This year the 19th of July marks the 10th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution! For this special occasion we were joined by Kurdish and internationalist women to discuss the challenges and achievements of the revolution so far. Why this revolution is a women’s revolution and many other topics are covered in this last episode of the second season. We are dedicating this episodes to all the friends that have given love, effort, dedication and their lives to build up this revolution, which makes it possible today, for us to learn from it, get hope and inspired for a free life and be part of the internationalist revolution of this decade. Our special guests: Zîn from Kurdistan, Amara from Europe
Category: Season 2
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Guns, Love and Revolution
Most of us already saw lots of pictures of the women fighters of YPJ portrayed in the media all around the world. But what is behind these pictures? What is YPJ, the all-women-army in Rojava? There is much more to it than just armed women! We are discussing this and more with an internationalist women who joined the YPJ. She shares insights into everyday life in the YPJ, talks about her motivation to join the force, the ideology behind women’s armed resistance and the importance of education within the YPJ. Guest: Berçem from Czech Republic, member of YPJ International
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Revolution of Science
Jineolojî changes the way we see women and our struggle but also the way we perceive knowledge. Where does the knowledge come from? What is science, what is considered scientific knowledge, who does science serve? We discuss this in relation to Jineolojî – science of women of the Kurdish women’s movement. Jineolojî helps us to go deeper in our struggle, our understanding, our connections and knowing ourselves. To understand our history and the history of women’s struggles around the world in order to understand ourselves and our resistance to resist stronger. This episode will support us on the path of our struggle and to see that “struggling for society also means struggling for ourselves”. Let’s learn more about the methods of Jineolojî so we can struggle and fight together against patriarchy! Our guest: Jiyan from Kurdistan, Andrea Wolf Institute If you live in Europe – get involed with Jineolojî works at Jineolojî Centre of Brussels: https://jineoloji.org/en/category/academy/jineoloji-centre-of-brussels/ or other Jineolojî committees from your city!
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The Enemy Inside Us
The success of the revolutionary women in Rojava is linked a lot to their determination and militancy. Reaching this means fighting liberalism. The term liberalism seems to be confused a lot. After many discussions with friends here in Rojava we started to get a deeper understanding of what it is and how it is connected to every single one of us. How we think, how we struggle, how we approach revolution is all connected to how much we are influenced by liberalism. With Ruken and Berwar we are discussing how we are personally affected by liberalism and how we struggle against it. Our guests: Ruken and Berwar from Germany, members of the Internationalist Youth Commune of Rojava.
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The Spirit of Revolution
Every revolution’s engine is the youth with it’s spirit to radically change things. We realized that giving importance to the vanguard role of the youth, is one of the secrets of the Rojava Revolution. But the youth identity is rarely talked about. Who is young? What is the role of the youth in society and revolution?And what is special about being a woman and being young at the same time? These and other questions we are discussing with the young women from the Internationalist Youth Commune. Our guests: Bruna from Catalonia and Helin from England – members of the Internationalist Youth Commune of Rojava