Please note, Julia, if you are doing notes for a video, I have a....
somewhat contrary point of view (I do not particularly agree with
graeber's descriptions though I do understand people's excitement
about Rojava), nor do I agree with the broad-brush "revolutionary"
characterizations" which have been used here... at any rate, there is
a book, I cited earlier in this thread, in which I have (on this list)
heavily relied upon aforementioned book about the Taliban which took
20-21 years to write and was published just before 9/11 if I was not
mistaken. I think I mentioned it as part of a post about a week ago
or so, although I forget exactly what date. I do not presently have
it in hand due to my location, but the title and page citations I used
are part of this thread. The author was Ahmed Rashid, an incredible
author. Please feel free to use this comment or my earlier comment(s)
in the thread as part of your video development of course, as I don't
agree with the enthusiastic portrayals of what's happening in Rojava /
Cizîrê as "revolutionary," but I acknowledge the wide variety of
thought on the issue is altogether valid. Again, see my earlier post...

Julia Tourianski:
> I know, have been saving all of your notes. Will do a video. On Jan
> 7, 2015 9:02 PM, "Amir Taaki" <genjix@???> wrote:
>
>> Hey please do some Rojava stuff. What's happening there is
>> ground-breaking and revolutionary. Some examples:
>>
>> * The army is a people's militia, highly autonomous mobile units
>> relying on stealth and surprise.
>>
>> http://www.janes.com/article/43030/analysis-ypg-the-islamic-state-s-worst-enemy
>>
>>
* Everybody is being trained to be police, and encouraged to actively
>> play a role. * The military is held through local power
>> structures, not the central government. * Private property is
>> protected, and entrepreneurship is de jure. There are no taxes on
>> the people or businesses in Rojava. Rojava = 0 percent tax rate *
>> Instead price controls are democratically managed. All of
>> Rojava's resources and utility are under the collective
>> democratic control of the people. * Disempowered groups are
>> actively empowered, and given disproportionate equalising power
>> such as minority ethnicities or women (40% quota for
>> administration posts). * Promoting self-sufficiency, localism and
>> political pluralism. * Ecology and cooperatives. Emphasis on
>> technology and science. Lack of central curriculum for
>> education.
>>
>> More important than the political revolution, they are trying to
>> create the social revolution which powers the political
>> revolution. This is something we can point to that is tangible
>> and real. Nothing like this has ever been attempted (except maybe
>> the Spanish civil war). A moment in history.
>>
>> On 01/08/2015 01:11 AM, Julia Tourianski wrote:
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