“From Abya Yala to Kurdistan, long live the women’s revolution”

Indigenous women from Mexico, Central and South America condemned the Turkish state’s latest wave of attacks on Rojava, Shengal, and Maxmur on their social media platforms.

The Guna people, an Indian nation residing near Darién Gap, refer to their region of the Americas as Abya Yala, which means “country at full maturity” or “land of living blood” in Guna.

The Abya Yala feminist statement made the following remarks, recalling that the Turkish state, which they define as fascist and patriarchal, attacked dozens of civilian settlements in Rojava, Shengal, and Mahmur in response to ISIS’ defeat:

“As Abya Yala feminists, we express our full solidarity with the Kurdistan Women’s Movement and the Kurdish people. We denounce Erdogan’s autocratic and patriarchal administration for genocide once more. As the peoples of Abya Yala, we say that we must stand up to embrace a feminist revolution, as we did in Afrin in 2018, against fascism that threatens the people and to embrace a revolution that all feminists throughout the world hold dear. Our revolutions will not be brought to an end by bombs!

We demand that the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, and all Latin American states, as well as the UN and all international institutions and organizations, speak out against Erdogan’s fascist rule and refrain from being accomplices with their silence. Work can never be more valuable than life and liberty!

We call on comrades and feminist sisters from throughout the continent to plan actions that will provide strength and energy to Kurdish women and people.

We will no longer meekly accept Erdogan’s fascist crimes!

From Abya Yala to Kurdistan, long live the women’s revolution!”