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Our comrade Nalin Muş is a comrade who joined the PKK at a young age in the 90s. She took part in one of the first Female Units of the Womens Army in Erzurum, Northern Kurdistan. Her lifelong struggle is one that is in sync with the history of the Womens Army. Just as our Womens Army grew by day and our foothold strengthened, Nalin, in parallel, demonstrated a vanguard role through her stance as a female commander.
Nalins struggle has become the symbol of posture, she has always been at the forefront and remained there even in the most challenging areas of her life. She participated actively and decisively at a leading level in all her fields of work. Her 25 years of struggle is full of great effort, dedication and sacrifice. She has conducted command-level studies in Erzurum, Dersim and in Medya defense areas. She worked as a member of the YJA Star Military Council, and took responsibility in different areas of the women’s movement.
Nalin is a comrade who has taken his place in the hearts of all comrades, with her naturalness, sincerity and humour and is a clear example of the free womans stance.
From the pen of the Comrade:
The Women’s Liberation Movement is a movement that reaches many, it is the reality of freedom; it is one that especially touches women who have paid heavy prices and shed great effort. The Women’s movement interprets women’s issues as a result of insufficient womens organisation, as well as due to the nation state. Women are assessed as having undergone the most oppression, domination and exploitation; they are always crushed first. Therefore, it is important to understand that the path to solving all social problems begins at the resolvement of problems of Women.
In general terms, there is a unanimous view that the question of independence, freedom, organization and identity is not just a women’s problem; the removal of women from society has resulted in a serious sense of dehumanization, and loss of the meaning of life. This reality ıs faced in the whole world as well as the Middle East. These are the issues that make the solution of the problem the most difficult. So therefore the problem is a problem that involves everyone. Including the man.
As long as the man does not exceed the patriarchial-govermental mentality, he is likely to suffer more than the woman. The reason that grouping has increased so much is because of the reality and culture of the man. It is the culture of the man to be insisted in unsolvedness. This is a product of the mindset that wants to maintain its existence through war. Unless this mentality is destroyed, unless it is solved, the male will face a serious liberation and democratization problem.
Thus, there is on one hand the reality of women being liberated within a democratic system; and on the other hand, the reality of a man whose different faces are exposed. The democratization of both genders of society is absolute necessity for the survival of the social life in a society with democratic culture. This means that both genders are to be liberated, identity must be regained and a new life created. Otherwise, grouping is prone to develop, because every mindset that is hungry for power is doomed to become a gang.
Every statist mentality is destined to destroy. Such a mentality and the result of it is neither a man nor a woman. The loser is a whole society and huamnity. These are the most urgent problems of today’s world which need to be resolved. Especially in the 21st century, with such an extensive development of science, when the engineering of technology has reached an uncontrollable level, if not used properly will deepen the problems and drive humanity to deeper troubles. In this respect, it is important to approach problems with an ideological stance and participation, not just a political stand. Only such an approach can provide a solution.
On the other hand, there is also a reality of the youth, which shares the common oppression that women are exposed to. Of course, the youth live a serious emptiness. They do not have an ideological consciousness or accumulation to feed themselves. They are not capable of organising their lives in a social way or be able to make correct choices. Their ideological knowledge is weak. They lack the ability to solve the society well, analyze it or gain historical consciousness. For this reason, it is a young and ammatuer movement.
This is not a very rooted solution, but it produces temporary, ineffective solutions. These are disadvantages in putting the self-devotion or dynamism of youth to the service of society and humanity. Still, the important role of the youth within our movements youth organisations remain. They have achieved certain results, a certain organization and the power of action. However, there are still weaknesses and insufficiencies in terms of reaching historical consciousness, ideological depth and organizational maturity. Such a youth would not be able to correctly identify the problems of society and even their problems. These are important.
