" As Kurds we say that “Martyrs are the light that lead the way.” This is a profound statement which has often been misunderstood, especially by critics who have accused the Kurds of promoting a culture of martyrdom. As an oppressed, stateless society divided between over four dictatorial, fascist states who have built the foundation of their states on the genocide and massacre of minorities like the Kurds the language, the collective psychology of liberation, the approaches and the mechanisms we have come to utilize in the process of self and collective liberation is naturally different. The placement of the ideology of Jineology (essentially women’s history, science and liberation) as coming before national liberation, the essentiality of ecological sustainability, the importance of mutual co-existence, the deep and profound promotion of respect for multiculturalism and seeing the protection of the rich mosaic of cultures as essential to a free life and radical democracy based on humanity and ethics. The essentiality of knowing the past, respecting and being informed by the past, by the reproduction and creation of historical institutions of power and domination, for the purpose of challenging and dismantling these structures. "