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Index for “Rojava: An Alternative”
The index for my book “Rojava: An Alternative to Imperialism, Nationalism, and Islamism in the Middle East” Continue reading
Posted in Arab Nationalism, Colonialism, Daesh, Imperialism, independence, International Relations, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Kurdish Spring, Kurdistan, Kurds, Libertarian Communism, Libertarian Socialism, Muslim nations, Nationalism, politics, Rojava, Rojava Revolution, socialism
Tagged Arab Nationalism, Capitalism, Colonialism, Communism, Daesh, Imperialism, ISIL, ISIS, Islamism, Kurdistán, Nationalism, Rojava, The Kurdish Question
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Foreword to “Rojava: An Alternative”
A forward to my book “Rojava: An Alternative to Imperialism, Nationalism, and Islamism in the Middle East” Continue reading
Posted in Arab Nationalism, Daesh, International Relations, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Nationalism, politics, Rojava, Rojava Revolution
Tagged Imperialism, ISIS, Islamism, Nationalism, Rojava, Rojava Revolution
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Rojava: Chapter 1 (Conclusion)
In the timelines earlier in this chapter, I have aimed to show that there have been some governments in the Muslim World that had ‘progressive’ characteristics. Arab nationalists like Nasser improved conditions ‘from above’ for previously marginalised and dispossessed sectors … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab World, Colonialism, Imperialism, Islamism, Muslim World, Nationalism
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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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The 2015 Political Debate in the UK
The main issues in the 2015 general elections in the United Kingdom seem to be: the cuts to the government’s social spending under the Tory-LibDem coalition (and whether to continue with them to ‘deal with the deficit’ or to reverse … Continue reading
Posted in Bourgeois Democracy, Britain, Conservative Party, Conservatives, Democracy, Great Britain, Green Party, Greens, Labour, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Nationalism, Plaid Cymru, Reactionism, SNP, UK, UKIP, United Kingdom
Tagged Bad Government, Bourgeois Democracy, Britain, British Politics, Capitalism, Change, Conservatives, Democracy, England, Great Britain, Green Party, Labour, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Nationalism, Neoliberalism, Northern Ireland, Plaid Cymru, Reactionism, Scotland, Scottish Nationalist Party, SNP, UK, UK Politics, UKIP, United Kingdom, Wales
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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
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Tagged Anarchism, Autonomy, Democracy, Imperialism, Islamism, Libertarian Communism, libertarian socialism, Nationalism, Rojava, Rojava Revolution
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Rojava: An Alternative to Imperialism, Nationalism, and Islamism in the Middle East
You can buy my book at http://www.lulu.com/shop/oso-sabio/rojava-an-alternative-to-imperialism-nationalism-and-islamism-in-the-middle-east/paperback/product-22094170.html Alternatively, you can ask for a pdf copy by contacting me directly. Biji Rojava!
‘Democracy’ in the UK and Europe
For those unfamiliar with the main political parties in the UK, this is my rough summary: ‘Left’ Labour – social democrats and ‘social’ capitalists of the so-called ‘third way’ (S&D in Europe) Lib Dems – social democrats focussed more … Continue reading
Posted in Anarchism, Autonomy, capitalism, Climate Change, dignity, Environment, Europe, Exploitation, Imperialism, independence, Injustice, International Relations, justice, Libertarian Communism, politics, revolution, socialism, UK
Tagged Anti-Immigration, Austerity, BNP, Bourgeois Democracy, bureaucracy, Capitalism, Communism, Conservatives, Cooperation, Discontent, England, European Elections 2014, Fascism, Great Britain, Greens, Horizontalism, Injustice, Internationalism, Labour, Left Unity, Left-wing, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, Nationalism, Nationalist, Neoliberalism, Northern Ireland, Participative Democracy, Plaid Cymru, Right-Wing, Scotland, SNP, Socialism, UK, UKIP, United Left, Verticalism, Wales
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SPAIN: The People’s Struggle and the Role of Adolfo Suárez
Adolfo Suárez González (1932–2014) was a Spanish lawyer and politician. He was Spain’s first democratically elected prime minister after Franco’s dictatorship, and the key figure in the country’s transition to ‘democracy’. Born into a rural, middle class Catholic family, he … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolfo Suárez, Authoritarianism, Autonomy, Capitalism, Democracy, Dictatorship, Falange, Fascism, Francisco Franco, Independence, Injustice, Justice, La Transición, Nationalism, Politics, Spain, Transition, Violence
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Resistance Is Fertile 