Linnea
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Just thought this was a cool story and a rare example of quality, mainstream news coverage of the anarchist revolutionary struggle currently going on in Syria.
(The crux is that American anarchists are now joining them on the battlefield.)
For those who don't know, there's been an anarchist-led revolt going on in northern Syria for some time now that's been focused on fighting the Islamic State and successfully liberated a large swath of territory. While fighting the Islamic State, these anarchists (commonly known in Western parlance as "the Kurds") have also been in the process of gradually reorganizing Rojava (as the part of Syria they control is known) into a stateless society characterized by direct, secular, and inclusive democracy, restorative justice (e.g. reconciliation committees are gradually replacing courts and prisons), and a network of worker-owned cooperatives and communes. They are perhaps best known in the West for their inclusion of female fighters in their official militia, the People's Protection Units (initialized YPG in local dialect). They are also very successful and reliable fighters. The YPG are the only local forces that ISIS is reportedly afraid of, for example. I strongly support their efforts and consider their revolutionary struggle the most important one in the world today.
(The crux is that American anarchists are now joining them on the battlefield.)
For those who don't know, there's been an anarchist-led revolt going on in northern Syria for some time now that's been focused on fighting the Islamic State and successfully liberated a large swath of territory. While fighting the Islamic State, these anarchists (commonly known in Western parlance as "the Kurds") have also been in the process of gradually reorganizing Rojava (as the part of Syria they control is known) into a stateless society characterized by direct, secular, and inclusive democracy, restorative justice (e.g. reconciliation committees are gradually replacing courts and prisons), and a network of worker-owned cooperatives and communes. They are perhaps best known in the West for their inclusion of female fighters in their official militia, the People's Protection Units (initialized YPG in local dialect). They are also very successful and reliable fighters. The YPG are the only local forces that ISIS is reportedly afraid of, for example. I strongly support their efforts and consider their revolutionary struggle the most important one in the world today.