"As if emerging from the secret, unwritten corners of history—with a smile nonetheless—was not enough, the Kurds are now given the task of passing the litmus test on behalf of all revolutions that ever existed. Is a revolution really possible? The burden of proof almost besieges them." —Dilar Dirik A new collection of articles and essays concerning the Rojava Revolution, including contributions from: David Levi Strauss, Bill Weinberg, David Graeber, Pinar Öğünç, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Newsha Tavakolian, Havin Güneşer, Saleh Muslim & Jonas Staal, Murat Bay, Abdullah Öcalan, Nazan Üstündağ, El Errante / Paul Z. Simons, Dilar Dirik, and Michael Taussig. Plus "The Charter of the Rojava Cantons" and other related resources. Table of Contents “Preface,” The Editors“Hope in Rojava,” David Levi Strauss“Syria’s 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 & Pinar Öğünç“Abdullah Öcalan,” Peter Lamborn WilsonÖcalan’s Angels,” Newsha Tavakolian“No Miracles at Work,” Havin Güneşer“A Revolution of Life,” Saleh Muslim & Jonas Staal“Woman fighters of the YPJ,” Murat Bay“Two Excerpts from ‘Liberating Life: Women’s Revolution’,” Abdullah Öcalan“New Wars and Autonomous Self-Defense in Kurdistan,” Nazan ÜstündağDispatches From Rojava,” El Errante / Paul Z. SimonsRojava: To Dare Imagining,” Dilar Dirik“The Mastery of Non-Mastery,” Michael TaussigAcknowledgments & BiosSources & ResourcesThe Charter of the Rojava Cantons
