The revolution in Rojava: an eyewitness account -- ROAR Magazine
Kurdish
women have studied revolutions throughout the world closely and
realized that in the past, after an armed struggle came to an end, women
had to return to their traditional roles. That’s why they decided
instead to create autonomous women’s structures in every area. If women
create strong organizations, they can never be sent back to the kitchen.
That included defense but also the economy. They can be independent
only with an economic base. So in Rojava women’s cooperatives are being
constructed everywhere.
These women are convinced that capitalism
can be overcome only by a society based on non-patriarchal principles
like communality, grassroots democracy, and an ecological economy.
