Episode 5 - Women's Revolution in Rojava

in this episode viki and anna marie talk about viki’s trip to the autonomous region of north and east Syria last year, also known as rojava, as part of a women’s delegation organised by kongra star. we talk about viki’s experiences on her visit as well as british feminists not engaging with middle eastern feminists, genuine comradeship, women’s villages, spirituality in revolutionary movements, disabled and queer people in the rojava revolution and a lot more! 

resources mentioned:

booklet on killing and transforming the dominant man: https://jineoloji.eu/en/2021/01/20/booklet-killing-and-transforming-the-dominant-man/

documentaries on anna campbell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEkOpH390-k

the bbc one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duHyzWX4SXc&t=3846s

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

The book Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy and Women's Liberation in Syrian Kurdistan

also we didn’t talk about this but here’s a lovely article about the concept of hevaltî or comradeship & friendship : https://performingborders.live/ejournal/hevalti-revolutionary-friendship-as-radical-care/

the transcript for the episode can be found here : https://anarchisminterrupted.wordpress.com/?p=254

Music is Cyber intro by Njlewy https://freesound.org/people/Njlewy/