Power To The People Means People’s Revolution For Regional Liberation; Feminist Solidarity Against Fascism, Warmongering, Imperialism, And Zionism
(This statement was written after Netanyahu’s speech addressing the people of Iran in October 2024.)
Our struggle is not only against the dictatorship ruling Iran. Our voice is raised not just against gender oppression and the persecution of minorities in Iran. Our fight is against all individuals, governments, and oppressive and criminal forces whose hands are stained with the blood of thousands and who have contributed to the destruction of many ecosystems.
We do not view our fate as separate from the fate of the nations of Palestine, Lebanon, and other peoples of the region. This shared destiny is the result of the interconnectedness of the colonial and murderous regimes established in the region, as well as the intervention of imperialist powers. We know too well that our liberation is not possible without theirs, without the revolution of nations.
Our struggle is not only against the dictatorship ruling Iran. Our voice is raised not just against gender oppression and the persecution of minorities in Iran. Our fight is against all individuals, governments, and oppressive and criminal forces whose hands are stained with the blood of thousands and who have contributed to the destruction of many ecosystems. In the war between regressive fronts, we support the revolution of the people for liberation and decisively say: The slaughter and colonization by the Israeli regime must end. We, feminists from the geography of Iran, stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine, Lebanon and Yemen, resisting Israel’s warmongering, murderous colonial advancements, terrorism, and killing machine.
For decades, the people of the Middle East have either been under the grip of dictators, colonizers, and capitalists entrenched in the region, exploited and colonized, or on the brink of war. In these confrontations with death, our insistence on ‘Life’ is stronger than ever.
‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ (Woman, Life, Freedom) is our roadmap to reclaim the dignity of life. We believe in grassroots organizing for the realization of liberation, the right to self-determination, and a life based on social justice. We have no need for the sermons of a fascist war criminal and the head of an apartheid state.
On the anniversary of the intensification of the genocide of the people of Gaza and the continuation of the war in Lebanon, we say no to the masculine voice of war in the region, and while we fight against the dictatorship and regressive forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we also stand against the colonialism and crimes of the Zionist regime of Israel and its imperialist backers. We see the fight against Israel’s fascism and colonialism as an extension of our own struggle for self-determination.
We do not view our fate as separate from the fate of the nations of Palestine, Lebanon, and other peoples of the region. This shared destiny is the result of the interconnectedness of the colonial and murderous regimes established in the region, as well as the intervention of imperialist powers. We know too well that our liberation is not possible without theirs, without the revolution of nations.
Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom)
Long live the struggle of oppressed people in Palestine, Iran, and the entire Global South!