A Small Key Can Open a Large Door

A Small Key Can Open a Large Door
Author: Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
Publisher: Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781938660177

There's a revolution going on in northern Syria, one that challenges everything we know about government and society and freedom. With centuries of ethnic oppression behind them, their backs against the embargo wall of Turkey, and the ruthless forces of the Islamic State laying siege to their cities, the people of Rojava are trying what might be the most ambitious social experiment of our times. Two-and-a-half million people are trying to live without a nationstate, using direct democracy to build a society ruled from the bottom up. As the Syrian civil war rages, the Kurds and other ethnic groups of Rojava fight for autonomy, feminism, ecological stewardship, cooperative economics, and ethnic, linguistic, and religious pluralism. It behooves us to understand their struggle as best we can. This book, compiling the words of militia members and academics alike, lays out the Rojava Revolution in plain language.

Druidic Soul Star Astrology

Druidic Soul Star Astrology
Author: Maria Wheatley
Publisher: Ozark Mountain Publishing
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2018-01-12
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

A new and exciting way to discover past lives through this branch of Celtic astrology.

The Future Is Now: An Introduction to Prefigurative Politics

The Future Is Now: An Introduction to Prefigurative Politics
Author: Lara Monticelli
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2024-02-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1529215668

This edited collection analyses the unique characteristics of urban gardens, worker-owned coops, ecological communities, occupied factories and other social movements to demonstrate what we can learn from them in order to rethink our economies and societies.

Between Earth and Empire

Between Earth and Empire
Author: John P. Clark
Publisher: PM Press
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2019-07-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1629636657

Between Earth and Empire focuses on the crucial position of humanity at the present moment in Earth history. We are now in the midst of the Necrocene, an epoch of death and mass extinction. Nearing the end of the long history of Empire and domination, we are faced with the choice of either continuing the path of social and ecological disintegration or initiating a new era of social and ecological regeneration. The book shows that conventional approaches to global crisis on both the right and the left have succumbed to processes of denial and disavowal, either rejecting the reality of crisis entirely or substituting ineffectual but comforting gestures and images for deep, systemic social transformation. It is argued that a large-scale social and ecological regeneration must be rooted in communities of liberation and solidarity, fostering personal and group transformation so that a culture of awakening and care can emerge. Between Earth and Empire explores examples of significant progress in this direction, including the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, the Democratic Autonomy Movement in Rojava, indigenous movements in defense of the commons, the solidarity economy movement, and efforts to create liberated base communities and affinity groups within anarchism and other radical social movements. In the end, the book presents a vision of hope for social and ecological regeneration through the rebirth of a libertarian and communitarian social imaginary, and the flourishing of a free cooperative community globally.

The Operating System

The Operating System
Author: Eric Laursen
Publisher: AK Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2021-05-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1849353883

What do we mean when we talk about “the State”? Multiple polls show a growing disillusionment with the State and representative government as vehicles for progressive change, and particularly as means to tame capitalism, let alone as a basis for seeing beyond it. In a quick and readable format, Eric Laursen proposes thinking about the State in an entirely new way—not simply as government or legal institutions, but as humanity’s analog to a computer operating system—opening up a new interpretation of the system of governance that emerged in Europe five-hundred years ago and now drives almost every aspect of human society. He also demonstrates powerfully why humanity’s life-and-death challenges—including racism, climate change, and rising economic exploitation—cannot be addressed as long as the State continues to exercise dominion.

Spatial Resistance

Spatial Resistance
Author: Christian Beck
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2019-01-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1498552420

Spatial Resistance: Literary and Digital Challenges to Neoliberalism utilizes various literary and digital artifacts to show the potential and possibility of changing the ways we consider the spaces we inhabit. As many spaces become increasingly privatized and policed, it is necessary to contemplate ways in which corporate and state-controlled spaces can not only be subverted but fundamentally changed to embrace the diverse lived experiences of all peoples. Through an analysis of fictional and virtual spaces, readers will be able to identify new ways to institute spatial change in everyday spatial lives in an effort to promote more democratic and equal experiences. While this book uses primarily the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari to engender change, it also provides practical examples to amend, change, or update the actions to suit particular needs and spaces. This book shows that radical politics and the possibility of significant change can reside in just about any object or narrative; it is the responsibility of the individual to take up the task of creating social change premised on equality, liberty, and solidarity.

A Rebel's Journey

A Rebel's Journey
Author: Peyman Vahabzadeh
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2019-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1786076217

Following the 1953 coup that toppled the democratically elected government of Mossadeq and restored the rule of the Shah in Iran, Mostafa Sho‘aiyan became a key figure on the country’s militant left. From a life underground he contributed significantly to the study of Iranian history and politics, and developed a unique theory of revolution. A Rebel’s Journey provides fascinating insights into the life and work of this singular theoretician. Peyman Vahabzadeh sets Sho‘aiyan’s thought in the context of his time and place, and explores how his revolutionary theory might contribute to today’s expanding movements for social justice and liberation.

The Blot On the Kaiser’s ‘Scutcheon

The Blot On the Kaiser’s ‘Scutcheon
Author: Newell Dwight Hillis
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2020-07-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3752316403

Reproduction of the original: The Blot On the Kaiser’s ‘Scutcheon by Newell Dwight Hillis