On Tuesday, November 19, we will continue our exploration of the living experiment in autonomous self-rule in the region of Rojava, northern Syria. Our reading this week is Chapter 9, “The New Justice System: Consensus in the Key,” in REVOLUTION IN ROJAVA: DEMOCRATIC AUTONOMY AND WOMEN’S LIBERATION IN SYRIAN KURDISTAN:
https://archive.org/details/Re
The book includes a glossary of terms which can be found here:
https://archive.org/details/Re
REVOLUTION IN ROJAVA tells the story of multi-ethnic Rojava’s groundbreaking experiment in democratic confederalism, a communally organized anti-authoritarian democracy that is fiercely anti-capitalist and committed to female equality, while rejecting nationalist ideologies of all kinds. Rooted in the ideas of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, the system is built on effective gender quotas, bottom-up democratic structures, far-sighted ecological policies, and a powerful militancy that has inspired people around the world.
As always, we will be meeting at 7pm (with doors open at 6:50pm) at 2620 Quadra Street in unceded Lekwungen territory.