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TJK-E announces action plan for November 25: “Time to stand up for free women”
The European Kurdish Women’s Movement (TJK-E) released a statement to mark November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, saying the following;
“While the hegemonic system’s attacks on women continue unabated, women are expanding their freedom struggle with the demand for ‘greater freedom’ all around the world. 2021 was a year marked by an increase in violence, rape, sexism, and massacres against women around the world. Women’s rights in all spheres of life, from politics to the economy, were attempted to be usurped by governments. However, women in Kurdistan, the Middle East and many countries of the world, resisted and continue to resist in the face of these attacks.
‘WOMEN ARE IN GREAT AWAKENING’
We welcome 25 November in such an atmosphere. On this day, we remember the Mirabel sisters, who brought us together on the 25th of November to oppose violence against women. They became an expression of insistence on a free life against the fascist Trujillo regime, which ruled for 31 years. As a result, women’s freedom struggle has become a much more pressing issue today, resulting in a worldwide rebellion of women.
Today, the unity of nation-states and the dominating male mind are attacking the women’s resistance recklessly, employing a variety of means and methods. Women, on the other hand, are experiencing a great awakening against all forms of brutality, oppression, rape, and massacre. The organized power of women today is the most powerful weapon against this filthy system which is an enemy of nature, society and women. For this very reason, there is a significant fear of the developing women’s awakening. This struggle represents the footsteps of a free and equal life, from the Mirabel sisters to Sakine Cansız, Berta Caceres and Hevrin Xelef.
Women’s liberation has evolved as the most radical uprising against the male-dominated system of five thousand years, and its final stage, the capitalist modernity system. The capitalist modernity paradigm, which has enslaved society and used power in the most brutal way with deception, lies, and violence, has collapsed, and the birth of the alternative women’s libertarian-democratic-ecological paradigm has occurred, and it is now coming to life in Rojava under the leadership of women.
‘WE WILL BUILD A FREE LIFE’
As the European Kurdish Women’s Movement, we welcome November 25th this year with the claim of ‘Defend Free Society and Free Women Against Femicide,’ with the claim to strengthen the struggle and build a free life. Within the scope of the campaign we have been carrying out as the European Kurdish women’s movement for the last one year, we have a strong claim to take the struggle to a new level. We have more experience, knowledge, methods of resistance, and common ground as women than ever before. Women throughout the world took to the streets to protest inequality, unfairness, injustice, sexism, nationalism, racism, and all forms of violence. On this basis, our fundamental strategy will be to make every day a day of struggle, not just November 25th.
On November 25, the European Kurdish Women’s Movement will mark the one-year anniversary of the ‘100 Reasons to Prosecute the Dictator’ campaign. As part of our campaign, we will continue to advocate for tyrant Erdogan’s prosecution and accountability for his crimes. We will strengthen our efforts to bring the Paris massacre to light and to condemn the perpetrators. Stopping femicide in Afrin and freeing Afrin will be major priorities for us women.
Women face challenges in every area. Women who demand that their unseen labour in the home be made apparent, who seek social equality, and reject confinement to home for economic freedom are also striving to survive. This is a result of the fact that these most humane demands are considered crimes for women, and they are murdered by males in the middle of the street, at home, in front of their children. The capitalist system is essentially the murderer of every slain woman. As a result, the capitalist system, with its laws, gender culture, and customs that position women as the second sex in society, and every state that implements this system, is responsible for every murdered woman and every child subjected to sexual abuse. The working system, which has changed as a result of the ‘measures’ adopted to avert the Covid 19 pandemic, which has overtaken the entire world, has escalated the exploitation of women’s paid and unpaid labour. Increasing poverty and ‘stay at home’ appeals resulted in rising violence against women and children,as well as harassment and death. Women make up 70% of the health personnel fighting the pandemic on the front lines all around the world. Women did not remain silent in the face of the capitalist system’s attacks; on the contrary, they strengthened their struggle.
“LEADER APO’S PHILOSOPHY IS GROUND-BREAKING”
Leader Apo’s [Abdullah Öcalan] most ambitious goal, the women’s liberation revolution, defied all taboos by introducing new approaches to social problems and societal reconstruction, as well as new methods of struggle. Against this backdrop, the AKP-MHP fascist administration further aggravated the isolation of Leader Apo and targeted Kurdish women and democratic groups through genocidal methods. The women and people of our country, particularly the freedom guerrillas, have enhanced the struggle as a response to the horrific attacks of the AKP-MHP fascist administration, which seeks to achieve its goals by destruction and bloodshed. As women, we will continue to fight on the front lines against the invading Turkish state, which has been committing all sorts of war crimes and targeting the guerilla with chemical weapons for months, and its partner, the KDP. This will and power ensure that the fall of the AKP-MHP fascist administration would be a grave end for them.
