{"id":9690,"date":"2026-03-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/?p=9690"},"modified":"2026-04-07T21:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:12:53","slug":"de-abya-yala-au-kurdistan-fleurissons-car-la-guerre-ne-peut-detruire-nos-racines-de-abya-yala-a-kurdistan-florecemos-porque-la-guerra-no-puede-acabar-con-nuestras-raices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redcolombia.org\/?p=9690","title":{"rendered":"De Abya Yala au Kurdist\u00e1n, fleurissons car la guerre ne peut d\u00e9truire nos racines (FR &#8211; ESP &#8211; ING)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"261\" data-id=\"9691\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-le-2026-03-12-a-15.40.57.png?resize=640%2C261&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-le-2026-03-12-a-15.40.57.png?w=845&amp;ssl=1 845w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-le-2026-03-12-a-15.40.57.png?resize=300%2C122&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-le-2026-03-12-a-15.40.57.png?resize=768%2C313&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tissage de la conf\u00e9rence \/ Telar de la conferencia \/ Cloth of the conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Texte en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> <em>(abajo en espa\u00f1ol &#8211; down in English)<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018\u2018D\u2019Abya Yala au Kurdistan, fleurissons, car la guerre ne peut d\u00e9truire nos racines\u2019\u2019 : telle \u00e9tait la devise de la troisi\u00e8me conf\u00e9rence officielle du mouvement de lib\u00e9ration des femmes kurdes, organis\u00e9e par le r\u00e9seau Women Weaving the Future, la premi\u00e8re de trois \u00e0 se tenir \u00e0 l&#8217;ext\u00e9rieur de l&#8217;Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans la semaine du 11 au 15 f\u00e9vrier 2026, \u00e9taient r\u00e9unies \u00e0 Bogot\u00e1 plus de 400 femmes de pays divers, parlant diff\u00e9rentes langues, et appartenant \u00e0 des mouvements sociaux vari\u00e9s. Au c\u0153ur de ce cercle de discussion de femmes \u00e9tait abord\u00e9e et r\u00e9fl\u00e9chie la lutte des femmes face \u00e0 la destruction de la vie et \u00e0 la crise du capitalisme, qui menace incessamment la reproduction de toute forme de vie. Cette conf\u00e9rence fut d\u00e9di\u00e9e, entre autres, aux m\u00e9moires de Sakine Cansiz, de Rosa Luxemburg et d\u2019Alina Sanchez, aussi connue sous le nom de L\u00eager\u00een \u00c7iya. Les dix ans de l\u2019assassinat de Berta Caceres furent \u00e9galement comm\u00e9mor\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riche en cris, chants et danses, cette r\u00e9union fut inaugur\u00e9e par une c\u00e9r\u00e9monie o\u00f9 furent \u00e9voqu\u00e9s les esprits du feu, ceux du vent, du sol, de la fum\u00e9e et de l&#8217;eau. Autour d&#8217;un autel fait de fleurs, d&#8217;aromates et de semences sacr\u00e9es, abondant d&#8217;offrandes rem\u00e9morant la Terre-M\u00e8re (Pachamama) et les femmes assassin\u00e9es, disparues, diverses banni\u00e8res aux effigies des diff\u00e9rentes luttes f\u00e9ministes en r\u00e9sistance pour la d\u00e9fense de la vie flottaient au vent. Au centre de l\u2019autel : feu et tambour, un rameau de palo santo et une bougie attis\u00e9e pendant toute la dur\u00e9e de s\u00e9jour de sempiternel rituel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Au courant de cette semaine furent r\u00e9fl\u00e9chis collectivement de nouveaux imaginaires, antagonistes aux sch\u00e9mas dessin\u00e9s par les logiques du patriarcat, du capitalisme et du colonialisme. Une voix d&#8217;Ha\u00efti souligna l&#8217;importance de reconna\u00eetre que \u00abcet \u00e9chec est plut\u00f4t un r\u00e9sultat du capitalisme global qu&#8217;un probl\u00e8me interne\u00bb, et qu&#8217;en ce sens, ces nouveaux imaginaires se doivent d\u2019\u00eatre tiss\u00e9s au-del\u00e0 des fronti\u00e8res, l\u00e0 o\u00f9 la nature est d\u00e9colonis\u00e9e, et les \u00eatres qui l&#8217;habitent, lib\u00e9r\u00e9s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L&#8217;objectif de cette rencontre fut de tisser un r\u00e9seau de r\u00e9sistance plus large \u00e0 partir des r\u00e9seaux que chacune a d\u00e9j\u00e0 mis en place, un r\u00e9seau qui converge en une lutte commune:&nbsp; la fin du patriarcat et de l&#8217;imp\u00e9rialisme pour la lib\u00e9ration des femmes, des corps et des territoires. \u00ab Je viens d&#8217;un territoire o\u00f9, depuis l&#8217;\u00e9poque de nos grands-parents, le fleuve \u00e9tait synonyme de vie, de nourriture, de rituel, d&#8217;identit\u00e9. Un territoire o\u00f9 l&#8217;eau n&#8217;\u00e9tait ni une ressource, ni une marchandise. Elle \u00e9tait un lien vivant entre notre peuple, la terre et le lieu que nous habitions. Aujourd&#8217;hui, le fleuve