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Given the widespread violence and suffering in Syria its not unreasonable that outsiders look at the situation as unrelentingly awful And while the reality of the devastation is undeniable there is nbspreason for hope in at least one small pocket of the nation the cantons of Rojava in Syrian Kurdistan where in the wake of war people are quietly building one of the most progressive societies in the world todaynbspRevolution in Rojavanbsptells the story of Rojavas groundbreaking experiment in what they call democratic confederalism a communally organized democracy that is fiercely anticapitalist and committed to female equality while rejecting reactionary nationalist ideologies Rooted in the ideas of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan the system is built on effective gender quotas bottomup democratic structures farsighted ecological policies and a powerful militancy that has allowed the region to keep ISIS at bay This first fulllength study of democratic developments in Rojava tells an extraordinary and powerfully hopeful story of a littleknown battle for true freedom in dark times nbsp
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Preface The Editors Hope in Rojava David Levi Strauss Syrias Kurdish Revolution The Anarchist Element and the Challenge of Solidarity Bill Weinberg Why Is the World Ignoring the Revolutionary Kurds in Syria David Graeber No This Is a Genuine Revolution David Graeber amp Pinar Ögünç Abdullah Öcalan Peter Lamborn Wilson Öcalans Angels Newsha Tavakolian No Miracles at Work Havin Güneser A Revolution of Life Saleh Muslim amp Jonas Staal Woman Fighters of the YPJ Murat Bay The Worlds First Army of Women Evren Kocabiçak Two Excerpts from Liberating Life Womens Revolution Abdullah Öcalan New Wars and Autonomous SelfDefense in Kurdistan Nazan Üstündag Dispatches From Rojava El Errante Paul Z Simons Rojava To Dare Imagining Dilar Dirik The Mastery of NonMastery Michael Taussig Acknowledgments amp Bios Sources amp Resources The Charter of the Rojava Cantons
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De 1870 à sa mort en 1921 le compositeur Camille SaintSaëns mêle son existence et son art à des enjeux collectifs majeurs Cet ouvrage analyse en profondeur la nature multiforme des engagements politiques du musicien français Souvent citoyen avant dêtre artiste SaintSaëns côtoie la classe dirigeante en tant quacadémicien affirme non sans nuances son nationalisme participe avec fracas à leffort de guerre en 1418 contribue à lélaboration dune culture coloniale Le musicien aide autant la Troisième République à se légitimer quelle lhonore à son tour par un statut public et une reconnaissance exceptionnelle Patriarche de la musique française à la Belle Époque SaintSaëns incarne le compositeur national Cet ouvrage dont la démarche est volontairement thématique rompt avec la longue tradition des biographies de compositeurs Il a pour objectif daider à lélaboration dune nouvelle histoire politique et culturelle de la musique Il démontre enfin lentremêlement des problématiques artistiques et politiques engagées dans un même processus où lhistoire nest pas réduite à un simple contexte et où le musicien devient pleinement un acteur historique
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Maps dust jacket now in a clear protector unread copy Ive removed it from shrinkwrap to cover the jacket Kurdish Studies Series 278 pages
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1st Edition 1st Printing 2019Gray cloth hardcover with tipped on images front and back boards 264 page book Signed by Joey Lawrence on the main title page Lawrence was embedded with the Kurdish fighters fighting against ISIS in Kurdistan Illustrated 150 with full page color plates of the conflict in Kurdistan A VERY scarce signed copy by Joey Lawrence Condition Very Good with cover rubs and slightly cocked but unmarked and with out damage Size 4to over 9¾ 12 tall
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A thorough work of contemporary history and a distillation of the complex web of the Iranian Kurdish political world this biography of Kurdish leader Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou depicts the character and passionate action of one of the twentieth centurys most exceptional and democratic leaders of a national movement Carol Prunhuber who knew Ghassemlou from the early 1980s shows us the many facets of a humanist leader of magnitude and worldwide scope From revolution that toppled the Shah to the dark and treacherous alleys of the Cold War Dreaming Kurdistan revives the Kurdish leaders fated path to assassination in Vienna We know how why and who murdered Ghassemlouand we stand witness to Austrias raison détat the business interests that put a lid on the investigation and the response of silent indifference from the international community Professor of economics in Prague bon vivant in Paris clandestine freedom fighter in the Kurdish mountains stalked by the Shahs secret police Ghassemlou is ultimately assassinated by the hit men of Ayatollah Khomeinis Islamic Republic Prunhuber takes us through a murky world of equivocal liaisons complicities treachery and undisguised threats from Tehran to Vienna While the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to perturb and defy the West Dreaming Kurdistan is essential for an understanding of Iran and the Kurds longing for freedom and democracy
