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New book gives inspiring account of Rojava’s revolutionary bid for autonomy and women’s liberation

Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy & Women’s Liberation in Syrian Kurdistan
By Michael Knapp, Anja Flack & Ercan Ayboga (translated by Janet Biehl)
Pluto, 2016
285 pp., $38.95

Rojava, which is Kurdish for the “west”, is to be found in Northern Syria. In the middle of a conflict zone, marked by the war against the Assad regime, a Turkish invasion and ongoing conflict with the brutal jihadists of ISIS and al-Nusra, the Kurds and their allies are creating a new kind of democratic system.

Looking out: Global citizenship

Global citizenship I would like to introduce Green Left Weekly readers to a publication that I think will be well worth your time if you have a sincere concern for the intellectual and social growth of young people. Skipping stones is "a

Protest hits waste incinerator

Protest hits waste incinerator By Bill Mason BRISBANE — With placards declaring "School kids demand clean air", some 40 protesters met outside state parliament on November 16 to oppose the continued use of Ace Waste incinerators at

Write on

Timber workers This weekend (26-29 November) environmentalists from all over the country will be congregating in East Gippsland as part of the ongoing campaign to stop woodchipping. In the past woodchipping campaigns have been fought as a battle

Land reform in South Africa

Land redistribution will be a crucial question for the incoming majority government in South Africa after the April 27 elections. The secretary general of the African National Congress, Cyril Ramaphosa, gave the opening address to the Conference on

'A criminal by association'

By Zanny Begg SYDNEY — "I wrote to the minister for Corrective Services complaining about how visitors to prisons are treated, and I was rung by the superintendent and told not to write any more letters. A week later, my dog was hung from my

Appeal for delegates to African conference

Appeal for delegates to African conference The Melbourne-based Union for Democracy and Development in Kenya (UDD Kenya) is calling for donations to help fund two delegates from their organisation in Australia to attend a pan-African conference

Or a chook

Or a chook "The economy is not taking off like a rocket. It's taking off more like a large plane, gradually gaining altitude. We expect it to stay airborne for some time." — Treasurer John Dawkins. On the job training "Well, I'm the prime

Subversive melodrama

Desperate Remedies Directed and written by Stewart Main and Peter Wells At Melbourne's Kino Cinema from November 26, Sydney's Mandolin and Perth's Paradiso from December 2 Reviewed by Peter Boyle If you liked Orlando, you should like

Disappearing frogs worry scientists

By Anthony Brown In the mountainous rainforests of Australia, something terrible is happening. Scientists first noticed the phenomenon in 1979. Since then, it has stuck ruthlessly. Its victims simply vanish, either totally or from certain

NAFTA — a new kind of protectionism

By Frank Noakes "A trade deal simply limits the extent to which the US or other signatory governments may respond to pressure from their citizens", says Michael Walker, executive director of the right-wing Canadian Fraser Institute, affirming

Oil threat to Victorian waters

MELBOURNE — Community groups and environmentalists are highlighting the threat to Port Phillip and Westernport Bays by the oil industry and the danger to the Altona and Williamstown area from the proposed expansion of the Mobil Altona refinery.