est devenu une infrastructure au service du pillage \u00bb t\u00e9moigne une camarade du Mexique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cet espace de dialogue misait sur la diversit\u00e9 au c\u0153ur de la lutte, \u00e9l\u00e9ment conditionnel \u00e0 la p\u00e9rennit\u00e9 de la lutte. \u00ab La lutte doit \u00eatre diversifi\u00e9e, sinon ce n&#8217;est pas une lutte. \u00bb d\u00e9clare une autre camarade d&#8217;\u00c9quateur. Tout au long de cette semaine de conf\u00e9rences, les propositions ont \u00e9t\u00e9 brod\u00e9es&nbsp; dans l&#8217;intention de b\u00e2tir un chemin de r\u00e9sistance international face \u00e0 l&#8217;architecture de pillage b\u00e2ti par l&#8217;Empire, dans un contexte o\u00f9 l&#8217;\u00c9tat a construit \u00abun projet de guerre \u00e0 nos fronti\u00e8res et que nous sommes confront\u00e9es \u00e0 des projets d&#8217;\u00e9nergies alternatives pervers o\u00f9 les paramilitaires se reconfigurent dans le cadre de la politique \u00e9tatique de contr\u00f4le des terres\u00bb comme le partage une militante de la Colombie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afin de formuler ces id\u00e9es plus concr\u00e8tement et dans l&#8217;intime, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9s sept ateliers distincts, traitant de sept th\u00e9matiques diff\u00e9rentes : l&#8217;\u00e9conomie, l&#8217;\u00e9ducation, la sant\u00e9, la communication, les arts et la culture.&nbsp; Les notions de conf\u00e9d\u00e9ralisme d\u00e9mocratique et de jin\u00e9ologie ont elles aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 abord\u00e9es, ces derni\u00e8res \u00e9tant des doctrines politiques th\u00e9oris\u00e9es au sein du mouvement de lib\u00e9ration des femmes kurdes, tout comme l&#8217;auto-d\u00e9fense des corps et du territoire. Ce dernier atelier a suscit\u00e9 un fort d\u00e9bat et fut le premier sujet abord\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019ouverture de l\u2019atelier, plusieurs exigeant un titre plus sensible \u00e0 la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 g\u00e9opolitique de la Colombie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019importance de retourner \u00e0 la cosmovision des peuples autochtones a largement \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9voqu\u00e9e : un syst\u00e8me de pens\u00e9es et de valeurs bas\u00e9 sur le ressenti. Comme nous l&#8217;a partag\u00e9 une coll\u00e8gue de l\u2019\u00c9quateur: \u00ab Si nos propositions ne touchent pas le c\u0153ur, nous ne pouvons pas lutter. Nous retournons \u00e0 la famille cosmique : penser avec le c\u0153ur. \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il va donc sans dire que penser depuis le c\u0153ur fut, est et sera fondamental \u00e0 la lutte. D&#8217;ailleurs, figurent parmi l&#8217;une des principales propositions la volont\u00e9 de centraliser l&#8217;\u00e9ducation populaire au c\u0153ur de nos pratiques, afin de d\u00e9velopper une autocritique \u00e0 grande \u00e9chelle et de se r\u00e9approprier les savoirs ancestraux, de m\u00eame que les soins de nos propres corps et communaut\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 soulign\u00e9 \u00e0 de nombreuses reprises que l&#8217;\u00e9ducation est un moyen d\u00e9terminant pour reconna\u00eetre et valoriser l&#8217;\u00e9conomie de soins et, par cons\u00e9quent, transformer notre conception de l&#8217;\u00e9conomie. En ce sens, il nous faut construire une \u00e9ducation dont la base est l&#8217;amour, dont la port\u00e9e est politique, et dont le centre est la m\u00e9moire ancestrale.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;De plus, en d\u00e9signant la communication comme un outil de critique et la culture comme un outil de lib\u00e9ration, fut r\u00e9affirm\u00e9e l&#8217;importance de multiplier les lieux et les moyens d\u2019\u00e9change qui encouragent la r\u00e9sistance. Parmi ceux-ci furent cit\u00e9s les cercles de discussion, les murales, les \u00e9missions de radio et les fanzines, entre autres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quoique plusieurs id\u00e9es et propositions fortuites furent soulev\u00e9es et inscrites au manifeste des femmes pour la d\u00e9fense de la vie, la conclusion continue \u00e0 se fa\u00e7onner. Certaines propositions formul\u00e9es se d\u00e9ploient tranquillement, comme une initiative d&#8217;\u00e9conomie collective \u00e0 travers un r\u00e9seau de commercialisation entre femmes \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9chelle internationale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"536\" data-id=\"9696\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4315-copie.png?resize=640%2C536&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4315-copie.png?resize=1024%2C858&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4315-copie.png?