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After the monthlong Gulf War of 1991 Iraqs Kurdish minority began to rise against Saddam Husseins regime which had in previous years engaged in genocidal campaigns including assaults with chemical weapons that killed as many as 180000 people United Nations peacekeeping forces helped established a safe haven in Iraqi Kurdistan a section of northern Iraq that runs along the borders of Turkey and Iran and elections were soon held Teresa Thornhill an English barrister who became concerned with the plight of the Kurds through an expartners personal connection to Iraq took two trips to the region in 1993 to see for herself how the efforts at democracy were progressing The Iraqi Kurds claimed that they did not wish to establish an independent state Thornhill writes Rather they wished to be part of a postSaddam Iraq under a federal arrangement But their efforts were hampered by the economic sanctions of the UN against Iraq which affected them as well as Saddam and Iraqi troops were poised at the edge of the border ready to reclaim their land In addition rival Kurdish groups began engaging in violent conflict Thornhill particularly concerns herself with the Kurdish women who survived Saddams atrocities but she encounters people from every level of Kurdish society Her fascination with the region and its people is perceptible even in the restrained journalistic tone with which she recounts her journey
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About the Author and this Essay Abdullah Ocalan was the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party the PKK and the most wanted man in Turkey for almost two decades He was eventually kidnapped while in Kenya in 1999 and has been in prison in Turkey ever since The Kurdish settlement area comprises the entire Middle East Hence all Kurdish aspirations to nationhood will always involve several Middle Eastern countries and sources of conflict From 1984 under his leadership the PKK fought for an independent Kurdish state in the south east of Turkey In a sustained popular uprising tens of thousands of PKK guerrillas took on the second largest army in NATOnbsp The conflict has remained unsolved till today and the fighting still goes on While in prison Mr Ocalan has written a number of books in which he analyses the situation in Kurdistan and offers proposals for a peaceful solution to the conflict In this essay Abdullah Öcalan gives an overview of the historical background of the Kurdish question and offers options and possible solutions
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This beautiful spare autobiographical narrative tells of the life of a Kurd named Azad as he grows to manhood in Iraq during the 1960s and 1970s Azad is born into a vibrant village culture that hopes for a free Kurdish future He loves his mothers orchard his cousins stunt pigeons his fathers old Czech rifle his brother who is fighting in the mountains But before he is even of school age Azad has seen friends and neighbors assassinated and his own family driven to starvationAfter being forced into a refugee camp in Iran for years his family realizes on their return that the Baathist regime is destroying the autonomy it had promised their people My Fathers Rifle ends with Azads heartbreaking departure from his parents and flight across the Syrian border to freedomStunning in its unadorned intensity My Fathers Rifle is a moving portrait of a boy who embraces the land and culture he loves even as he leaves them
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A young Kurd comes of age in a wartorn landThis beautiful spare narrative tells of the life of a boy named Azadin fact the author a Kurdish filmmakeras he grows to manhood in Iraq during the 1960s and 1970s Azad is born into a vibrant village culture to a family that is proud of its Kurdish past and hopes for a free Kurdish future He loves his mothers orchard his cousins stunt pigeons his fathers old Czech rifle his brother who is fighting in the mountains But before he is even of school age Azad has experienced strafing and bombing he watches as friends and neighbors are assassinated and he sees his father humiliated when he tries to get food for his starving family Forced into a refugee camp in Iran for years his family realizes on their return that Saddam Hussein and his regime are destroying the autonomy he had promised their people In a burst of adolescent impatience Azad briefly runs off to the mountains to fight for Kurdish liberty like his brother But Azad has also discovered artdrawings poetry filmand he senses that he must find his own way to advance the Kurdish cause My Fathers Rifle ends with his heartbreaking departure from his parents and flight across the Syrian border to freedom Stunning in its unadorned intensity My Fathers Rifle is a moving portrait of a boy who embraces the land and culture he loves even as he leaves them
