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Solidarity with the Women of Rojava at the Oakland Women’s Strike

by Bay Area Mesopotamia Solidarity Committee
We have raised our fists, and learned that only by taking part in the making of revolution will we have a voice.
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The following was stated at the Women’s March in Oakland:

Women have historically been—and continue to be—integral to our collective resistance against capitalism, fascism and patriarchy. Women—all women, however we choose to identify ourselves—are the agents of our own liberation. We have raised our fists, and learned that only by taking part in the making of revolution will we have a voice. In struggling against the patriarchal capitalist system we follow in the tradition of the thousands of women who went on strike in the textile mills of New York on March 8, 1857.

Women around the world have to work for low pay in factories and workplaces, they have to endure rape, physical and verbal harassment in the streets. This is also the case In Mesopotamia, but as many women struggle in silence, there is a roar arising from Rojava that has been heard by women the world over. It’s message: in resisting, we begin to become free. 

By launching a “Women’s Revolution,” the women of Rojava, an majority Kurdish autonomous region in Northern Syria, have shown the world that a women’s revolution is not a fantasy. As they struggle for their own freedom under the banner of the YPJ, they are setting an example for women around the world. Let’s learn from the liberated women of Rojava, as the women of Mesopotamia have learned to resist from their sisters like Leyla Qasim, Sakine Cansiz, Emma Goldman, Comandante Ramona, Rosa Luxembourg, Angela Davis, Clara Zetkin, and the many, many women who have taken part in the rewriting of history..

The women of Mesopotamia are succeeding in creating a vibrant, diverse revolution within the Kurdish Freedom movement because their fight for freedom has become a part of their daily lives. We challenge ourselves to do the same and to stand shoulder to shoulder with our sisters not only in Mesopotamia, but anywhere women struggle, from the jungles of Chiapas to the streets of Oakland.

Because they are winning. And we can win, too.

Resist! Become Free! Destroy the Patriarchal Capitalist System!

Your Rebellion is Our Rebellion!

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Tarih boyunca kadınlar kapitalizm, faşizm ve ataerkil sisteme karşı olan kollektif mücadelemizi içinde yer almışlardır. Kadın olarak— tüm kadınlar, kimliğimiz ne olursa olsun— kendi özgürlük mücadelemizin öznesi olmalıyız. Yumruklarımız havada, sadece devrim yaparak sesimizin duyulacağını anladık. Kapitalist ataerkil sisteme karşı mücadelemizde New York’un tekstil fabrikalarında 8 Mart 1857 yılında greve giden binlerce kadının izinden gidiyoruz.

Kadınlar fabrikalarda, iş yerlerinde düşük ücrete çalıştırılıyor, evlerde, sokaklarda psikolojik ve cinsel tacize, tecavüze maruz kalıyorlar . Mezopotamya’da da durum aynı, ancak birçok kadın sessizce mücadele verirken, Rojava’dan yükselen çığlık dünyadaki tüm kadınları sardı: Direnerek özgürleşebiliriz.

Kuzey Suriye’de bulunan, çoğunluğunu Kürtlerin oluşturduğu, Kürt özerk bölgesi Rojava’nın kadınları ’Kadın Devrimi’ni başlatarak, bunun bir hayal olmadığını tüm dünyaya gösterdi. YPJ bayrağı altında kendi özgürlükleri için savaşırken tüm dünya kadınlarına örnek oluyorlar. Biz de Rojava kadınlarından ders alalım, Mezopotamya’nın kadınları direnmeyi nasıl kızkardeşlerinden öğrenmişse: Leyla Kasım, Sakine Cansız, Emma Goldman, Comandante Ramona, Rosa Luxembourg, Angela Davis, Clara Zetkin ve tarihi değiştiren niceleri.

Rojava’nın kadınları devrimi günlük yaşamlarının bir parçası yaptıkları için canlı, ve çeşitlilikli bir devrim yapmayı başardılar. Biz de bunu yapabilmeliyiz ve sadece Mezopotamyadaki kızkardeşlerim[i]zle değil, Chiapas’ın ormanlarından Oakland’ın sokaklarına, kadınlar nerede direniyorsa, omuz omuza durmalıyız.

Onlar kazanıyor! Biz de kazanabiliriz!

Direnin! Özgürleşin! Ataerkil ve Kapitalist Sistemi Yıkın! İsyanınız İsyanımızdır
§Support The Women's Revolution In Rojava!
by Bay Area Mesopotamia Solidarity Committee
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Women In Resistance Unite
Support The Women's Revolution
In Rojava!
- Mesopotamia Solidarity Committee
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