Co-operative Economy in Rojava | Co-operative Economy in Rojava and Bakur

New book: Struggles for Autonomy in Kurdistan

By Eliza Egret and Tom Anderson, First published on Corporate Watch, May 2016

This book, by Eliza Egret and Tom Anderson, gathers together first-hand accounts of the struggles for a new society taking place in Bakur and Rojava – the parts of Kurdistan within…

Democratic Confederalism in Kurdistan

Co-operative Economy in Bakur

A commune meeting in Amude in Rojava's Cizîrê canton, November 2015

By Tom Anderson and Eliza Egret. First published on Corporate Watch on 18 April 2016

The Kurdish region is currently undergoing a transformation. People are organising themselves in grassroots people’s assemblies and co-operatives, declaring their autonomy from the state and their wish for real democracy. Feminist…

Bookchin, Öcalan, and the Dialectics of Democracy

Co-operative Economy in Bakur

A speech by Janet Biehl, given in February 2012. Published on New Compass

February 3-5, 2012, a a conference was organized in Hamburg, Germany. The theme was “Challenging Capitalist Modernity: Alternative concepts and the Kurdish Question.” The following text was delivered as a speech…