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A thorough work of contemporary history and a distillation of the complex web of the Iranian Kurdish political world this biography of Kurdish leader Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou depicts the character and passionate action of one of the twentieth centurys most exceptional and democratic leaders of a national movement Carol Prunhuber who knew Ghassemlou from the early 1980s shows us the many facets of a humanist leader of magnitude and worldwide scope From revolution that toppled the Shah to the dark and treacherous alleys of the Cold War Dreaming Kurdistan revives the Kurdish leaders fated path to assassination in Vienna We know how why and who murdered Ghassemlouand we stand witness to Austrias raison détat the business interests that put a lid on the investigation and the response of silent indifference from the international community Professor of economics in Prague bon vivant in Paris clandestine freedom fighter in the Kurdish mountains stalked by the Shahs secret police Ghassemlou is ultimately assassinated by the hit men of Ayatollah Khomeinis Islamic Republic Prunhuber takes us through a murky world of equivocal liaisons complicities treachery and undisguised threats from Tehran to Vienna While the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to perturb and defy the West Dreaming Kurdistan is essential for an understanding of Iran and the Kurds longing for freedom and democracy
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Kurds are the largest stateless people in the world An estimated thirtytwo million Kurds live in Kurdistan which includes parts of Turkey Iraq Syria and Irantodays hot spots in the Middle East The Kurdish Spring explores the subjugation of Kurds by Arab Ottoman and Persian powers for almost a century and explains why Kurds are now evolving from a victimized people to a coherent political community David L Phillips describes Kurdish rebellions and arbitrary divisions in the last century chronicling the nadir of Kurdish experience in the 1980s He discusses draconian measures implemented by Iraq including use of chemical weapons Turkeys restrictions on political and cultural rights denial of citizenship and punishment for expressing Kurdish identity in Syria and repressive rule in Iran Phillips forecasts the collapse and fragmentation of Iraq He argues that US strategic and security interests are advanced through cooperation with Kurds as a bulwark against ISIS and Islamic extremism This work will encourage the public to look critically at the postcolonial period recognizing the injustice and impracticality of states that were created by Great Powers and offering a new perspective on sovereignty and statehood
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Long before the Ottoman Empire Kurdistan existed Tucked among the Zagros and Taurus mountains and beyond the people of Kurdistan lived as their ancestors had until the splintering of their lands following World War I Hazim Beg Shemdin Agha foresaw the changes that would come during his lifetime and after Born in 1901 to a distinguished Kurdish family in Zakho Iraq he passionately believed in education as the foundation of liberty and social justice As the leader of his tribe and a senator in the Iraqi parliament during the tumultuous first half of the 20th century he used his power and wealth to serve his people This book recounts the passing of an era as told through the authors personal reflections about a great man and his efforts to modernize and bring peace to his corner of Kurdistan
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Ismail Besikci is a renown Turkish sociologist who specializes on Kurds in southeastern Turkey He has authored several important works on Kurdish social organization and the continuing plight of Kurds today He has also been imprisoned in Turkey most of his adult life because he has spoken out on the Kurdish issue Besikci argues that the Turkish state has been practicing a policy of genocide against Kurds over the past 80 years International Colony Kurdistan is probably Besikcis most open critique of the present division of Kurdistan an ethnically contigious area mainly between Turkey Iran and Iraq with a Kurdish population of over 20 million people Besikci argues that for all their political differences there is a longstanding understanding between these regional states to deny Kurds the right of self determination and nationhood Ismail Besikcis International Colony Kurdistan was originally published in 1991 and led to the imprisonment of the author in Turkey The book remains a roadmap for our understanding of Kurdistan today
