Kobane, Rojava and the Failure of Ideology. (2015) Two volumes. 1331 pages.
Provides analysis and documentation of the Rojava Movement and the geopolitical context of the Kobane campaign, as well as the ideological chaos that engulfed hundreds of Leftist political parties and Left/anarchist organizations in Europe and the United States on the question of the rise of a Kurdish nationalist ethnostate in northeastern Syria. Rojava as a model for the left, especially anarchists (ANTIFA) and Maoists, has created ideological confusion among movements that already have incoherent and/or blended ideologies. One central component of Rojavism is its embrace of proletarian feminism (with images of Kurdish women with guns) and “ecology”, which have pan-Leftist appeal across the West that is sufficient to overcome most ideological differences. Two volumes. An annotated bibliography including analytical essay, abstracts and documents. (Al-Qaeda & Jihadi Movements Worldwide (AQJM) is a subset of Middle East Abstracts & Index (MAI). MAI Vols. 39E1-2; AQJM Vols. 82-83.)
ISBN (PB): 978-1-945155-18-5. Two volumes: $870.
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