The Emergency Committee for Rojava Study Group organized a group discussion on Sunday 6 November at 2pm EST.

This session will be focused on the Kurdish freedom movement’s practical and theoretical approach to struggling against patriarchy, as part of our series on Democratic Confederalism. Everyone is welcome to join the discussion via Zoom. 

The series of meetings started with an introduction of the historical context and overview, and then moved to Abdullah Öcalan’s theories of history and democratic civilization. After reading about state and class-based societies and capitalist modernity, the participants explored Democratic Confederalism as a system of governance and the theory’s relationship with social ecology. The series will end with a discussion of women’s liberation and eco-feminism and how these concepts and practices relate to democratic confederalism. 

READINGS

Dilar Dirik. The Kurdish Women's Movement: History, Theory, Practice.

Selected Sections from the book: Struggling woman: Ideology and identity, Revolutionizing love, Killing the Man, Jineolojî: A science of woman and life, Self-defense

RECOMMENDED : 

Öcalan, Liberating Life: Woman's Revolution

ZOOM INFO : 

When: 12 Nov 2023 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclduyvrz4uEtfslJiMbXmfShpsYxLxQsZG

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.