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AbdullahnbspÖcalan actively led the Kurdish liberation struggle as the head of the PKK from its foundation in 1978 until his abduction on February 15 1999 Now writing from isolation in Turkeys Imrali Island Prison he has shaped a new political movement in the Middle East called Democratic Confederalism which is rapidly developing and spreading across the Middle East because itnbspcombats powerful religious sectarianism while also providing the blueprints for a burgeoning democratic society nbsp Bringing together Öcalans ideas in one slim volume for the first time The Political Thought of Abdullah Öcalan contains a selection of hisnbspmost influential writings over his lifetime These ideas can be read in light of Öcalans continuing legacy during the ongoing revolution and the battle against conservatism and religious extremism As the political situation innbspSyria intensifies this book offers a timely and essential introduction for anyone wanting to come to grips with his political ideas on the Kurdish question gender Democratic Confederalism and nationalism nbsp
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Kurds are the largest stateless people in the world An estimated thirtytwo million Kurds live in Kurdistan which includes parts of Turkey Iraq Syria and Irantodays hot spots in the Middle East The Kurdish Spring explores the subjugation of Kurds by Arab Ottoman and Persian powers for almost a century and explains why Kurds are now evolving from a victimized people to a coherent political community David L Phillips describes Kurdish rebellions and arbitrary divisions in the last century chronicling the nadir of Kurdish experience in the 1980s He discusses draconian measures implemented by Iraq including use of chemical weapons Turkeys restrictions on political and cultural rights denial of citizenship and punishment for expressing Kurdish identity in Syria and repressive rule in Iran Phillips forecasts the collapse and fragmentation of Iraq He argues that US strategic and security interests are advanced through cooperation with Kurds as a bulwark against ISIS and Islamic extremism This work will encourage the public to look critically at the postcolonial period recognizing the injustice and impracticality of states that were created by Great Powers and offering a new perspective on sovereignty and statehood
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KOBANE CALLING is the autobiographical memoir of a young Italian cartoonist writing and drawing under the nomdeplume Zerocalcare who volunteers with the Rojava Calling organization and heads into the Middle East to support and observe the Kurdish resistance in Syria as they struggle against the advancing forces of the Islamic State He winds up in the small town of Mesher near the TurkishSyrian border as a journalist and aid worker and from there he travels into Ayn alArab a majorityKurd town in the Rojava region of Syria As he receives an education into the war from the Kurdish perspective he meets the women fighting in the allfemale Kurdish volunteer army the Yekeineyen Parastina Jin or Womens Defense Units struggling to simultaneously fight off the Islamic State even as they take strides for Kurdish independence and attempt a restructuring of traditional patriarchal Kurdish society In a story and style at once humorous and heartbreaking Zerocalcare presents cleareyed reportage of the fight against the Islamic State from the front lines Originally published in the Italian weekly INTERNATIONAL and then collected and expanded in an edition by Italian publisher BAO Publishing
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KOBANE CALLING is the autobiographical memoir of a young Italian cartoonist writing and drawing under the nomdeplume Zerocalcare who volunteers with the Rojava Calling organization and heads into the Middle East to support and observe the Kurdish resistance in Syria as they struggle against the advancing forces of the Islamic State He winds up in the small town of Mesher near the TurkishSyrian border as a journalist and aid worker and from there he travels into Ayn alArab a majorityKurd town in the Rojava region of Syria As he receives an education into the war from the Kurdish perspective he meets the women fighting in the allfemale Kurdish volunteer army the Yekeineyen Parastina Jin or Womens Defense Units struggling to simultaneously fight off the Islamic State even as they take strides for Kurdish independence and attempt a restructuring of traditional patriarchal Kurdish society In a story and style at once humorous and heartbreaking Zerocalcare presents cleareyed reportage of the fight against the Islamic State from the front lines Originally published in the Italian weekly INTERNATIONAL and then collected and expanded in an edition by Italian publisher BAO Publishing
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