Join on Thursday, March 2, 7PM EST/4PM PDT for our fourth reading group session of the series focused on Democratic Confederalism!

This series covers theories and history of democratic confederalism as practiced by the Kurdish Freedom Movement. The sessions started with an introduction of the historical context and overview, and then moved to Öcalan’s theories of history and democratic civilization. After reading about state and class-based societies and capitalist modernity, we will dive into democratic confederalism and social ecology as alternatives. We’ll end the series with a discussion of women’s liberation and eco-feminism and how these concepts and practices relate to democratic confederalism. 

In the February session, we will read about the emergence and workings of Capitalist Modernity and Nation-State. You can find the readings through the folder linked here.

Please register for the Zoom link here.
We will be reading:

• “Eurocentric Civilization’s Hegemonic Rule,” in Abdullah Öcalan’s Sociology of Freedom, pp. 72-82

• “The Nation-State, Modernity, and Democratic Confederalism,” in Abdullah Öcalan’s Sociology of Freedom, pp. 208-218

Recommended:

• “Introduction,” in The World System: Five Hundred Years or Five Thousand? edited by Andre Gunder Frank and Barry K. Gills, pp.3-11.

You can check our previous reading sessions here.