The SDF fights for the independence of an area of northern Syria dubbed Rojava, and is brimming with leftists, communists and anarchists whose ultimate aim is a Rojavan direct democracy. Its fighting forces have famously drawn a small but dedicated cohort of foreign volunteers like famous Weird Twitter user PissPigGranddad (real name: Brace Belden).
Mic, “Donald Trump is arming these far-left, feminist revolutionaries in the fight against ISIS”
