• Date: June 21st, 2025
• Time: 1pm GMT (Time zone converter)

On February 25 Abdullah Öcalan, the founding leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) who has been held captive in isolation for 26 years at the Imrali island prison, shared a declartion for peace. Now that the PKK has officialy disbanded this session seeks to bring some context to PKK dissolution, including Abdullah Ocalan's call, its impact on the revolution in Rojava / North and East Syria, and future prospects.

For context please also see the GTAGlobal Tapestry of Alternatives's past webinar on Ocalan's call for peace

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• Welcome and Opening by Ashish Kothari (GTA)
• Moderator's remarks, by Nourshan Hussein (Civil Diplomacy Centre, N & E Syria)
• Background to PKK dissolution, by Miguel Montes (Academy of Democratic Modernity).
• Impact of PKK dissolution on the revolution in Rojava / North and East Syria, by Salih Muslim (former co-chair and member of the presidential committee of the Democratic Union Party, PYD)
• Women's view of PKK dissolution - Şervîn Nudem (Jineoloji Academy, Rojava)
• The session will have time for questions & answers and a common discussion

• The session's recording will be uploaded after the event.