We have met a very talented young woman who dedicated her life to music as well as to the revolution. Maddalena from Italy talks to us about how she connects both of her passions with each other, how she experiences art in Rojava and of course she is also singing a song for us!
Author: Young Internationalist Women
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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
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Cultural Differences
In this episode we are talking about the paradox of getting to know you
r own culture in the revolution of a foreign country, funny situations that happened to us in Rojava because of not knowing the local culture and what revolutionary culture is. Controversial discussion about culture, identity and post-modern colonialism… Our guests: Lara who is working in the women’s movement and Gulan from the Internationalist Commune
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Between Life and Death
The aesthetics of resistance – In the middle of a newly discussed invasion against the revolution in Rojava, we want to address the issue of war. War is not only associated with life and death, but also with resistance, great emotions and the struggle for life. While the front is coloured with great resistances, there is the story of heroic friends who play a central and important role with their work. Today we are talking to internationalist women working in medical combat about the current threats against Rojava and what its like to work between life and death. In this episode, we discuss how Rojava is preparing for a new invasion.
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What it’s Like to Live in a War Zone
In this episode we are talking about the reality of living in a region that is constantly confronted with war. Even though none of us has actively participated in war, living in north-eastern Syria involves being confronted with different war situations. Low-intensity war, warm war, special warfare and many other kinds of war. What this makes with us and the people we have met, is in the focus of our discussions.
Çay at the Women’s FrontThe world is talking about Rojava. Democratic confederalism, ecological lifestyle, feminism and more theoretical stuff. Besides all the theory, the question is: what is life really like in the revolution? What problems do we face on the journey for a free life? What are our difficulties in the midst of a revolutionary process? What do we learn from the young women and mothers who weave the change of society with their hands. Together we seek answers to these questions.
Paris – The City of MurderIn the heart of Europe, in the so called city of love, a feminicide against Kurdish revolutionaries happened for the second time. On Dec. 23rd 2022, three Kurdish friends have been shot in Paris and lost their lives. One of them was Evin, who has been a vanguard in the Kurdish women’s movement for decades. This massacre reminds everyone immediatly of the killing that happened exactly 10 years ago, also in Paris. At that time three women of the Kurdish women’s movement had been shot, who played a leading role in the women’s freedom struggle.
Who were these women and why were they targeted? What is the connection between these two murders? And who is responsible for the killings? These questions and more we discuss in this last episode of the third season on our podcast. Arjîn, a kurdish young women who is active in the women’s movement in Europe and Anja, who has known Evin personally, are answering all our questions!
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Why We Joined the Revolution
In our first episode we are talking about why we came to Rojava, what our first impressions were and what we are struggling with… join the cay break!
Çay at the Women’s FrontThe world is talking about Rojava. Democratic confederalism, ecological lifestyle, feminism and more theoretical stuff. Besides all the theory, the question is: what is life really like in the revolution? What problems do we face on the journey for a free life? What are our difficulties in the midst of a revolutionary process? What do we learn from the young women and mothers who weave the change of society with their hands. Together we seek answers to these questions.
Why We Joined the RevolutionIn our first episode we are talking about why we came to Rojava, what our first impressions were and what we are struggling with… join the cay break!
