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  • <p>After the dissolution of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers&rsquo; Party) in 2002, fear and uncertainty about the future of the Kurdish freedom movement threatened to unravel the gains of decades of organizing and armed struggle. From his prison cell, Abdullah &Ouml;calan intervened by penning his most influential work to date: <em>Beyond State, Power, and Violence</em>.</p> <p>With a stunning vision of a freedom movement centered on women&rsquo;s liberation, democracy, and ecology, &Ouml;calan helped reinvigorate the Kurdish freedom movement by providing a revolutionary path forward with what is undoubtedly the furthest-reaching definition of democracy the world has ever seen. Here, for the first time, is the highly anticipated English translation of this monumental work.</p> <p><em>Beyond State, Power, and Violence</em> is a breathtaking reconnaissance into life without the state, an essential portrait of the PKK and the Kurdish freedom movement, and an open blueprint for leftist organizing in the twenty-first century, written by one of the most vitally important political luminaries of today. By carefully analyzing the past and present of the Middle East, &Ouml;calan evaluates concrete prospects for the Kurdish people and arrives with his central proposal: recreate the Kurdish freedom movement along the lines of a new paradigm based on the principles of democratic confederalism and democratic autonomy.</p> <p>His vision of a democratic-ecological society has ushered in a new era for the Kurdish freedom movement while also offering a fresh and indispensable perspective on the global debate about a new socialism. &Ouml;calan&rsquo;s calls for nonhierarchical forms of democratic social organization deserve the careful attention of anyone interested in constructive social thought or rebuilding society along feminist and ecological lines.</p>
  • IMMORTAL

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    <p>A tribute to Anna Campbell and Haukur Hilmarsson In April 2017, Anna Campbell made the journey to Rojava to fight with the YPJ in defense of the revolution and the Kurdish people. Eleven months later in March 2018, she was killed alongside Sara Merdin and Serhilden by Turkish Forces while defending Afrin. Their bodies were never recovered. </p> <p>To commemorate the first year after Anna, Sara and Serhilden&rsquo;s deaths, a book <em>IMMORTAL: Mourning, Martyrs &amp; Murals: an anthology</em>, is now available. Anna&rsquo;s loved ones have collaborated on this project as a counter-move to the pervading media narrative. The book battles with the emotions and experiences of those trying to move forward through grief in the midst of media hysteria and political turmoil. It explores the anger, pain, and guilt faced by those left behind; and scrutinises the meaning of comradeship, friendship, and family. </p> <p>Whilst instigated by comrades of Anna&rsquo;s, this book includes texts and images relating to Haukur Hilmarsson. Haukur, an Icelandic revolutionary, was killed in Afrin just one month before Anna in February 2018. Opening the book out to contributions relating to Haukur intends to illustrate the connections beyond family and friendship found through the shared experience of traumatic bereavement; it&rsquo;s about mutuality and commonality found in the threads of everyday struggle.</p>
  • <p>A <em>Kobane Calling</em> Zerocalcare relata la seva experi&egrave;ncia en suport al poble kurd. Un reportatge gr&agrave;fic del viatge que l&rsquo;autor va fer al Kurdistan siri&agrave; i a la frontera entre S&iacute;ria i Turquia. Un mosaic de pobles diferents s&rsquo;organitza i lluita per una societat basada en la igualtat entre homes i dones, en la conviv&egrave;ncia i el respecte per la diversitat cultural i religiosa, en la just&iacute;cia social i l&rsquo;ecologia. Travessant zones d&rsquo;intens conflicte b&egrave;l&middot;lic, ens mostra la lluita dels kurds, de la regi&oacute; aut&ograve;noma democr&agrave;tica de Rojava, on els seus habitants han estat lluitant contra les forces de l&rsquo;Estat Isl&agrave;mic, un proc&eacute;s d&rsquo;emancipaci&oacute; social en el que les dones tenen un paper central.</p> <p>El Confederalisme democr&agrave;tic, que va ser plantejat per Abdullah &Ouml;calan, l&iacute;der kurd que fa m&eacute;s de vint anys que est&agrave; empresonat en a&iuml;llament, es basa en tres pilars: la democr&agrave;cia directa, l&rsquo;alliberament de la dona i l&rsquo;ecologisme. Una hist&ograve;ria narrada amb humor i una implicaci&oacute; emocional molt forta cap al poble kurd, amb molta reflexi&oacute; i esperit cr&iacute;tic davant les contradiccions de les intervencions internacionals.</p> <p><em>Kobane Calling</em>, que arriba ara en catal&agrave;, va vendre m&eacute;s de 120.000 exemplars en l&rsquo;edici&oacute; original, va guanyar el Premi Micheluzzi 2017 al Millor Llibre i ha estat tradu&iuml;t a nou idiomes.</p>
