Table of Contents

List of Figures
Translator’s Note    
Foreword by David Graeber
Introduction
Prologue: On the Road to Til Koçer
1. Background
2. Rojava’s Diverse Cultures
3. Democratic Confederalism
4. The Liberation
5. A Womens' Revolution
6. Democratic Autonomy in Rojava
7. Civil Society Associations
8. Defense: The Theory of the Rose
9. The New Justice System
10. The Democratization of Education
11. Health Care
12. The Social Economy
13. Ecological Challenges
14. Neighbors
15. Prospects
Afterword: The Philosophy of Democratic Autonomy by Asya Abdullah
Glossary
About the Authors
Index

About the Author

Michael Knapp is a historian of radical democracy, Cofounder of the Campaign Tatort Kurdistan and member of NavDem Berlin. His research focuses on the Kurdish issue and the construction of alternatives to capitalist modernity. His research has taken him to the Middle East, where he has studied the Kurdish Liberation Struggle and the PKK.

Anja Flach is an enthnologist and member of the Rojbîn women's council in Hamburg. She spent two years in the Kurdish women's guerrilla army and has previously published books about her experiences.

Ercan Ayboga is an environmental engineer and activist. Formerly living and co-founding the Tatort Kurdistan Campaign in Germany, now he lives in North Kurdistan and is politically involved in the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement, particularly in water struggles.

Reviews

'Written by long-time activists of the Kurdish freedom movement, this book is the first authentic insight into the complex dimensions of Rojava's radical revolution'
*Dilar Dirik, author and activist of the Kurdish Women's Movement*

'The Kurdish revolution of Democratic Autonomy is of enormous importance for the future of the world. It points a possible way forward out of the tragedy of the Middle East, and more than that: a possible way forward out of the catastrophe that is capitalism. This book is of great help... A careful and detailed account that is filled with personal narrative, it is both easily accessible and very informative'
*John Holloway, Professor of Sociology, Autonomous University of Puebla, author of Crack Capitalism (Pluto, 2010)*

'A deeply insightful contribution to understanding the Kurdish movement's achievements in Rojava'
*ROAR*

'Gives a profound insight'
*Firat News Agency*

'A comprehensive and readable guide to the complex situation. This hugely exciting and important book has wider lessons for feminists, ecosocialists and others who want to create an anti-capitalist alternative'
*Green Left Weekly*

'Provides excellent background information about this important but little understood struggle'
*The Monthly*