The Windy Roads to Kurdish LIberation

Bookchin, Öcalan, and the Dialectics of Democracy

16.02.2012
After his abduction in 1999, Abdullah Öcalan initiated a profound rethinking of the Kurdish struggle for self-determination. To what extent has Öcalan been influenced by Murray Bookchin? What are the similarities between these two thinkers, and how did their ideas mature?
Map of Kurdistan

The Communalist Alternative to Capitalist Modernity

12.02.2012
Despite massive repression, strong radical movements in Kurdistan are advocating social ecology, communalism, feminism, and confederalism. What are the basic principles of communalist politics? How is it relevant to the Kurdish struggle for self-determination and true democracy?
Consensus and Anarchism symbol

Egalitarian Structure or Consensus?

04.02.2012
Decision making by consensus is a common way for groups to organize on the autonomous left. It has the benefits of being direct and participatory. However, this does not mean consensus is the only horizontal organizational structure. It’s not even the best.
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20.02.12

The Global Square Online Platform

10.02.12

Blocking Progress

03.02.12

The Malaise of Modernity

27.01.12

Janet Biehl interview on Turkish television

21.01.12

The SOPA and PIPA battle - freedom of speech

12.12.11

Conspiracy Theory - Social Critique

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