  • <p>En 2002, a los diecinueve a&ntilde;os, Azad, un joven kurdo-iran&iacute;, fue reclutado por el ej&eacute;rcito de Ir&aacute;n y obligado a luchar contra su propio pueblo. Al negarse a ir a la guerra contra sus compatriotas kurdos, Azad desert&oacute; y se fue de contrabando al Reino Unido, donde se le concedi&oacute; asilo, se hizo ciudadano y aprendi&oacute; ingl&eacute;s. Pero m&aacute;s de una d&eacute;cada despu&eacute;s, tras regresar a Oriente Medio como trabajador social a ra&iacute;z de la guerra civil siria, Azad se encontr&oacute; con que tendr&iacute;a que volver a coger un arma. En septiembre de 2014, tras veinticuatro d&iacute;as de entrenamiento intensivo como francotirador, Azad se convirti&oacute; en uno de los diecisiete tiradores voluntarios desplegados por el ej&eacute;rcito kurdo cuando el ISIS asedi&oacute; la ciudad de Kobani en Rojava, la nueva regi&oacute;n aut&oacute;noma de los kurdos.</p> <p>En <em>Largo alcance</em>, Azad cuenta la historia interna de c&oacute;mo las fuerzas kurdas lucharon durante nueve meses en sangrientas batallas callejeras contra el Estado Isl&aacute;mico. Superados ampliamente en n&uacute;mero, los kurdos tuvieron que matar a los yihadistas uno a uno, y Azad lleva a los lectores a un desgarrador viaje tras las l&iacute;neas del frente rebelde para revelar el papel esencial de la unidad de francotiradores en la lucha, y finalmente en la derrota, del ISIS.</p> <p>Entrelazando los brutales acontecimientos de la guerra con la reflexi&oacute;n personal y pol&iacute;tica, Azad medita sobre el incalculable precio de la victoria: los efectos permanentes de la guerra en el cuerpo y la mente; la devastadora muerte de dos de sus compa&ntilde;eros m&aacute;s cercanos; la p&eacute;rdida de cientos de voluntarios que murieron en la batalla. Pero, como explica Azad, fueron sacrificios que salvaron no s&oacute;lo una ciudad, sino un pueblo y su tierra. Rojava fue liberada y el ISIS, que una vez amenaz&oacute; al mundo, nunca se recuper&oacute; del todo.</p> <p>A la vez desgarrador y redentor, &lsquo;Tiro a distancia&rsquo; es un relato dram&aacute;tico de la guerra moderna que cuenta la historia de c&oacute;mo, contra todo pron&oacute;stico, unos pocos miles de hombres y mujeres lograron lo imposible y mantuvieron vivo su sue&ntilde;o de libertad.</p>
  • <p>Durante los &uacute;ltimos a&ntilde;os, nosotros y nosotras, internacionalistas de todo el planeta, venimos trabajando en muchos aspectos de la Revoluci&oacute;n en Rojava. Animados y animadas por el punto de vista revolucionario del movimiento de liberaci&oacute;n kurdo, hemos venido a aprender, a apoyar y a contribuir al desarrollo de los proyectos existentes. Nuestro objetivo es organizar una nueva generaci&oacute;n de internacionalistas, que se enfrenten a la modernidad capitalista. Con el apoyo del movimiento juvenil de Rojava (YCR/YJC) fundamos la Comuna Internacionalista de Rojava a principios de 2017. Hasta el d&iacute;a de hoy, nuestros proyectos incluyen la organizaci&oacute;n de actividades educativas, delegaciones, cursos de idiomas y la construcci&oacute;n de la primera academia civil para internacionalistas en Rojava.</p> <p>Un pueblo alienado de la naturaleza lo est&aacute; tambi&eacute;n de s&iacute; mismo. Se vuelve autodestructivo. Ning&uacute;n sistema ha mostrado esto de forma tan clara como la modernidad capitalista. La destrucci&oacute;n del medio ambiente y las crisis ecol&oacute;gicas se dan la mano con la opresi&oacute;n y la explotaci&oacute;n de las personas. La irresponsable mentalidad de la obtenci&oacute;n del mayor beneficio econ&oacute;mico posible ha llevado a nuestro planeta al borde del precipicio y ha sumido a la humanidad en una espiral de guerra, hambre y crisis social. Por todo ello, el desarrollo de una sociedad ecol&oacute;gica es uno de los pilares de la Revoluci&oacute;n en Rojava, junto con la liberaci&oacute;n de la mujer y la democratizaci&oacute;n completa de todos los aspectos de la vida. Va m&aacute;s all&aacute; de la protecci&oacute;n de la naturaleza, de poner coto al da&ntilde;o que se le inflige. Se trata de recuperar el equilibrio entre las personas y la naturaleza. Se trata de una &ldquo;unificaci&oacute;n renovada, consciente e informada hacia una sociedad natural y org&aacute;nica&rdquo;. (Abdullah &Ouml;calan).</p>
