- "When a woman leaves her home and picks up a rifle it is no small thing -- it is a social revolution," said Arshem Kurman, a hardened guerrilla and lecturer at one of the movement's schools where women's rights are taught.
- They all laughed when asked if they had not preferred to stay at home and bear children rather than arms, universally shaking their heads. "Women in these families are forbidden from learning, forbidden from leaving," said Rojbin Hajjar, a Kurd originally from Syria. In some cases, especially in Iran, guerrillas have helped unhappy girls run away from their families to join the PKK, Hajjar added. "We are not just an example for the women of the Middle East but for women the world over," added rebel commander Sozdar Serbiliz.
Would either of you two like to tell me why the social justice movement, in obscure corners of the world like this one, is being carried forward primarily by ambitious women with AK47s. It doesn;t matter that Marxism cannot make the world more social or facilitate justice. Any ideology that professes to pull the boot off of women's necks is indeed an upgrade from the circumstances they suffer. Ask yourself, how have these people come to know K. Marx but not T. Jefferson, J. Addams or P. Henrey? There is a disturbing ideological imballance in the region because good men in America have let evil prevail for too long. That's the real travisty of justice here. Given the greatness inside our borders, what happens beyond them sounds surreal. The above from the article sounds like a script for La Femme Nikita 2. Instead of a French socialist, woman, recovering drug addict, Assasin - this is the true story of many Kurdish, recoverning marxist, feminist, militants. The PKK are the other, other Iraq - inside the other Iraq - within Iraq - with their backs against a wall. Enemy of my enemy! - Marxists! Whatever...
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Anne Parillaud is phenomenal as a terrifyingly vulnerable, beautiful and human young anti-hero with an incredible talent for violence. A drug-addict murderous teen is given a second chance by a government agency looking to exploit her penchant for conscience-less killing. Mentored by a man whose compassion for her is only matched by his ambition and Machiavellian sadism, Nikita ventures on a roller-coaster ride leading a double-life as assassin and clean-living young woman in love. Her passionate affair with Marco and the clarity of her un-drugged consciousness, combine to promote the development of a conscience - a dangerous thing in her line of work. Nikita is, nevertheless, a victim of her circumstances, and like the rest of the characters on both sides, seems stuck in a very bad situation. In addition to the artistry with which this story is told, this film has a very nihilistic sense of justice and not-so-subtly points out the fact that state authorized murder is still murder. |