Revolution in Rojava : democratic autonomy and women's liberation in Syrian Kurdistan / Michael Knapp, Anja Flach and Ercan Ayboğa ; foreword by David Graeber ; afterword by Asya Abdullah ; translated by Janet Biehl.

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"Surrounded by enemies including ISIS and hostile Turkish forces, the people in Syria's Rojava region are carving out one of the most radically progressive societies on the planet. Visitors have been astounded by the success of their project, a communally organised democracy which considers women's...

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Uniform Title:Revolution in Rojava. English
Main Authors: Knapp, Michael (Historian) (Author)
Flach, Anja, 1964- (Author)
Ayboga, Ercan (Author)
Other Authors: Graeber, David (Writer of introduction)
Abdullah, Asya (writer of afterword.)
Biehl, Janet, 1953- (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
German
Language and/or Writing System:
Translated into English from original German.
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Kurds > Syria > Social conditions.
Women > Political activity > Syria.
Women > Syria > Social conditions.
Kurds > Social conditions.
Women > Political activity.
Women > Social conditions.
Syria.
Physical Description:xxxi, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Democratic autonomy and women's liberation in Syrian Kurdistan
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Prologue: on the road to Til Koçer -- Background -- Rojava's diverse cultures -- Democratic confederalism -- The liberation -- A women's revolution -- Democratic autonomy in Rojava -- Civil society associations -- Defense: the theory of the Rose -- The new justice system -- The democratization of education -- Health care -- The social economy -- Ecological challenges -- Neighbors -- Prospects -- Afterward: the philosophy of democratic autonomy. 
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