Dilar Dirik who is an activist of the kurdish women's movement based in Europe writes on Kurdistan for an international audience. She discussed about Rojava model and the kurdish movement in Syria. The key essence of the discussion was about an alternative idea of nationhood and women's liberation in a very patriarchal society as Syria. She started her discussion by giving a small introduction of the colonial imperialist past …show more content…
Rojava literally means west, it's a Kurdish region and one of the frontlines in the war against ISIS. Women played the central role in this movement both on the battlefield and within the newly formed political system which is completely new and unseen to the rest of the world. According to Dilar, Rojava revolution believes that having a nation-state isn’t a solution as no country or state is independent today. Abdullah Öcalan who was very fundamental to revive Kurdish culture was the pioneer of this movement and his ideas of democracy without a state is also the ideology of Kurdistan Women’s Party (PKK).
However, democracy without a state or democratic confederalism which is a form of grassroots democracy based on people's council and people's commune is an impression comparatively new and needs much analysis, for example, what can be the alternative of nation-state and also, how would the international realm be able to recognize …show more content…
It has to be seen that how this model evolves and changes and transforms us and the world in its course of advancement. In my understanding, this model without any doubt would last at least for decades, because of the bonding these men and women formed during their fight against ISIS and that will not parish or retreat so easily which is one of their primal strength. They are fighting against a common enemy and in the midst of life and death which is completely impossible for us to understand by sitting in the middle of all these safety and security. Although, I am yet to grasp the full essence of this, but the idea of Marxism and Leninism had to change and evolve and mold again to be applicable in the contemporary scenario which is what the people in Rojava are doing; they will experiment and they will analyze their action and I hope they would find a very successful and replicable way out of this for us, for the people of the