Revolution in Rojava Knapp Michael
Revolution in Rojava Knapp Michael A new kind of society is being built in Syria, but it's not one you would expect. Western visitors have been astounded by the success of their project, a communally…
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Revolution in Rojava Knapp Michael
A new kind of society is being built in Syria, but it's not one you would expect. 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. 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.
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. The people of Rojava call their new system democratic confederalism. Revolution in Rojava is the first full-length study of this ongoing