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PKK IS THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE ARE HERE
This phrase significantly expresses the dialectical relationship between the Kurdistan Liberation Movement and its people. The revolutionary militants join the struggle committed to the liberation of society, and to achieve this liberation, in addition to fighting and resisting the attacks of the enemies, the militants take responsibility for opening paths and accompanying society toward a self-organization that allows them to come closer to freedom.
To understand the revolutionary people’s war we must begin by asking ourselves what war is. Sometimes war is made through the use of weapons, but the war that the powers of Capitalist Modernity are waging against women and peoples to impose their political projects of destruction of life, is a constant war that attacks from different places and uses all kinds of methods; from the burning of forests and fields, kidnapping, torture, imprisonment and rape, to the prohibition of one’s own language, threats and murder. In the face of this, the people must organize in all areas, not just the military.
It is important to develop a deep knowledge of the enemy: who is he and how was the system created? How does he function and work? What is he capable of doing? How is he present in our daily life? How does he influence our way of thinking, acting and feeling? Knowing the enemy well is a necessary step in preparing to resist and defend oneself against his attacks, developing clear principles of acceptance and rejection that allow people to decide how they want to live and make their own decisions. In this sense, the creation of communes, popular academies, cooperatives and all kinds of social institutions for the organization of life by the people are the greatest self-defense that the people can have. In this way, a people is built that is prepared to fight and resist against the attacks that come, to defend its existence. In order to establish Democratic Autonomy, if the State does not permit dialogue to be carried out in a consensual manner, the people prepared and with consciousness will rise up and carry out the Revolutionary People’s War. A clear example of this is the declaration of autonomy that the Kurdish people made in several cities of Bakur (Northern Kurdistan) during the year 2016, and the creation of the YPS (Civil Defense Units) and the YPS-Jin (Civil Defense Units-Women) to defend that autonomy. The youth took up arms to defend their neighbourhoods from the fierce attacks of the Turkish army, carrying out a historic resistance in which the cruellest face of the Erdogan government was shown. The important thing is to prepare the people to resist without lowering their heads and to fight with the hope of winning, always seeking new paths.
As women we must also prepare ourselves for the revolutionary people’s war, since the patriarchy attacks us daily and in every possible way. Therefore it is necessary that above all women know the enemy and how he is present in our lives, in our relationships, in our way of thinking, feeling and loving. To what extent have we developed a strong will and to what extent are we tied to the patriarchal system. We must know the history of how patriarchy was created, to see that it did not always exist and that before it women had a major role in creating and defending society, something that is still alive today despite the system’s efforts to hide it. Women are the strength of their society, so we can see how, when the enemy wants to destroy a village, he attacks the women of that village first. The organized strength of women, and their connection to their territory, is the greatest difficulty the system has in imposing itself. We saw this during the resistance in Afrin, where women of all ages took to the streets to defend Afrin from the Turkish army, convinced that they would not abandon their land, in a resistance that lasted 57 days and was known as ‘the Resistance of the Age’.
When speaking of revolutionary people’s war, especially as women, it is important to mention the HPC-Jin, the defense forces of the communes formed by women, usually mothers, who are prepared to take up arms and defend their neighbourhoods and cities against the attacks of the invader, fighting alongside their daughters
and sons with the conviction that ‘NO PASARÁN!’
“For a revolutionary people’s war it is not enough for the SDF (Democratic Forces of Syria) to fight and the others to help a little. The time for demonstrations is over. This form of action is not what Rojava needs at the moment.
It is time for all Kurdish men and women, young and old, to arm themselves and stand by the armed forces.”Besê Hozat, co-chair of KCK
