Food Sovereignty Festival "Self-Sufficiency is Sovereignty" in Kurdistan and Iraq

Between April 22 and 27, 2024, the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS) Beirut Office organized the Food Sovereignty Festival "Self-Sufficiency is Sovereignty" in Kurdistan and Iraq. During the festival, RLS launched two important new publications and held film screenings, including the short documentary “Gwez W Nakhl: Journey towards Food Sovereignty” by the food sovereignty network in Kurdistan and Iraq.

Conflict-Post-Conflict

Rosa Luxemburg Beirut office

RLS has been working in Lebanon since 2017. The Beirut office currently works within Lebanon and Iraq as its main countries of cooperation, in close coordination with local partner institutions, groups, and individuals. RLS also cooperates with Syrian communities in exile and analyzes developments in Iran. The office’s programs focus on Migration and Forced Migration, Conflict and Post Conflict, Political Economy and Social Rights, Food Sovereignty and Feminist politics.

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Who is Rosa Luxemburg?

Rosa Luxemburg was arguably one of the most iconic figures of the German and international workers' movement of the last centuries. She still inspires us today with her steadfastness for peace, her eloquent critical intellect, and her lifelong commitment to democratic socialism from below.Rosa Luxemburg was arguably one of the most iconic figures of the German and international workers' movement of the last centuries. She still inspires us today with her steadfastness for peace, her eloquent critical intellect, and her lifelong commitment to democratic socialism from below.

Programs

conflict-post
Program

Conflict and post conflict

The Beirut office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation works, among others, on the countries of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen. Wars, conflicts and violence have affected all of these countries for decades and continue to do so today. In our program we deal with different forms of structural violence and resistance against it. How do post-civil war countries deal with their past and what can we deduce from this for the current situation? What forms of social resistance and socio-cultural engagement can there be in the midst of wars, how can we support them? These are some of the questions we are addressing in our program.
Migration-Forced
Program

Migration and Forced Migration

Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq have been countries with diverse migration movements for decades. One of our thematic programs is therefore a broad engagement with the topic of migration. We mainly focus on the access of migrants, refugees, and stateless people to social and human rights, as well as the challenges faced by these groups due to their denial of these rights. We also look at the self-organization of migrants and refugees in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq and support different forms of grass root activism.
Economy-Food
Program

Political Economy and Food Sovereignty

With our program, we aim to break down the complex economic and political relations that have caused the economic collapse in our countries while also discussing just policies and alternative economies. A main area of relevance is supporting measures of food sovereignty, to promote social justice and a  fairer distribution of wealth and resources.
Intersectionality-Feminism
Program

Intersectional Feminisim

Feminist and queer movements in Lebanon & the larger SWANA region have historically been one of the main drivers towards social change and intersectional equality. The lives behind these movements have committed themselves to addressing and politicizing so-called “social” issues including domestic violence, women’s right to pass on nationality, and queer rights in the face of discriminatory civil laws and policies governing the existence of women and marginalized identities by the Lebanese sectarian system. Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung aims to support grassroots and community-led alternative groups, collectives and initiatives that work towards an intersectional and inclusive reorganization of society.
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Publications

Syria

Al-Jolani, HTS, and the Future of Syria

Syrien, Milizenführer al-Dscholani in Damaskus Abu Mohammed al-Jolani Leader Of Syrian Insurgents...
Rebel leader, Syria’s new strongman, leader of the Islamists, ex-terrorist, or jihadist? These are just some of the labels that Ahmed al-Shara aka al-Jolani has had pinned on him over the past few days and weeks when, totally unexpectedly, he and his rebel group Hai’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, or the Committee for the Liberation of Syria) managed to topple the Assad regime.

The Cursed Monday

Maarake, South Lebanon. September 23rd 2024.
I stayed on the phone with my family, the sounds of distress ringing in my ears, breaking my heart into pieces. At that moment, I lost control over my own reality. I started crying in the middle of the street next to the Louvre. My nieces were crying, my mother was shaking, and my father was traumatized.
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Events

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