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4315-copie.png?resize=768%2C643&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4315-copie.png?resize=1536%2C1287&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4315-copie.png?resize=2048%2C1716&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4315-copie.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4315-copie.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mystique communautaire I \/ M\u00edstica comunitaria I \/ Community mysticism I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" data-id=\"9697\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4319.png?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4319.png?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4319.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4319.png?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4319.png?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4319.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.redcolombia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4319.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mystique communautaire II \/ M\u00edstica comunitaria II \/ Community mysticism II<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Texto en espa\u00f1ol:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab De Abya Yala a Kurdist\u00e1n, florecemos porque la guerra no puede acabar con nuestras ra\u00edces&nbsp; \u00bb: ese fue el tema de la tercera conferencia oficial del movimiento de liberaci\u00f3n de las mujeres kurdas, organizada por la red Women Weaving the Future, la primera de las tres que se celebrar\u00e1n fuera de Europa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durante la semana del 11 al 15 de febrero de 2026, se reunieron en Bogot\u00e1 m\u00e1s de 400 mujeres de diversos pa\u00edses, que hablaban diferentes idiomas y pertenec\u00edan a diversos movimientos sociales. En el centro de este c\u00edrculo de debate de mujeres se abord\u00f3 y reflexion\u00f3 sobre la lucha de las mujeres frente a la destrucci\u00f3n de la vida y la crisis del capitalismo, que amenaza sin parar la reproducci\u00f3n de cualquier forma de vida. Esta conferencia se dedic\u00f3, entre otras cosas, a la memoria de Sakine Cansiz, Rosa Luxemburg y Alina S\u00e1nchez, tambi\u00e9n conocida como L\u00eager\u00een \u00c7iya. Tambi\u00e9n se conmemoraron los diez a\u00f1os del asesinato de Berta C\u00e1ceres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Llena de gritos, cantos y bailes, esta reuni\u00f3n se inaugur\u00f3 con una ceremonia en la que se invoc\u00f3 a los esp\u00edritus del fuego, del viento, de la tierra, del humo y del agua. Alrededor de un altar hecho de flores, hierbas arom\u00e1ticas y semillas sagradas, repleto de ofrendas en memoria de la Madre Tierra (Pachamama) y de las mujeres asesinadas y desaparecidas, ondeaban al viento diversas pancartas con las efigies de las diferentes luchas feministas en resistencia por la defensa de la vida. En el centro del altar: fuego y tambor, una ramita de palo santo y una vela que se qued\u00f3 prendida todo el tiempo que duro ese ritual sempiterno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lo largo de esta semana se reflexion\u00f3 colectivamente sobre nuevos imaginarios, antag\u00f3nicos a los esquemas trazados por las l\u00f3gicas del patriarcado, del capitalismo y del colonialismo. Una voz de Hait\u00ed subray\u00f3 la importancia de reconocer que \u00ab este fracaso es m\u00e1s bien un resultado del capitalismo global que un problema interno \u00bb, y que, en este sentido, estos nuevos imaginarios deben tejerse m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de las fronteras, all\u00ed donde la naturaleza sea descolonizada y los seres que la habitan, liberados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El objetivo de este encuentro fue tejer una red de resistencia m\u00e1s amplia a partir de las redes que cada una ya ha establecido, una red que converja en una lucha com\u00fan: el fin del patriarcado y del imperialismo para la liberaci\u00f3n de las mujeres, los cuerpos y los territorios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab Vengo de un territorio donde, desde la \u00e9poca de nuestros abuelos, el r\u00edo era sin\u00f3nimo de vida, de alimento, de ritual, de identidad. Un territorio donde el agua no era ni un recurso ni una mercanc\u00eda. Era un v\u00ednculo vivo entre nuestro pueblo, la tierra y el lugar que habit\u00e1bamos. Hoy, el r\u00edo se ha convertido en una infraestructura al servicio del saqueo \u00bb, testifica una compa\u00f1era de M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este espacio de di\u00e1logo apostaba por la diversidad en el coraz\u00f3n de la lucha, elemento condicionante de la perdurabilidad