In this episode of The Dugout, Jordan explores the book Rojava In Focus co-edited by Cihad Hammy and Thomas Jeffrey Miley, exploring a critical dialogue about Democratic Confederalism, communes, and leadership. Most the episode is reading as we believe it is very important to have On the ground voices lifted,especially in times of crisis so that those affected cannot be ignored and their experience in the revolutionary process is learned from. If you enjoy this text we highly recommend using the link below to purchase the book and hopefully more accessible copies make their way to you. Till then hope you enjoy the reading and analysis.
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Podcast Chapters:
00:00 - Intro: Welcome and episode overview.
06:45 - Reading 1:
10:11 - Introduction by Cihad Hammy: Revolutionary contradiction
13:38 - Voices From Rojava
15:20 - On The Function Of Communes and Radical Democracy
28:22 - On Leadership
31:01 - On Education
36:20 - On Economic Challenges
43: 30 - On Ecology
45:12 - Dugout Reflection
47:30 - Excerpt from Forward by John Holloway
52:43 Outro Reflection Rant
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Mentioned Media:
BOOKS
📚Rojava in Focus: Critical Dialogues Edited by Cihad Hammy And Thomas Jeffery Miley bookshop.org/a/109212/9781849355728
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NEWS ARTICLES
🔗Lessons From Rojava for the Paradigm of Social Ecology By Cihad Hammy and Thomas Jeffrey Miley - www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/4ab50074-5628-4cb9-a285-edb9b00c3e34/download
Podcast For Further Study
🔗The Womens War - By Robert Evans and Jake Hanrahan www.thewomenswar.com
🔗 From The Periphery Media Collective fromtheperiphery.com
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