As violence and repression shape everyday life in Iran and Rojava, their impact is not distant, it touches our communities, relationships, and the spaces that make korsi possible. We believe it is important to clearly state our position.
We are shocked, grieving, and angered by the ongoing events in Iran, where thousands have been killed in the Islamic Republic’s crackdown on protests and many more arrested. Mass detentions, executions, and systemic repression continue to deny people their most basic rights. In Rojava, Kurdish people face constant threats of war, displacement, and attacks on civilians and essential infrastructure as they struggle to protect their safety and self-determination.
These tragic happenings, alongside those in Palestine, Sudan, Yemen, and elsewhere, remind us that suffering does not stop at borders and that struggles for freedom, justice, dignity, and safety are deeply interconnected.
korsi stands with people in all their forms and struggles, especially those resisting state violence. We reject aggression, war, oppression, militarized solutions, collective punishment, and narratives that reduce human lives to political abstractions. Though not a formal political institution, our work is rooted in lived experience across borders and exists within political reality. In an increasingly polarized world, we see coming together as a political act.
Building community, holding space, and sharing hope are ways to resist isolation and create structures of support.
We hold on to traditions like Nowruz not out of nostalgia, but to affirm that culture endures and voices persist, creating room for connection and solidarity.
For this reason, we will move forward with the Nowruz Festival in collaboration with Kulturbunker.
We respect that people engage with political realities in different ways, whether you join us or observe this time privately. Community is not separate from resistance; it is one of the conditions that makes it possible.
Take care of yourself and each other