  • <p>The revolution in Rojava captured the imagination of the left, sparking a worldwide interest in the Kurdish Freedom Movement. <em>The Art of Freedom</em> demonstrates that this explosive movement is firmly rooted in several decades of organized struggle.</p> <p>In 2018, one of the most important spokespersons for the struggle of Kurdish Freedom, Havin Guneser, held three groundbreaking seminars on the historical background and guiding ideology of the movement. Much to the chagrin of career academics, the theoretical foundation of the Kurdish Freedom Movement is far too fluid and dynamic to be neatly stuffed into an ivory-tower filing cabinet.</p> <p>A vital introduction to the Kurdish struggle, <em>The Art of Freedom</em> is the first English-language book to deliver a distillation of the ideas and sensibilities that gave rise to the most important political event of the twenty-first century. The book is broken into three sections: &ldquo;Critique and Self-Critique: The rise of the Kurdish freedom movement from the rubbles of two world wars&rdquo; provides an accessible explanation of the origins and theoretical foundation of the movement. &ldquo;The Rebellion of the Oldest Colony: Jineology&mdash;the Science of Women&rdquo; describes the undercurrents and nuances of the Kurdish women&rsquo;s movement and how they have managed to create the most vibrant and successful feminist movement in the Middle East. &ldquo;Democratic Confederalism and Democratic Nation: Defense of Society Against Societycide&rdquo; deals with the attacks on the fabric of society and new concepts beyond national liberation to counter it. Centering on notions of &ldquo;a shared homeland&rdquo; and &ldquo;a nation made up of nations,&rdquo; these rousing ideas find deep international resonation.</p> <p>Havin Guneser has provided an expansive definition of freedom and democracy and a road map to help usher in a new era of struggle against capitalism, imperialism, and the State.</p>
  • <p>Despu&eacute;s de una guerra sin precedentes del r&eacute;gimen sirio y su aliado ruso contra los barrios orientales de Alepo, la oposici&oacute;n armada se vio obligada a salir de esos barrios en los que se hab&iacute;a atrincherado una vez destruidos en su mayor&iacute;a, quedando a ras de suelo. Dicha escena se repiti&oacute; en muchas regiones de Siria: caravanas de autobuses verdes del gobierno llegaban a la zona de conflicto para transportar a los combatientes con su armamento ligero, as&iacute; como a algunos civiles a Idleb. Los autobuses verdes se convirtieron en un s&iacute;mbolo de la victoria de las fuerzas del r&eacute;gimen. De ah&iacute; naci&oacute; la idea de la novela que ten&eacute;is en vuestras manos: <em>Un autob&uacute;s verde sale de Alepo</em>.</p> <p>Con esta novela he querido realizar un seguimiento de la situaci&oacute;n de los civiles en el contexto de guerra: civiles que no quieren guerras ni conflictos. He querido mostrar que la neutralidad no sirve en las guerras. En las guerras uno se convierte en v&iacute;ctima, ya sea de un bando o de otro. El fuego de la guerra no distingue entre un &aacute;rbol seco y uno verde: es un fuego ciego que incendia todo el bosque. Por medio de esta novela he querido, en primer lugar, condenar al r&eacute;gimen y, en segundo lugar, a la guerra fundamentalmente. He intentado mostrar las consecuencias de todos estos peligros para una &uacute;nica familia, su desmembramiento y su dispersi&oacute;n, as&iacute; como el destino que aguarda a miles de familias mientras la salvaje m&aacute;quina de la guerra contin&uacute;e activa.</p>
  • <p>This is the story of two internationalist volunteers who followed in the footsteps of our friend and comrade Anna Campbell and became part of the Rojava revolution. Anna left her home in England and travelled to northeast Syria &mdash;the Rojava region of Kurdistan&mdash; to join the women fighters of the YPJ in the battle against the Islamic State. One year after, she was killed in the Turkish invasion of Afrin.</p> <p>Between us we spent three years there, working alongside Kurdish revolutionaries and other internationalists from around the world, and getting to know the movement that our dear friend decided was worth fighting for.</p> <p>Witnessing and taking part in a revolution in progress made us all the more determined to bring the lessons of the Kurdistan Freedom Movement home. This book is about some of those lessons, about what it means to struggle for freedom and to insist on hope even in the darkest of times.&nbsp;</p> <p>Through stories and reflections, we've tried to bring the revolution to life, and translate some of the big ideas of the movement to our context. This is our love letter to revolution, an attempt to build a brisge between worlds, and a call to arms.</p> <p>&laquo;We wanted to bring (the Rojava) revolution home through stories of both the epic and the mundane, through day to day moments in all of their messiness and poetry. In a world where earnestness is looked down on, this book is where we give ourselves permission to fall in love with a revolution. This book is a product of shared moments with hundreds of comrades, of tales hundreds of years old, of the novels we read as children, of militant struggles old and new, and of an ongoing conversation that&rsquo;s happening right now. We didn&rsquo;t start it and we certainly aren&rsquo;t trying to finish it. But the more people contribute the richer we can build the future. This is what we are committed to be a part of.&raquo;</p>
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