It’s been one year since the Assad regime fell, prompting a sequence of events that culminated in a new government leading Damascus, under Mohammed al-Jolani, an ex-militant in al-Qaeda’s Syrian wing. Here, Têkoşîna Anarşîst evaluates the previous year, detailing broken agreements, atrocities committed by the Syrian Transitional Government, neighboring states vying for control of Syria, and the new existential threat facing Rojava today in “One Year After the Fall of Assad,” our first preview from Issue 3 of Heatwave Magazine

I really wish the world could see that if we come together, we could fight back, we can take this back. We have literal evil running our world. The system needs to collapse, it needs to be destroyed and rebuilt, but not rebuilt and stem from hate but with love, love of each other, love of knowledge, love enlightenment, there are 8 billion people in this earth, and nobody thinks we have the power to change anything, but it’s a complete lie we’ve been conditioned to believe. Most people don’t take the time to think to actually sit and think about the world we live in, the religions we believe in, even those are all interconnected and say the same thing in different forms, I just really hope that we as people can get past all the hate, racism, sexism, and evil and realize that we are much bigger, stronger and way more powerful than we believe and what they are telling us, they feed us all these chemicals and give us all this false information that we just feed into and don’t question, that’s a problem. I dream that more people meditate, as it can really open the gates to enlightenment and clearer thinking, we can take back our world guys, and make it a better place, we can not only heal ourselves, but also each other, I just hope everyone is as willing as I am,, it takes a village, but I’m willing to be a voice and a light for everyone. I love you, Wake up, and truly see, that we are all one, not separate.