement and the Turkish government.
We believe Rojava’s experiment in democratic confederalism, built on principles of pluralism, ecology, and feminism, offers a new model of radical democracy in a world that clearly needs one.
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CONTACT CONGRESS
Let Congress know you won’t stand for US inaction and complicity while people suffer in Rojava under Turkish attacks and occupation. Click here to enter your address and ZIP code to find your Representatives and Senators.
Then use our script as a guideline for a call or visit to get the conversation started.
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MAKE A DONATION
Donate to ECR to support our efforts. We’re a 501(c)(3) charitable organization which makes your donation tax deductible as allowed by law.
Or, donate directly to Heyva Sor, the Kurdish equivalent to the Red Cross doing the on-the-ground work to care for injured and displaced people.
Our Demands
To bring about a just peace in the region the US must accept its complicity in this disaster and work to make things right.
PEACE TALKS
Ensure Rojava’s representation in Syrian peace negotiations and work for a federalist solution that will preserve its autonomy.
FREE PRISONERS
Press for the release of political prisoners in Turkey and the resumption of peace negotiations between representatives of the Kurdish movement and the government.
SUPPORT THE SDF
Continue military support for the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) in the face of the Turkish incursion and Russian involvement.
NO ARMS TO TURKEY
End the sale and delivery of weapons and intelligence equipment to Turkey.
HUMANITARIAN AID
Break the Turkish embargo and send economic and humanitarian aid to Rojava.
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