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Looking to the horizon: Three generations of Zapatista children
August 13, 2015 This study represents a succinct and reflective investigation into a number of historical experiences in which the main actors are children in Zapatista communities. In particular, it will focus on the importance of adult accompaniment and the … Continue reading
Posted in Autonomy, Education, EZLN, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
Tagged Autonomy, Education, EZLN, Latin America, Mexico, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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Cizre, Leyla İmret, & Turkish Democracy
The HDP co-mayor of the Cizre district of Turkey’s Şırnak Province, 28-year-old Leyla İmret, was brought into the world of politics very abruptly at an early age, with her father being killed “before her eyes” by Turkish “security forces” when … Continue reading
Posted in AKP, Cizre, Erdogan, PKK, Turkey
Tagged AKP, Authoritarianism, Autonomy, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Cizre, Erdogan, Leyla Imret, Peace, PKK, Turkey, War
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Was a Civilian Killed in Diyarbakir by the PKK?
In response to the civilian death in Diyarbakir, Turkey on September 11 at the hands of suspected Kurdish militants, a comment written by ‘Drew‘ at Vice News sought to place the situation into perspective. The murdered waiter, he said, was just … Continue reading
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Tagged Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autonomy, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Counterinsurgency, Counterrevolution, PKK, Turkey
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Demirtaş to Turkish PM: ‘Prove they were not civilians’
A week on from the start of a Turkish military siege on the city of Cizre, the co-leader of Turkey’s progressive pro-peace party (the Peoples’ Democratic Party or HDP) has insisted today that at least 20 of those killed by … Continue reading
Posted in AKP, Assassination, Autonomy, Erdogan, HDP, Islamism, Nationalism, PKK, Turkey
Tagged AKP, Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autonomy, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Demirtas, Erdogan, HDP, Islamism, Nationalism, PKK, Turkey, Turkish State, War
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Footnotes for “Rojava: An Alternative to Imperialism, Nationalism, and Islamism”
Here is the list of footnotes of my book “Rojava: An Alternative to Imperialism, Nationalism, and Islamism” (the pdf of which is available here https://ososabiouk.wordpress.com/2015/04/07/pdf-of-rojava-an-alternative-to-imperialism-nationalism-and-islamism-in-the-middle-east/ [a hard copy can be bought at http://www.lulu.com/shop/oso-sabio/rojava-an-alternative-to-imperialism-nationalism-and-islamism-in-the-middle-east/paperback/product-22094170.html?ppn=1%5D) https://ososabiouk.wordpress.com/2014/08/23/gaza-a-capitalist-genocide-essay/ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imperialism https://libcom.org/library/national-formation-arab-region-critique-samir-amin-mohammad-jafar http://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/feb/01/islamic-science http://www.teachmideast.org/essays/28-history/42-timeline-of-the-middle-east-in-the-20th-century http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/17/a-secular-history-of-islam/ http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/profilesmuhammed.html … Continue reading
Posted in Anarchism, Arab Spring, Arab World, Autonomy, Footnotes, Freedom, Imperialism, Iran, Iraq, Islamism, justice, Kurdish Spring, Kurdistan, Libertarian Communism, Libertarian Socialism, Nationalism, Peace, Rojava, Secularism, Syria, Turkey
Tagged Anarchism, Autonomy, Footnotes, Imperialism, Islamism, Libertarian Communism, libertarian socialism, Nationalism, Revolution, Rojava
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Rojava: An Alternative to Imperialism, Nationalism, and Islamism in the Middle East
The Rojava Revolution is a progressive, directly-democratic experience that emerged amid the chaos of the Syrian Civil War. Developing in the largely-Kurdish areas of northern Syria since 2012, the experience aims to create unity between all ethnic and religious groups … Continue reading
Posted in Anarchism, Autonomy, Democracy, Imperialism, Islamism, Kurdistan, Libertarian Communism, Nationalism, PKK, PYD, Rojava, Rojava Revolution, Tev-Dem
Tagged Anarchism, Autonomy, Democracy, Imperialism, Islamism, Libertarian Communism, libertarian socialism, Nationalism, Rojava, Rojava Revolution
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The CNI’s Position on the Wave of Repression Waged against the People
To the original peoples of Mexico and the World; To the National and International Sixth; To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation; And to the memory of Don Félix Serdán Nájera, our leading brother.[1] Gathered in the Amatlán de Quetzalzoatl … Continue reading
Posted in Zapatismo, Zapatistas
Tagged Anarchism, Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Caracoles, Change, Chiapas, CNI, Community Police Forces, Counterinsurgency, Counterrevolution, Death, Democracy, Dignity, Drug Cartels, Drug Trafficking, Education, EZLN, Freedom, Galeano, Guerrero, Impunity, Injustice, Libertarian Communism, libertarian socialism, Mexico, Neoliberalism, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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Why Kobanî Did Not Fall (By Dilar Dirik)
(Note: I’m fairly sure that the wonderful Dilar Dirik would not have a problem with me sharing this article. If she did, I would be happy to take it down.) “One year ago, today, Kobanî declared itself as an autonomous … Continue reading
Masked Politics in Mexico
In the recent protests in Mexico over the Ayotzinapa[1] case, a minority of ‘encapuchados’ (people with bandannas covering their faces) have been involved in small ‘disturbances’ (including an arson attack on the door of the National Palace and some minor … Continue reading
Posted in Aguirre, Anarchism, Assassination, Autodefensas, Autonomía, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bourgeois Democracy, capitalism, Democracy, dignity, EZLN, Iguala, Mass Protests, Social Activism, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
Tagged #AyotzinapaSomosTodos, Anarchism, Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autodefensas, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Capitalism, Change, Chiapas, Counterinsurgency, Counterrevolution, Death, Democracy, Dignity, Exploitation, EZLN, Fascism, Freedom, Government, Guerrero, Iguala, Impunity, Mexico, Zapatismo, Zapatistas
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Calle 13: The Ayotzinapa Case Is a Disgrace
“All social causes are important, but it seems to me that the case of Ayotzinapa[1] goes beyond politics: it moves into the field of human rights. It [also] goes beyond Mexico: it is something much bigger…, it is a disgrace!” … Continue reading
Posted in Assassination, Ayotzinapa, Bourgeois Democracy, Calle 13, capitalism, Hip-Hop
Tagged Assassination, Authoritarianism, Autonomy, Ayotzinapa, Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Calle 13, Capitalism, Change, Hip-Hop, Mexico
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Resistance Is Fertile 