de esta. \u00ab La lucha debe ser diversa; y si no es, no es una lucha \u00bb, declara otra compa\u00f1era de Ecuador. A lo largo de esta semana de conferencias, se han elaborado propuestas con la intenci\u00f3n de construir un camino de resistencia internacional frente a la arquitectura de saqueo construida por el Imperio, en un contexto en el que el Estado ha construido \u00ab un proyecto de guerra en nuestras fronteras y nos enfrentamos a proyectos perversos de energ\u00edas alternativas en los que los paramilitares se reconfiguran en el marco de la pol\u00edtica estatal de control de las tierras \u00bb, como comparte una militante de Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Con el fin de formular estas ideas de manera m\u00e1s concreta y en profundidad, se llevaron a cabo siete talleres distintos, que trataron siete tem\u00e1ticas diferentes: econom\u00eda, educaci\u00f3n, salud, comunicaci\u00f3n, artes y cultura. Tambi\u00e9n se abordaron los conceptos de confederalismo democr\u00e1tico e jineolog\u00eda, estas \u00faltimas doctrinas pol\u00edticas teorizadas en el seno del movimiento de liberaci\u00f3n de las mujeres kurdas, al igual que la autodefensa de los cuerpos y de los territorios. Este \u00faltimo taller suscit\u00f3 un debate intenso y fue el primer tema abordado al inicio del taller, ya que varias personas exigieron que el t\u00edtulo sea m\u00e1s sensible a la realidad geopol\u00edtica de Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Se evoc\u00f3 ampliamente la importancia de volver a la cosmovisi\u00f3n de los pueblos ind\u00edgenas: un sistema de pensamientos y valores basado en el sentir. Como nos comparti\u00f3 una compa\u00f1era de Ecuador: \u00abSi nuestras propuestas no llegan al coraz\u00f3n, no podemos luchar. Volvemos a la familia c\u00f3smica: pensar con el coraz\u00f3n\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Por lo tanto, no hace falta decir que pensar desde el coraz\u00f3n fue, es y ser\u00e1 fundamental para la lucha. De hecho, entre las principales propuestas figura la voluntad de situar la educaci\u00f3n popular en el centro de nuestras pr\u00e1cticas, con el fin de desarrollar una autocr\u00edtica a gran escala y reapropiarnos de los saberes ancestrales, as\u00ed como del cuidado de nuestros propios cuerpos y comunidades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Se ha destacado en numerosas ocasiones que la educaci\u00f3n es un medio determinante para reconocer y valorar la econom\u00eda del cuidado y, por consiguiente, transformar nuestra concepci\u00f3n de la econom\u00eda. En este sentido, debemos construir una educaci\u00f3n cuya base sea el amor, cuyo alcance sea pol\u00edtico y cuyo centro sea la memoria ancestral. Adem\u00e1s, al designar la comunicaci\u00f3n como herramienta de cr\u00edtica y la cultura como herramienta de liberaci\u00f3n, se ha reafirmado la importancia de multiplicar los lugares y medios de intercambio que fomentan la resistencia. Entre otros, han sido nombrado los c\u00edrculos de debate, los murales, los programas de radio y los fanzines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aunque se plantearon y se incluyeron en el manifiesto de las mujeres por la defensa de la vida muchas ideas y propuestas espont\u00e1neas, la conclusi\u00f3n sigue tomando forma. Algunas de las propuestas formuladas se est\u00e1n desarrollando poco a poco, como una iniciativa de econom\u00eda colectiva, a trav\u00e9s de una red de comercializaci\u00f3n entre mujeres a escala internacional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Text in English:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom Abya Yala to Kurdistan, let us flourish, for war cannot destroy our roots\u201d: this was the motto of the third official conference of the Kurdish women\u2019s liberation movement, organized by the Women Weaving the Future network\u2014the first of three to be held outside Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the week of February 11\u201315, 2026, more than 400 women from various countries, speaking different languages, and belonging to diverse social movements gathered in Bogot\u00e1. At the heart of this women\u2019s discussion circle was the examination and reflection on women\u2019s struggle in the face of the destruction of life and the crisis of capitalism, which constantly threatens the reproduction of all forms of life. This conference was dedicated, among others, to the memories of Sakine Cansiz, Rosa Luxemburg, and Alina Sanchez, also known as L\u00eager\u00een \u00c7iya. The tenth anniversary of the assassination of Berta C\u00e1ceres was also commemorated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Filled with cries, songs, and dances, this gathering began with a ceremony invoking the spirits of fire, wind, earth, smoke, and