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New book gives inspiring account of Rojava鈥檚 revolutionary bid for autonomy and women鈥檚 liberation

Revolution in Rojava: Democratic Autonomy & Women鈥檚 Liberation in Syrian Kurdistan
By Michael Knapp, Anja Flack & Ercan Ayboga (translated by Janet Biehl)
Pluto, 2016
285 pp., $38.95

Rojava, which is Kurdish for the 鈥渨est鈥, is to be found in Northern Syria. In the middle of a conflict zone, marked by the war against the Assad regime, a Turkish invasion and ongoing conflict with the brutal jihadists of ISIS and al-Nusra, the Kurds and their allies are creating a new kind of democratic system.

... and ain't i a woman?: 50% of the spoils?

50% of the spoils? No doubt the 40 serving and former women Labor MPs who met in Perth on the weekend of November 13-14 to plot their campaign for 50% of state and federal Labor parliamentarians to be women by the year 2000, will be expecting

ACOSS aims wide

ACOSS aims wide "At least initially, someone will have to reduce their disposable incomes if job opportunities and working hours are to be shared more widely and the needed expenditure measures financed." That sounds familiar: is it another

Wait for the surprises

Wait for the surprises Red Rock West A film By John Dahl At Melbourne's Cinema Nova and Valhalla Reviewed by Alex Cooper Red Rock West, the latest offering from John Dahl and his brother Rick, centres on Michael (played by Nicholas

Doubts over Mt Lofty Ranges strategy

Doubts over Mt Lofty Ranges strategy ADELAIDE 鈥 The Mt Lofty Ranges, the hills face zone surrounding Adelaide and providing its water catchment, was the subject of a multimillion-dollar review begun in 1987 and completed in October. Attempts

Spooks at work

Writers Defiled: Security Surveillance of Australian Authors and Intellectuals 1920-1960 By Fiona Capp McPhee Gribble, 1993. 239 pp., $19.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Intelligence organisations are in the business of "security", which,

Get your action on TV

Get your action on TV ASEED UK is inviting campaign groups from around the world to send in video material for Hot Spots 鈥 a weekly five minute radical environmental activist bulletin to be shown on Sky Television. Sky TV is a satellite

Groom tries to fiddle the numbers

By Dave Wright HOBART 鈥 The Groom Liberal government is trying to cut the number of members in the House of Assembly from 35 to 30. The effect will be to weaken significantly Tasmania's democratic proportional representation voting system.

Radio highlights

Radio Skid Row-Koori Radio 2RSR-FM radiothon 鈥 From November 27 until December 4, Sydney's inner city public radio station 2RSR-FM (88.9) is holding its annual radiothon. Radiothon week will feature extra special programming, give-aways and prizes

Danger seen in Lucas Heights waste

Danger seen in Lucas Heights waste Storage facilities at Australia's Lucas Heights reactor have reached full capacity and a "crisis shipment" to the United States is needed, according to documents obtained by Greenpeace. Nuclear campaigner

Don't sit in the dress circle

Oz Shorts Two feature length programs screening on alternate nights until mid-DecemberAcademy Twin, Paddington and then in selected cinemas in most capital cities Reviewed by Norm Dixon When I was a just a little tacker, the highlight of the

Youth big losers in New Zealand austerity

By Ana Kailis AUCKLAND 鈥 With postal votes now counted, the National Party has retained government with 50 seats in the 99-member parliament. This result will only increase the alienation from mainstream politics felt by many young people in