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| Militant/Dag Tirsén |
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MANCHESTER, England — “On March 8 we celebrate the advances made by women around the world. This year we can add the advances made by the Kurds. Today especially we celebrate the role of women in Syria and Iraq fighting to stop Islamic State,” said Catharina Tirsén, Communist League candidate for Manchester City Council in Bradford ward. She was speaking at a meeting of more than 100 Kurdish women and men gathered to celebrate International Women’s Day, organized by the Manchester Kurdish Cultural Centre here.
“Across northern Syria, women comprise more than one-third of the Kurdish fighting forces,” Tirsén said. “I campaign door to door in working-class areas, talking with people and showing them the Militant newspaper. And I must say, when you mention the Kurdish women combatants to anyone, especially women, you get a broad smile in response. “Your fight has strengthened the confidence of workers around the world,” she said. “It gives us the confidence that we, ordinary working people, can fight and change history. We can fight for a homeland, like the Kurdish people are doing. And we can fight for a government of our own, a government of working people, the strongest weapon we can have, as the Cuban Revolution shows.” |
| — DAG TIRSÉN |