{"product_id":"democratic-autonomy-in-north-kurdistan-tatort-kurdistan-9788293064268","title":"Democratic Autonomy in North Kurdistan: The Council Movement, Gender Liberation, and Ecology - In Practice: A Reconnaissance Into Southeastern Turkey","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn order to find a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question, the Kurdish Freedom Movement in Turkey has developed an alternative social model: Democratic Autonomy. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the fall of 2011, a group of TATORT activists journeyed into the Kurdish regions of Turkey to learn how the theory of Democratic Autonomy was being put into practice. They discovered a remarkable experiment in face-to-face democracy--all the more notable for being carried out in wartime. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Since 2005, under the most difficult of conditions, the movement in North Kurdistan has created structures for a democratic, ecological and gender-liberated society. At its core is a system of councils in villages, cities, and neighborhoods. These structures do not yet offer a way of life that is fully independent of the nation-state and the market economy, but they nonetheless reveal a potent civil counter-power. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The interviews and documentation in this book provide thought-provoking glimpses into the practical implementation of a new left vision. The radical democratic awakening of the Kurds may serve as an inspiration for social change in the Middle East and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tatort Kurdistan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8293064269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788293064268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Compass Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Tatort Kurdistan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941272191231,"sku":"9788293064268","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_48abf45c-6dc8-4e99-81f7-7d90a022eb1c.jpg?v=1681451941","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democratic-autonomy-in-north-kurdistan-tatort-kurdistan-9788293064268","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}