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ECR Study Group: The Struggle Against Patriarchy

Democratic CONFEDERALISM AND THE Struggle Against Patriarchy

Join us Sunday November 6th at 2pm EST for our next study group discussion. This session is will be focused on the Kurdish freedom movement’s practical and theoretical approach to struggling against patriarchy, as part of our series on Democratic Confederalism. You are welcome to join us even if you did not attend the previous sessions of the series. 

This series started with an introduction of the historical context and overview, and then moved to Öcalan’s theories of history and democratic civilization. After reading about state and class-based societies and capitalist modernity, we explored Democratic Confederalism as a system of governance and the theory’s relationship with social ecology. We’ll end the series with a discussion of women’s liberation and eco-feminism and how these concepts and practices relate to democratic confederalism. 

READINGS

Dilar Dirik. The Kurdish Women's Movement: History, Theory, Practice.

Selected Sections from the book: Struggling woman: Ideology and identity, Revolutionizing love, Killing the Man, Jineolojî: A science of woman and life, Self-defense

RECOMMENDED : 

Öcalan, Liberating Life: Woman's Revolution

ZOOM INFO : 

When: Nov 12, 2023 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclduyvrz4uEtfslJiMbXmfShpsYxLxQsZG

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Earlier Event: October 26
ECR General Organizing Meeting