i didn't tell my parents i was coming to rojava, i didn't tell everyone. which i had been to the year before and still everyone was scared. when i came to rojava, after some days when i decided to stay, i realised i would have to tell people so i told people. my parents were happy. i assured them that i was safe and they were happy because i said i'd found what i'd been looking forfor a long time, an answer for the problems in the world, and they were very happy. when i told them, later when ijoined the ypj, i told them that i'd joined, they cried, and then i cried. and then i explained what is the ypj and what is our ideology and why do we need to fight and why do i need to join and they understood and said that if this is something i believe in, then i need to do it. i don't accept the government's opinion on this. to be honest i don't really accept very much from the government at all. look what they've done to our country. nobody believes in the government anymore, no—one believes in the political system of britain anymore, especially working—class peo