Translator-editor's Preface
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Notes
List of People
List of Political Names and Acronyms
Timeline
Index
Sakine Cansiz was a Kurdish revolutionary, who was a leading member of the PKK, present at its first congress of 1978. She was imprisoned between 1980 and 1991 for her membership of the PKK. A close associate of Abdullah Ocalan, she was murdered in Paris in 2013. Janet Biehl was the collaborator of the late Murray Bookchin. She translated Revolution in Rojava by Knapp et al. and the memoirs of the Kurdish revolutionary, Sakine Cansiz.
'This memoir advances our knowledge of human endurance and allows
the reader a closer look into the world of state violence. This is
a compelling story of fear, hope, tensions, despair, joy, but
mostly a dream of liberation'
*Shahrzad Mojab, co-author of 'Revolutionary Learning: Marxism,
Feminism and Knowledge'*
'Diyarbakir Military Prison was the main site of Kurdish resistance
during the early 1980s and as a senior member of the PKK, Sakine
Cansiz played a leading role in it. This book is an excellent
resource for understanding this historic period in Kurdish
politics'
*Cengiz Gunes, author of 'The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey:
From Protest to Resistance' (Routledge, 2012).*
'This second volume of memoirs covers the 11 years Sakine Cansiz
spent in Turkish prisons from 1979 until 1990. With tremendous
lucidity and power Cansiz tells a story of struggle against
dehumanisation and an unshakeable belief in freedom. This is a
deeply moving documentation of the origins of the Kurdish women's
movement. A most important book - beautifully written and
urgent'
*Estella Schmid, Peace in Kurdistan Campaign*
'Sakine shows not only Kurdish women, but all women that the most
beautiful way to live is to embrace life with more strength. Sakine
never gave up her love for freedom, despite the heavy sacrifices
she had to bear. In a country where it is forbidden to live in
freedom as human beings, she knew that the only way to survive was
to fight. Every woman who longs for freedom will find a voice in
Sakine's struggle'
*Gönül Tepe, Kurdish Women's Liberation Movement*
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