The following is an option piece on the revolution in Rojava by Gareth Johnson and does not necessarily represent the views of Young Pioneer Tours. While much is branded around about what exactly Rojava is politically, the reality is that the revolution in Rojava is not only much more subtle than most people realize, but […]

In 2011, the first sparks of uprising were felt in Syria, soon to explode into an apocalyptic war of dozens of competing factions, ending hundreds of thousands of lives and eventually simmering down to a broken, fragmented country where the Syrian government controls the south, a Turkish-backed opposition controls the north-west and a completely different […]

What socialist countries and communist countries still exist in 2025, what are the differences between the two and is there much other left-wing action going on in the world? YPT have all that and more in our 2025 socialist countries and communist countries (and more) guide. Which countries are communist in 2025? Communist states in […]

Iraqi Kurdistan is a largely unknown area in the Middle East. Nestled between Central Iraq to the South, Syria/Rojava to the East, Türkiye to the North and Iran to the West, the region is a bed for cultural diversity and diverse peoples. There is a rough estimate of over 6 million people residing in Iraqi […]

Arab Socialism was one of the many brands of socialism that appeared in the 20th century. It was, and to an extent, one of the more successful brands of socialism. Almost all of of the republics of the Arab world had some form of Arab Socialism. Even the ones that didn’t –such as the absolute […]