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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.

A generation discarded

By Sean Malloy Violence, poverty, homelessness and other forms of oppression and suffering experienced by young people are usually dealt with in compartments, separate and unconnected. A Lost Generation, a report prepared by the Australian Youth

A Nicaraguan lake disappears

By Darwin Juarez MANAGUA 鈥 While Nicaraguans have seen more than their share of nature's foul moods, a recent disaster brought widespread realisation that human hands can sometimes tip nature toward malevolence. Beautiful and historic Lake

Banks 'ripping off customers'

Banks 'ripping off customers' Australian Banks, by increasing their margins 鈥 the difference between the cost of funds to banks and how much they lend them for 鈥 over the past year, have cost customers an estimated $790 million.

Hospital workers win a battle

Hospital workers win a battle By Roberto Jorquera MELBOURNE 鈥 After eight days of Industrial bans, management at the Austin Hospital was forced to back down and reach agreement with the Health Services Union (HSUA) on procedures to be

Amnesty report: suspend military aid to PNG

By Norm Dixon The international human rights watchdog Amnesty International says Papua New Guinea government troops and their allies are continuing to murder, torture and rape suspected opponents and non-combatants on the island of

The vanishing forests of South-East Asia

Southeast Asia Rainforests: A Resource and Action Guide Edited by Martha Belcher and Angela Gennino Rainforest Action Network in cooperation with the World Rainforest Movement 1993. 100 pp. (large format) Reviewed By Jon Lamb This

ACT secondary students walk out

By James Basle CANBERRA 鈥 More than 1000 secondary students participated in a walkout of classes, on Tuesday, November 16, to protest against the ACT Labor government's recent cuts to education. Eight of the nine colleges and five high schools

Community independent stands

Community independent stands By Anthony Thirlwall ADELAIDE 鈥 Despite being offered little choice between the ALP and the Liberals in the state elections, South Australians will have the chance to vote for another alternative candidate.

Testimony blocked in child rape case

Testimony blocked in child rape case By Dave Wright HOBART 鈥 A Supreme Court judge has refused to swear in a 12-year-old boy because he did not believe in God. The boy was called to give evidence against the man accused of raping him.

Moves to reform marijuana laws

Moves to reform marijuana laws By Frank Noakes Use of marijuana is so widespread in Australia that it represents civil disobedience on a mass scale. So it was only a matter of time before it returned to the political agenda. An

SA legislation targets youth

SA legislation targets youth ADELAIDE 鈥 "The Labor Party has failed: another 7800 on the dole queue in October alone. How many more thousands of people haven't even registered for the dole?" Andrew Hall, Democratic Socialist candidate for