water. Surrounding an altar made of flowers, herbs, and sacred seeds, overflowing with offerings in memory of Mother Earth (Pachamama) and the murdered and missing women, various banners bearing the symbols of different feminist struggles in resistance for the defense of life fluttered in the wind. At the center of the altar: fire and drum, a branch of palo santo, and a candle kept burning throughout the whole duration of this timeless ritual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the week, new imaginaries were collectively envisioned, in opposition to the patterns shaped by the logic of patriarchy, capitalism, and colonialism. A voice from Haiti emphasized the importance of recognizing that \u201cthis failure is more a result of global capitalism than an internal problem,\u201d and that in this sense, these new ways of thinking must be woven across borders, where nature is decolonized and the beings who inhabit it are liberated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal of this gathering was to build a broader network of resistance based on the networks each participant has already established\u2014a network that converges into a common struggle: the end of patriarchy and imperialism for the liberation of women, bodies, and territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI come from a territory where, since our grandparents\u2019 time, the river was synonymous with life, food, ritual, and identity. A territory where water was neither a resource nor a commodity. It was a living link between our people, the land, and the place we inhabited. \u201cToday, the river has become infrastructure in the service of plunder,\u201d testifies a comrade from Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This space for dialogue emphasized diversity at the heart of the struggle, an essential element for the struggle\u2019s sustainability. \u201cThe struggle must be diverse; otherwise, it is not a struggle,\u201d declares another comrade from Ecuador. Throughout this week of conferences, proposals were developed with the intention of building a path of international resistance against the architecture of plunder constructed by the Empire, in a context where the state has constructed \u201ca war project at our borders and we are confronted with perverse alternative energy projects where paramilitaries are reorganizing themselves within the framework of the state\u2019s land control policy,\u201d as shared by an activist from Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To formulate these ideas more concretely and in depth, seven separate workshops were held, addressing seven different themes: the economy, education, health, communication, the arts, and culture. The concepts of democratic confederalism and \u2018\u2019jineology\u2019\u2019 were also addressed; the latter are political doctrines theorized within the Kurdish women liberation movement, as was the self-defence of bodies and territory. This last workshop sparked intense debate and was the first topic discussed at the workshop\u2019s opening, with several participants calling for a title more attuned to Colombia\u2019s geopolitical reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The importance of returning to the worldview of Indigenous peoples was widely discussed: a system of thought and values based on feeling. As a colleague from Ecuador shared with us: \u201cIf our proposals do not touch the heart, we cannot fight. We return to the cosmic family: thinking with the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It goes without saying, then, that thinking from the heart has been, is, and will remain fundamental to the struggle. Indeed, one of the main proposals is the desire to place popular education at the center of our practices, in order to foster large-scale self-criticism and reclaim ancestral knowledge, as well as the care of our own bodies and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been emphasized on numerous occasions that education is a decisive means of recognizing and valuing the care economy and, consequently, transforming our conception of the economy. Therefore, we must build an education whose foundation is love, whose scope is political, and whose center is ancestral memory. Furthermore, by identifying communication as a tool for critique and culture as a tool for liberation, the importance of expanding the spaces and means of exchange that foster resistance was reaffirmed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amongst others were named discussion circles, murals, radio shows, and fanzines. Although many ideas and spontaneous proposals were raised and included in the women\u2019s manifesto for the defense of life, the conclusion is still an on-going process. 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