Letter to the people of Rojava by over 200 Irish feminists 2019-10-16 11:39:29 NEWS CENTER - Feminists across Ireland sent a letter to the people of Rojava resisting the invasion of their lands carried out by the Turkish state. The letter, signed by over 200 feminists living across the island of Ireland, said: "We wish to express our heartfelt solidarity with our courageous sisters and comrades in Rojava as their project for women’s freedom is under attack."   The Irish feminists recalled how Rojava women "stood with us as we fought to repeal the 8th Amendment. You visited us in Ireland and generously shared your knowledge so we could learn from your struggles and victories. You invited and warmly welcomed us into your communities, demonstrating how a feminist society could be organised in practice, something we had only previously imagined."   The letter added: "Let us be unequivocal, an attack on the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria is an attack on women’s rights, on feminist organising and on ways of organising society that prioritise ecology, community and humanity over profit. Your woman-led political movement offers a feminist alternative to global capitalism, with its gender-balanced decision-making system, and the centring of women’s liberation in this unprecedented democratic project."   Erdoğan and the Turkish state, said the letter, "are threatened by the democratic values of Rojava, by its empowered women and its commitment to equality.  These attacks in the name of establishing a ‘safe zone’ are no more than an attack to drive out our friends and comrades from the region, to smash the democratic project and to put an end to women’s liberation."   The Irish feminists said: "We draw inspiration from your courage and your strength and will come out onto our streets to raise our voices in solidarity with you and to fight fascism, our common enemy. We call on feminists across the globe to join us in supporting our sisters, friends, comrades. Organise, march, shout, fight and rise up for Rojava.   Jin, jiyan, azadi! Ní Saoirse go Saoirse na mBan"   The letter has been signed so far by:   Theresa O’Keefe   Farah Azadi   Juliana Sassi   Wendy Lyon   Paola Rivetti   Aileen O’Carroll   Helen Guinane   Jen Doh   Mary McAuliffe   JA Valois   Maggie ONeill   Linda Connolly   Ursula Ní Shionnain   Suzanne Leen   Sharron A. FitzGerald   Mx Brody Hodgins   Jane Xavier   Paula Geraghty   Melanie McArdle   Dervla O’Neill   Caroline Forde   Ciara Fitzpatrick   Susan Miner   Alanna O Neill   Julia Crowe   Lauren Foley   Heather Ferguson   Joanne Lynam   Emer Smith   Shannon Patterson   Natasha Finnerty   Margaret Ward   Claire McGinley   Nicoletta Mandolini   Caoimhe Butterly   Eve Campbell   Hilary Darcy   Stephanie Lord   Sinéad Redmond   Emily Waszak   Aoife Frances   Clara Purcell   Clare O Connor   Lisa Keogh Finnegan   Tracey Ryan   Anne Mulhall   Maire Ni Mhordha   Eilís Ní Fhlannagáin   Sinead Pembroke   Leticia Ortega   Dyuti Chakravarty   Beth O’Neill   Niamh McDonald   Linda Kavanagh   Antoinette Murphy   Leness Falls   Yvie Murphy   Elaine D’Alton   Maggie Feeley   Siobhán Nic Fhloinn   Becca Bor   Lisa Basire   Xavier Beardwood   Anita Villa   Layla Kuyper   Marie Mulholland   Caroline Kuyper   Marie Moran   Céile Varley   Sharon L Mc Menamin   Muuka Gwaba   Anne McLean   Katharina Swirak   Jacqueline O’Toole   Antonella Garofalo   Brigid Quilligan   Ann O Sullivan   Cat Inglis   Breige Ann McCaughley   Maria Perkins   Sian Cowman   Vivienne Daly   Samantha Kenny   Louise Inglis   Ciara Miller Johnston   Keeva Lilith Carroll   Martine Jackson   