The Fight for Dignity – The History of Labor Day (Part 1)
Written by Ali Aksu for Ronahî In the 19th century, industrialization changed the face of society: Millions of agricultural workers were uprooted – through expropriation, the dissolution of traditional communal rights and the increasing concentration of land ownership in the hands of a few. Their livelihoods on the land disappeared, while large landowners and capital […]
Who are the Ezîdîs ? – One of the oldest ethno-religious communities in the world
The Ezîdî community is a Kurdish-speaking ethno-religious group that originated in Mesopotamia. They are known to follow an ancient religion : the Êzdiyatî or Ezidism, and to have suffered more than 70 genocides and massacres in the course of their history.
10 years after the Ezîdî genocide: what happened in 2014?
In August 2024, we commemorated the Şengal massacre. The invasion and atrocities of that day marked the beginning of a brutal genocidal campaign by ISIS, with the complicity of the KDP and the Turkish state, against the indigenous Ezîdî population in South Kurdistan, Northern Iraq. This latest genocide is marked as the 74th against the Ezîdî people in history.
