[[feminism]]

Rojava

I support the Kurds in Rojava who are building an egalitarian society in dire circumstances.

It is based on [[communalism]] and [[social ecology]].

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People around the world have been enormously inspired by the achievements of the Kurdish-led movement in Rojava, in particular, the gains in women’s liberation, LGBTQ liberation struggles, experiments in direct democracy and campaigns for ecological justice. – Solidarity against the Turkish invasion

Turkish occupation

If Turkey occupies Northern Syria, the social progress made in the region, including advances in women’s liberation and popular self-government, would be destroyed. We have already seen Turkey and the Islamist militias it backs reverse these gains in Afrin.

– Turkey’s War on Rojava

Critiques

This is notwithstanding criticisms of the ways in which the Kurdish PYD-YPG has suppressed other political groups among Syrian Kurds, making seemingly limited attempts at meaningful power-sharing in Arab-majority territory under its control, and its record of collaboration with both US and Russian military imperialism in Syria.

– Solidarity against the Turkish invasion

Raqqa

• Bookmarked: The Women of Raqqa Are Rebuilding Their Future

  Four years since [[Raqqa]] was liberated from ISIS, women are playing a leading role in rebuilding the [[Syria]]n city. Their activism shows that socialist feminism isn’t just about gender parity in top jobs — it’s about women taking control of their own lives.

  • https://jacobinmag.com/2021/05/raqqa-women-blooming-in-the-desert-film/

Resources

• Rojava: Trump Betrays the Kurds
• [[The Philosophy of Murray Bookchin: An Interview with Debbie Bookchin]]