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!
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).
For our next meeting we are reading Murray Bookchin’s classic text “Listen Marxist!” from 1971. This historical text was a significant intervention in the cultural milieu of the Left. This was the time when Marxism was considered the supreme ideology and dominated radical spheres, except for the anarchists.
