A new kind of society is being built in Syria, but it's not one you
would expect. Surrounded by deadly bands of ISIS and hostile Turkish
forces, the people living in Syria's Rojava cantons are carving out one
of the most radically progressive societies on the planet today. Western
visitors have been astounded by the success of their project, a
communally organised democracy which considers women's equality
indispensable and rejects reactionary nationalist ideology whilst being
fiercely anti-capitalist.
The people of Rojava call their new
system democratic confederalism. An implementation of the recent
ideology of the imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, it boasts
gender quotas of 40 percent, bottom-up democratic structures,
deep-reaching ecological policies and a militancy which is keeping ISIS
from the gates. Revolution in Rojava is the first full-length study of
this ongoing social and political transformation in Syrian Kurdistan.
It is the first authentic insight into the complex dimensions of the
revolution. Its authors use their own experiences of working and
fighting in the region to construct a picture of hope for Middle-Eastern
politics and society, and reveal an extraordinary story of a battle
against the odds.
Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy & Women's Liberation in Syrian Kurdistan - Michael Knapp, Anja Flach & Ercan Ayboga
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