Streams of movement
A song for life, for our common struggle and the women's revolution
On March 8, the Zamāru Project¹ released a new song to salute all those fighting for a life of freedom and dignity worldwide.
The song “Streams of Movement” was written during a Jineolojî camp in Germany in the summer of 2024. Women of different generations and from different regions of Germany, Europe, the Middle East and Abya Yala came together. They dealt with Jineolojî – the science of women and life, studying their history, the history of patriarchy and perspectives of women’s revolution and processed their reflections in artistic workshops.
“On the first evening, a friend came up with the melody and the German verses of the song. We continued working on it together. Lines were written in Kurdish and Spanish, the ukulele, guitar and rhythms were rehearsed and another friend wrote the spoken word part. After a few hours of rehearsals, the song was premiered at the camp!
The plan quickly became clear to share the song with the world on March 8. We got together in a friend’s studio to record it. For every step of the process, women participated who brought or acquired the necessary knowledge. We learned how to operate a documentary camera and fly a drone. One of us mixed, others did the editing.
Just a few of us could be there for the video shoot, but the Jena Feminist Choir sang the final chorus and lets us hear what we know: We are many.
Important steps lie ahead of us in a turbulent time. With the perspective of Jineolojî we say: We start from the roots of life in order to counter the destructive system of capitalist modernity with the knowledge and experiences of women and resistant societies, in the tradition of worldwide freedom struggles, to build democratic modernity.
In this spirit, the net of Jineolojî² in Germany says “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî!” (“Women, Life, Freedom!”) and wishes all those who are resisting patriarchy a beautiful, powerful March 8 and much success in everything that follows!”
Streams of movement
[The root of life
Is guiding us]
It is the streams of the wind that carries us
It is the feeling of warmth that rises in us
Strength that never fades
Communality in freedom that lives
Look how we flow with the wind
Change humanity wherever we stand
From the root of life
For freedom, we can already see it
Le le le… (2x)
The root of life
Shows us our way
That is what we strive for
For women and freedom and life
There are pains in my stomach
and scars in my heart
and I know you feel them too
would love to eradicate them
and that’s why you’re standing here
your hand clenched into a fist
you are standing beside me
have made your decision
you will fight
and you are already doing it every day
with your love for the people
so that the day may come
when we are free
when we hear no drones
in the mediterranean no one drowns
and we swear to each other
never to forget
the value of life
The root of life
Is guiding us
This is our revolution
For women and life and freedom
Le le le.. (4x)
The root of life
Shows us the way
We women are struggling
For freedom and for life
Le le le… (4x)
1 “Zamāru Project” is the collective name for artistic projects created within the framework of the Jineolojî in Europe. “Zamāru” comes from ancient Mesopotamia and refers to song, music or poetry dedicated to goddesses such as Gula or Ishtar. The Zamāru Project draws on this tradition and is an expression of the striving for a women’s culture of free life and free society.
² The net of Jineolojî in Germany is the network of working groups and research groups related to Jineolojî.