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(AUDIO) The Kurdish Women’s Movement: On Revolution, Militarism and Body Politics
Isabel Käser traces the complex history of the Kurdish Women’s Liberation Movement, discusses how women’s autonomous organisational structures have emerged and how they operate today between the mountains and the cities of the four different parts of Kurdistan.
Her talk, at the LSE Middle East Centre, analyses the emancipatory power this movement holds but also unpacks some of the tensions that emerge from the interplay between militarism, the party’s body politics and the movement’s revolutionary quest for a more democratic Middle East. Recorded on 4 June.
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(VIDEO) “Ciao Hierarchy” A New Song Celebrating the Rojava Revolution by Dave Lippman
(VIDEO) A New Song Celebrating the Rojava Revolution
31 October 2019|Peace in Kurdistan
Political satirist and musician Dave Lippman composed this song in solidarity with the revolution in Rojava (North East Syria).
A New Song Celebrating the Rojava Revolution
The Kurdish campaign for a new democratic feminist environmentalist civilization. Lyrics: Hey freedom seekers