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A review by roxerg
Make Rojava Green Again: Building an Ecological Society by Internationalist Commune of Rojava, Debbie Bookchin, Matt Bonner
3.0
A very quick introduction to the infrastructural challenges facing contemporary Rojavan autonomous administration and potential as well as ongoing measures to fight them ecologically and sustainably.
At least half of the book (pamphlet?) was dedicated to general discussion of destructive philosophy of capitalism, and framing of humanity as outside of nature. The transition from this broad topic to the current state of Rojava felt a bit abrupt. The Rojava-specific part of the book felt very rapid-fire and spent very little time on each of the topics it touched upon. I personally hoped for more introduction to the region and its history rather than that of global capital, but looking back at the title of the book I suppose it makes sense as ecology gets the spotlight.
It works fine as a quick introduction of Rojava's green potential, has some great quotes by Öcalan and Bookchin, and includes a welcome call-to-action with some concrete pathways to contribute.
At least half of the book (pamphlet?) was dedicated to general discussion of destructive philosophy of capitalism, and framing of humanity as outside of nature. The transition from this broad topic to the current state of Rojava felt a bit abrupt. The Rojava-specific part of the book felt very rapid-fire and spent very little time on each of the topics it touched upon. I personally hoped for more introduction to the region and its history rather than that of global capital, but looking back at the title of the book I suppose it makes sense as ecology gets the spotlight.
It works fine as a quick introduction of Rojava's green potential, has some great quotes by Öcalan and Bookchin, and includes a welcome call-to-action with some concrete pathways to contribute.