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March 12: Öcalan’s Democratic Confederalism

Posted on March 4, 2019 - March 13, 2019 by Creatrix

Last week’s discussion introduced us to Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdish Worker’s party, who, after he was jailed indefinitely by the Turkish State, turned to a number of new sources to revisit his previous Marxist-Leninist nationalist ideology. He did a ‘180’ and turned to the writings of the anarchist social ecologist Murray Bookchin, and from there developed his own vision of anarchism, which he called “Democratic Confederalism.”

In keeping with this theme, members of the Anarchist Reading Circle have decided to read Öcalan’s pamphlet called just that, “Democratic Confederalism.”

The text can be downloaded from this website. We will be referring to the updated 4th edition: Democratic Confederalism Booklet

As always, we meet at Camas Books and Infoshop, 2620 Quadra St, unceded Lekwungen Territory. It is scheduled for Tuesday, March 12, 2019; doors @6:50; discussion @7pm. See you there!

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Posted in Anarchist Societies, Revolutionary Theory, Theory/PraxisTagged Abdullah Öcalan, Democratic Confederalism, Murray Bookchin

Feb 26: The Geopolitical History Behind Rojava’s Revolution

Posted on February 1, 2019 - November 14, 2020 by Creatrix

Our next reading circle is scheduled for Tuesday, February 26th from 6:45 – 9pm; discussion starts at 7pm. As always, we meet on unceded Lekwungen territory at Camas Books and Infoshop (2620 Quadra Street).

In preparation for our discussion, we are reading two chapters from Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy and Women’s Liberation in Syrian Kurdistan. The text was written by Michael Knapp, Anja Flach, and Ercan Ayboĝa. It provides an excellent foregrounding on the history of the Kurdish Worker’s Party (PKK), and the theoretical turn towards anarchism by one of the Party’s co-founders, Abdullah Öcalan. We will also learn about the authoritarianism and geopolitical machinations of the colluding nation-States with interests in the region known as Rojava, located in Northern Syria. Any participants with knowledge of current affairs about Rojava are welcomed to share updates and any other pertinent information.

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Note: This topic was originally scheduled to take place on February 12th, but had to be postponed due to inclement weather. 

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Posted in Allies, Anarchist Societies, History Behind Current Affairs, Revolutionary TheoryTagged Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK), Rojava

Next Meeting Dec 4th | Reading ‘Fragments’ from David Greaber

Posted on November 24, 2018 - November 24, 2018 by Creatrix
By Clifford Harper, 1995
Overview: As always, our next meeting at Camas Books (2620 Quadra). It’s at 7pm on December 4th, 2018. We are reading  David Greaber’s Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology, pages 38-53. A .pdf of the text can be found on the right hand side of our website. Details: Our last meeting brought out the really big questions most people ask of anarchism: 1. “What does/how would an anarchist society look like?” In other words, “how does anarchism work?” So we decided to look at sections of David Greaber’s Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology. We are beginning with the section called “Blowing up Walls,” which features Greaber’s theoretical conversation between an anarchist and a skeptic. It starts on page 38 and then the topic shifts to a discussion of revolution, and modernity, so please continue reading to page 53. If you wish to get into anthropological examples of anarchism, you may optionally decide to read the rest of the chapter.  Hopefully, we will see you at the circle!   

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Posted in Anarchist Societies, Revolutionary TheoryTagged Anarchist Anthropology, David Graeber, Peter Gelderloos

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