Oh, um Julia, and list, I realized I had "crossed threads" on this
accidentally. Here is the link if you are looking for the Ahmed Rashid
material I was referring to that I had cited earlier in reference to
Rojava discussion.

https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150101.025315.fb061156.en.html

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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