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Similarly, Rojava and their role in Syria are barely mentioned by Western media.

by wz1000 9y ago

ChristianBundy 9y ago
To be fair, this is true for all anarchist societies, as their stated goals are directly contrary to the goals of media conglomerates owned and managed by wealthy capitalists.
- Danihan 9y ago
  Could you name a few of these that you're referring to? I'd love to read more.
  - Iv 9y ago
    I am not a specialist but these two (largely overlapping) lists provide a good start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anarchist_communities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anarchist_communities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy#Lists_of_ungoverned_communities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy#Lists_of_ungoverned_co... There are also interesting things happening in Catalonia and the Basque country, but the limit between anarchy, direct democracy, autonomism is more blurry there. I would also add that another reason why they are not talked about too much in the media is because they keep quiet. They know that a small community has to live under the radar because a strong influx of newcomers could easily destroy them.
- hutzlibu 9y ago
  But as far as I could see it, all anarchist society's still in effect acted as a state, no matter how much they said otherwise. And the rojava is not really anarchist afaik. (there is only a small anarchist group inside, of mostly foreigners) They are a independent Kurdish society in the first place. Then they have strong ties to marxism because of Pkk and their history, but lately more moderate federalism. But with the pressure from ISS and now turkey, they just accept any help they can get, so that's why they have hardcore marxists next to antimuslim fanatics next to regular (capitalist) american special forces. If it would not be cracy dangerous, I actually would like to see all that weird mix by myself ...
  - int_19h 9y ago
    They seem to be anarchist in a sense that they reject the notion of state as an organizational structure for their society.
remind_me_again 9y ago
I agree, although there were some "leaks" like the article published in Rolling Stone some months ago. The work of US is in kind of a stealth mode in Syria. US is in the process of a huge military build up and will use Kurds as cannon fodders, once more. History repeats. Poor Kurds, they think they are in this for a good cause.

Similarly, Rojava and their role in Syria are barely mentioned by Western media.

by wz1000 9y ago

Similarly, Rojava and their role in Syria are barely mentioned by Western media.

To be fair, this is true for all anarchist societies, as their stated goals are directly contrary to the goals of media conglomerates owned and managed by wealthy capitalists.

Danihan 9y ago
Could you name a few of these that you're referring to? I'd love to read more.
- Iv 9y ago
  I am not a specialist but these two (largely overlapping) lists provide a good start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anarchist_communities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anarchist_communities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy#Lists_of_ungoverned_communities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy#Lists_of_ungoverned_co... There are also interesting things happening in Catalonia and the Basque country, but the limit between anarchy, direct democracy, autonomism is more blurry there. I would also add that another reason why they are not talked about too much in the media is because they keep quiet. They know that a small community has to live under the radar because a strong influx of newcomers could easily destroy them.
hutzlibu 9y ago
But as far as I could see it, all anarchist society's still in effect acted as a state, no matter how much they said otherwise. And the rojava is not really anarchist afaik. (there is only a small anarchist group inside, of mostly foreigners) They are a independent Kurdish society in the first place. Then they have strong ties to marxism because of Pkk and their history, but lately more moderate federalism. But with the pressure from ISS and now turkey, they just accept any help they can get, so that's why they have hardcore marxists next to antimuslim fanatics next to regular (capitalist) american special forces. If it would not be cracy dangerous, I actually would like to see all that weird mix by myself ...
- int_19h 9y ago
  They seem to be anarchist in a sense that they reject the notion of state as an organizational structure for their society.

remind_me_again 9y ago

I agree, although there were some "leaks" like the article published in Rolling Stone some months ago. The work of US is in kind of a stealth mode in Syria. US is in the process of a huge military build up and will use Kurds as cannon fodders, once more. History repeats. Poor Kurds, they think they are in this for a good cause.