Discover how the 'New World Embassy' in Lausanne brings together diverse voices to discuss stateless democracy, autonomy, and the role of grassroots politics in shaping our future.

Jina Mahsa Amini's legacy lives on through the ongoing Kurdish women's uprising in Iran. Discover the impact of this global movement as Matt Broomfield speaks to Rojin Mukriyan:

Canadian political thinker Demitrios Roussopoulos speaks to Medya News' Erem Kansoy about the urgent need to release Öcalan for peace in Turkey's Kurdish regions.

A panel convened by Medya News and the Kurdish Peace Institute, a Washington-based research and policy institute, focused on exploring routes toward re-opened peace talks and a negotiated political settlement between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Turkish government.

Nadine Maenza, President of the IRF Secretariat, advocates for urgent humanitarian and political support for the Yazidi people in a special interview with Medya News.

In Lavrio camp, near Athens, Kurdish refugees had established a system of autonomous organisation inspired by the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan. Beginning with the final clearance of the camp, under Turkish pressure, Sarah Glynn’s weekly news review looks at the many ways Kurds are being oppressed in different parts of Kurdistan, often – but by no means only – by the Turkish government.

In Matt Broomfield’s podcast, Jeff Miley delves into his book, 'Self-Determination Struggles: In Pursuit of the Democratic Confederalist Ideal,' exploring the evolution of the concept.

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy recently announced his country’s long-expected counter-offensive against the ongoing Russian invasion, pushing back with the support of the NATO security alliance. Authorities in Ukraine, which itself is not yet a formal member of NATO, are closely following Turkey’s ongoing refusal to allow Sweden to accede to the security alliance, while demanding concessions primarily centred around fresh assaults on and repression of the Kurds in Sweden, the European diaspora, and throughout Kurdistan. Dr. Holmes spoke to Medya News to share observations on how President Erdoğan’s aggressive foreign policy is affecting the war in Ukraine – and whether the West should be allowing Turkey to dictate its own policy.

Matt Broomfield speaks to a spokesman for the Swedish Solidarity Committee for Rojava to discuss the ongoing crisis in Sweden, a country on the cusp of breaking with a tradition of relative neutrality and acceding to the NATO security alliance, making a series of concessions in order to convince Turkey to stop exercising its veto and blocking the Nordic country from joining the security alliance.

Ögmundur Jónasson, a former Minister of the Interior for Iceland with a long career in domestic and European politics, speaks to Matt Broomfield about Turkey. Jónasson described the situation in the country as ‘worse than ever’ and highlighted the continued need for international pressure on the Turkish authorities, particularly over the continued isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.