Serkeftin: A Narrative of the Rojava Revolution (Paperback)

Paperback. In the Spring of 2017, activist, journalist and hip-hop artist Marcel Cartier was given exclusive access to the structures set up in the predominately Kurdish areas in northern Syria. Over the course of more than a month, Cartier travelled across the terrain known as Rojava, experiencing the radical grassroots revolution that is sweeping the region. He spoke with commanders of the Peoples Protection Units (YPG), visited womens organisations, saw the cooperatives and communes in action that have transformed the concept of democracy, and found his understanding of revolution challenged and reinvigorated. Unique in its access, emotion and humanity, Serkeftin: A Narrative of the Rojava Revolution, is a beautiful account of a contradictory and complex process that is fundamentally changing society in the midst of the 21st centurys most brutal civil war. Meaning `victory, the Kurdish word `serkeftin captures the spirit of optimism in the catastrophe that has engulfed this beautiful country since 2011 and has simultaneously brought the possibility of freedom ever closer. Serkeftin: A Narrative of the Rojava Revolution takes a first-hand look at the complex process of grassroots democracy and womens liberation that is radically altering life in northern Syrias predominately Kurdish areas. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…