Through delegations, we aim to create opportunities for exchange and understanding of each other’s culture and society not just on a theoretical level but in everyday life. Since 2022, as Ronahî we organized and took part in different delegations.
In the summer of 2026, as Ronahî – Youth Building Bridges, we traveled through Poland for seven days, meeting with various organizations, collectives, and activists in Wrocław, Kraków, and Warsaw.
At the end of June, a youth delegation representing Die Falken (Germany), Déi Lénk (Luxembourg), and the Norwegian organizations Attac, Rødt, Solidaritet med Kurdistan, and Rød Ungdom traveled to Rojava.
The Zapatista (EZLN) hosted the international Gathering of Resistances and Rebellions: “Some Parts of the Whole” from August 2 to August 17, 2025. The event took place at the Semillero Comandanta Ramona in the Caracol of Morelia, Chiapas, Mexico, where we participated as Ronahî. The primary aims of the encounter were to share practical anti-system experiences, advance their new phase of autonomous organization (El Común), and build a decentralized global front of grassroots resistance “from below and to the left”.
In September 2025, we travelled to North Macedonia and Albania with the aim of broadening and deepening our connections and understanding of the region. In Albania, we stayed primarily in Tirana, where we met with various democratic and progressive forces. In North Macedonia, our delegation was mainly based in the capital, Skopje, where we held meetings with different organizations that provided us with deeper insights into the country’s political and social situation. The trip allowed us to strengthen existing connections, establish new ones, and gain a more nuanced understanding of the political realities and social struggles in both countries.
In August 2023, we organized a delegation of 17 young people to Maxmur, a Kurdish refugee settlement in Northern Iraq (South Kurdistan) that has developed into a de facto town of around 12,000 residents. Since the 1990s, the people of Maxmur have built a system of grassroots self-governance inspired by the principles of Democratic Confederalism. The community is organized through councils, communes, and co-chairing structures, with women and men sharing leadership on an equal basis. The settlement has developed its own institutions for education, social welfare, healthcare, and self-defense. As a youth delegation, we had the opportunity to live alongside the community, learn directly from its experiences of collective self-organization, and reflect on how these experiences can be carried back and put into practice in Europe community, learn directly from its experiences of collective self-organization, and reflect on how these experiences can be carried back and put into practice in Europe.
In July 2023, Ronahî went to Norway as part of an international delegation, meeting with young people and organized political groups. We took part, with other 300 young people in the annual summer camp on Utøya to engage in political education and collectively deepen our discussions. The island carries a profound historical significance: on July 22, 2011, it was the site of a far-right terrorist attack in which 69 mostly young people, were murdered while attending the summer camp of the Norwegian Labour Party’s youth organization. Today, Utøya continues to serve as a space for political education, organizing, and exchange. Our delegation gave us the opportunity to learn from young activists, share experiences, and better understand the social and political struggles in Norway. In particular, our time on Utøya demonstrated how remembrance can be connected to continued political engagement.
In June 2022, comrades from Ronahî travelled to South Africa. Beyond gaining a deeper understanding of South African society and the political situation on the ground, the delegation aimed to establish and strengthen connections with progressive forces, particularly youth organizations. The delegation travelled to Cape Town, George, Gqeberha, Durban, and Johannesburg, where we met with more than 17 differentorganizations and initiatives. These included a wide range of local and regional self-organized community projects in various townships, as well as musicians, organized youth and students, activists from the liberation movements of the 1980s and 1990s, trade unions, and universities. One of the most notable encounters was with activists involved in the occupation of a hospital, which had been taken over and was being collectively maintained by nearly 1,000 people. Through these meetings and exchanges, the delegation gained valuable insights into the struggles, organizing practices, and political realities of different communities and progressive movements across South Africa. Trought the exchange, the connections between the participants were streghtened, paving the way for future cooperation and practical solidarity.
As part of a delegation, we travelled to Ljubljana, Slovenia, where we were welcomed by the youth organization MAO (Mladinska aktivistična organizacija) and the student association LDŠ (Lista demokratičnega študentstva). The five-day program began with a guided tour of Ljubljana. Following the traces of the anti-fascist resistance during the Second World War, as well as the period of socialist rule in Slovenia, we not only became acquainted with the city itself, but also gained deeper insights into an important part of the country’s rich and complex history. The program also included a series of public seminars addressing the history of the Kurdish freedom movement, the ideological foundations of the philosophy of Rêber APO, and the role of youth as a driving force and vanguard in revolutionary processes.
In April 2022, we took part in a delegation to the Gazte Martxa in the Basque Country. Gazte Martxa is Basque for “Youth March,” organized by left-wing and Basque youth groups in Euskal Herria (the Basque Country). The event combines political marches and hikes with talks, workshops, and concerts. The march advocates for the unity of Basque society and the independence of the region. It usually takes place around Aberri Eguna, the Basque National Day.
In August 2022, we took part in the annual Farkha Festival in the West Bank, Palestine. The festival is organized by the Palestinian People’s Party (PPP) and aims, above all, to raise awareness of the situation of the Palestinian people. Over the course of a week, the festival provides a space for exchanging perspectives through political discussions, seminars, and workshops, while also engaging in practical work within the village, such as planting trees and building roads. As Ronahî, we travelled to Farkha as part of a 50-person delegation of youth organizations from different countries, representing both internationalist and Kurdish youth. Our aim was to engage in exchange with democratic forces in Palestine and, in the spirit of internationalism, to turn solidarity among peoples into practical action.