Heather McPolin   Ruby Moss   Stacy Wrenn   Tara Ní Dhuinn   Emma Hendrick   Jacqueline Johnston   Sarah Walsh   Breanainn Quinn   Ilaina Khairulzaman   Ina Doyle   Michelle Brown   Alex Ronan   Marianne Farrelly   Joanne McDonald   Georgina O’Halloran   Audrey Fergus   Sarah Shiel   Martina Ferrari   Emma Wallace   Elaine Crory   Becky Indigo Farrell   Cliona Kelly   Goretti Horgan   Bec Fahy   Elaine Mernagh   Melíosa Bracken   Francisca Ribeiro   Kate o keeffe   Joanne Dennehy   Aoife McLean   Mags Glennon   Syd Delz   Carly Bailey   Mairead Enright   Jess Lynch   SaoirseJohnston   Judy Walsh   Aislinn Wallace   Erika Csibi   Stacey Grant-Canham   Laura Ryan   Louisa Moss   Kellie Sweeney   Kerry Guinan   Aisling Corbett   Jane Robb   Sian Cowman   Ingrid Seim   Polly Molotov   Ciara Crawford   Karen Carson   Gillian Brien   Karen Carson   orlagh nic suibhne   Catherine Clarke   Liz Kelly   Irene Doval Marcos   Maryanne Daly   Rose Mullen   Tracy Wall   Maggie Bent   Louise Delz   Bronwen Lang   Rosa Thompson   Edel Quirke   Milena Barnes   Corinne O’Neill   Grainne Griffin   Joanna Schaffalitzky   Aimee Doyle   Cate Dillon   Jennifer Larke   Kalianne Farren   Maebh Murphy   H Oakes   Emma Beuster   Ciara Beuster   Kate Ware   Natalia  R Fedz   Felicity Rawson   Layla Wade   Jene Hinds   Laura J Acha   Niamh P. Keoghan   Lisa Whelan   ??? ??????????   Cora Quigley   Kellie O’Dowd   Amy walsh   Yasmin O’Connor   Aoife Crowe   Laura McVeigh   Joanna McMinn   Suzanne Dunne   Anne Ralph   Bernie Hughes   Ashley Keenan   Lisa dunne   April Keane   Ann Gerety Smyth   Karen Till   Divya Ravikumar   Jacinta Fay   Caoimhe Doyle   Emma Walsh-Hackett   Tricia Nugent   Natasha Lambert   Anna Higgins   Sorcha Szczerbiak   Alice Chau   Vicky Conway   K McKinney   Sinéad Williams   Ramona Parkes   Charlotte Fassbender   Lorna O’Hara   Niamh Casey   Layla Wade   Rebek’ah McKinney-Perry   Kitty Colbert   Alexandra Day   Síona Cahill   Gen Smith   Heike Stone   Aisling Ní Fhrighil   Aoife hammond   Karen Hammond   Eimear Nic Roibeaird   Mary McDermott   Ellen Murphy   Sarah Elaine McHugh   Niamh Murtagh   Rebecca murphy   Joni Kelly   Bríd Collins   Annie Hoey   Kate Butler   Marie Sherlock   Katie Noone   Ber Grogan   Aisling Cusack   Emma Challacombe   Kerry O’Donnell   Meaghan Carmody   Janet O’Sullivan   Patricia Magee   Gillian Kearns   Éinne Ó Cathasaigh   Claire Brennan   Muireann O’Sullivan   dervla o’malley   Freyja Bourke   Sarah Cassidy   Soma Gregory   Lucy Michael   Deirbhile Brennan   Margo Harkin   Caroline McCormack   Deirdre O’Shea   Liadh Ni Faogain   Yasmary Perdomo Rodriguez   Hayley Fox-Roberts   Pamela Rochford   Clare mccann   Barbara Western   Rebekka K. Steg   Evelyn Campbell   Mariel Whelan   Nicola grant   Dairíona Ní Mhuirí   Taryn de Vere   Yurika Higashikawa   Sallyann Green-Millar   Deb Crawley   Bernadette Hughes   Vikkie Patterson   Trish Hegarty   Katie Harrington   Helen O’Sullivan   Leona Mc Mahon   Rosanna O Keeffe   Angela Coraccio   Helen Stonehouse   Emma Allen   Karen Dempsey   Carola Speth   Aisling Mathews   Catherine Stocker   Jennifer Schweppe   Debbie Hutchinson   Anna McMahon   Rebecca Heslin   Sinéad Ring   Tríona Reid   Loretta J frehill   Aine O’Gorman   Kate Dineen   Amy Kelly   Sharon Pickering   Kelley O’Hanlon   Deidre colgan   Geraldine Moorkens Byrne   Grace Harrison   Phyllis Verschoyle   Emma Dowling   Groups and Organisations:   Need Abortion Ireland   Strike 4 Repeal   MERJ – Migrants and Ethnic-minorities for Reproductive Justice   Kildare Feminist Network   Fingal Feminist Network   Dundalk for Change   Queer Action Ireland