The AKP-MHP fascist administration is attempting to survive by relying on hegemonic forces for military, political, and economic support. The CPT’s condoning of the absolute isolation and torture system, the ECtHR breaking even its own law when it comes to Kurds, the open support of the European Union to the fascist regime for economic and political reasons, particularly from Germany and France, and the most hypocritical policies of the United States… These are all efforts to pull the AKP-MHP fascist regime, which is on the verge of destruction, out of this mess. However, these efforts to justify the Turkish state, which recklessly terrorizes Kurdish women and people, are futile. We women from all over the world will continue to unite under the motto “Defend Kurdistan” against occupation, isolation, and genocide, and we will broaden the struggle by uniting around Leader Apo. On November 25, we shall be out on the streets against the AKP-MHP fascism once more. We’re going to strengthen the “Dem Dema Azadiyê Ye!” [Time for Freeedom] campaign on the basis of ensuring Leader Apo’s physical freedom.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN ACTIONS
The likelihood that the twenty-first century will be the century of women grows stronger by the day. Women all across the world are increasing their fight against the patriarchal capitalist system, inequality, injustice, racism, and all forms of violence, no matter where it comes from. The women’s movement has become more widespread than ever before, transforming into a social force. TJK-E will take action for November 25th, wherever we are organized. We, women, fight for a free society and free women against femicide. We encourage all women to join as much as possible in the actions and activities planned for November 25th.
DAYS AND LOCATIONS OF THE ACTIONS
TJK-E announced its action plan as follows:
25 NOVEMBER
Berlin
Date: 25 November
Time: 18.00
Location: S-Bahnhof Marzahn
Hamburg
Date: 25 November
Time: 18.00
Location: Jungfernstieg
Bremen
Date: 25 November
Time: 17.00
Location: Domshof
Kiel
Date: 25 November
Time: 18.00
Location: Holsenstrasse
Oldenburg
Date: 25 November
Time: 16.00
Location: Rathaus – Aurich/Oldenburg
Hanover
Date: 25 November
Time: 15.00
Location: Opernplatz
Duisburg
Date: 25 November
Time: 16.00
Location: In front of the Hauptbahnhof
Cologne
Date: 25 November
Time: 17.30
Location: Ottoplatz/ Cologne- Deutz
Wuppertal
Date: 25 November
Time: 16.00
Location: Poststrasse
Frankfurt
Date: 25 November
Time: 18.00
Location: In front of the Hauptbahnhof
Saarbrucken
Date: 25 November
Time: 13.00
Location: Europagalerie
Darmstadt
Date: 25 November
Time: 17.30
Location: Luisenplatz
Stuttgart
Date: 25 November
Time: 17.00
Location: Pusteblume/Ecke Marstallstr.
Freiburg
Date: 25 November
Time: 16.00
Location: Alte Synagogue
Munich
Date: 25 November
Time: 14.30
Location: Josephsplatz
Dortmund
Date: 25 November
Time: 16.00
Location: Cinestar (behind the Hauptbahnhof)
FRANCE
Rennes
Date: 25 November
Time: 17.00
Location: Republique Square
Marseille
Date: 25 November
Time: 17.00
Venue: Palais de Justice
Toulouse
Date: 25 November
Time: 18.30
Location: Capitole
Strasbourg
Date: 25 November
Time: 18.00
Place: Place Kleber
Mullhouse
Date: 25 November
Time: 18.00
Location: Place de la Bourse
SWITZERLAND
Zurich
Date: 25 November
Time: 19.30
Location: Helvetia Platz
Basel
Date: 25 November
Time: 18.00
Location: Theaterplatz
Lucerne
Date: 25 November
Time: 18.00
Location: Bahnhof Platz
THE NETHERLANDS
Rotterdam
Central march and rally
Date: 25 November
Time: 15.00
Location: In front of Rotterdam Central Station
BELGIUM
Liege
Date: 25 November
Time: 18.00
Location: Gare des Guillemins
AUSTRIA
Vienna
Date: 25 November
Time: 17.00
Venue: Richart Wagner Platz
ENGLAND
London
Date: 25 November
Time: 13.00
Location: New Scotland Yard
SWEDEN
Stockholm
Date: 25 November
Time: 17.00
Location: Soltorget
DENMARK
Copenhagen
Date: 25 November
Time: 16.00
Location: Gammeltorv
CYPRUS
Limassol
Date: 25 November
Time: 18.00
Place: Navenda Canda Kurda Teofilos
26 NOVEMBER
GERMANY
Dusseldorf
Date: 26 November
Time: 16.30
Location: Altstadt
SWITZERLAND
Bern
Date: 26 November
Time: 19.00
Location: Bubengbergplatz
NOVEMBER 27
Stuttgart:
Date: 27 November
Time: 16.00
Location: Rotebühlplatz
Marseille
Date: 27 November
Time: 13.30
Location: Quai du port
Bordeaux
Date: 27 November
Time: 15.30
Location: Place Victoire
Draguignan
Date: 27 November
Time: 10.00
Location: Place Rene Cassin
BELGIUM
Anwertpen
Date: 27 November
Time: 15.00
Location: Stadpark
NOVEMBER 28
Brussels:
Date: 28 November
Time: 13.00
Location: Gare Central.