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DESCRIPTION:Mesopotamia Solidarity Bloc\n5pm\nMarch 8th\nOscar Grant Plaza (14th and 
 Broadway)\nJin, Jiyan, Azadî!\nWomen, Life, Freedom!\n-slogan of the 
 Kurdish women’s movement\n\nWomen have historically been—and continue 
 to be—integral to our collective resistance against capitalism, fascism 
 and patriarchy. As Women—all women, however we choose to identify 
 ourselves—we are the agents of our own liberation. We have raised our 
 fists, and learned that only by taking part in the making of revolution 
 will we have a voice. In struggling against the patriarchal capitalist 
 system we follow in the tradition of the thousands of women who went on 
 strike in the textile mills of New York on March 8, 1857.\n\nWomen around 
 the world have to work for low pay in factories and workplaces, they have 
 to endure rape, physical and verbal harassment in the streets. This is also 
 the case In Mesopotamia, but as many women struggle in silence, there is a 
 roar arising from Rojava that has been heard by women the world over. 
 It’s message: in resisting, we begin to become free. By launching a 
 “Women’s Revolution,” the women of Rojava, an majority Kurdish 
 autonomous region in Northern Syria, have shown the world that a women’s 
 revolution is not a fantasy. As they struggle for their own freedom under 
 the banner of the YPJ, they are setting an example for women around the 
 world. Let’s learn from the liberated women of Rojava, as the women of 
 Mesopotamia have learned to resist from their sisters like Leyla Qasim, 
 Sakine Cansiz, Emma Goldman, Comandante Ramona, Rosa Luxembourg, Angela 
 Davis, Clara Zetkin, and the many, many women who have taken part in the 
 rewriting of history..\n\nThe women of Mesopotamia are succeeding in 
 creating a vibrant, diverse revolution within the Kurdish Freedom movement 
 because their fight for freedom has become a part of their daily lives. We 
 challenge ourselves to do the same and to stand shoulder to shoulder with 
 our sisters not only in Mesopotamia, but anywhere women struggle, from the 
 jungles of Chiapas to the streets of Oakland.\n\nBecause they are winning. 
 And we can win, too.\n\nResist! Become Free! Destroy the Patriarchal 
 Capitalist System!\n\nYour Rebellion is Our Rebellion!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/03/06/18797087.php
SUMMARY:Stand in solidarity with the women of Rojava at the Oakland Women’s Strike
LOCATION:Mesopotamia Solidarity Bloc
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/03/06/18797087.php
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