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A review by edmondduong
Make Rojava Green Again: Building an Ecological Society by Internationalist Commune of Rojava, Debbie Bookchin, Matt Bonner
4.0
Make Rojava Green Again is a short booklet aimed to give a brief overview of the historical background and context of the struggles and the building of an ecological society in Rojava. It does this relatively well, with easily understood language, illustrations and pictures. Of course, this is a somewhat propagandised account of Rojava, which is to be expected, but one can see their beliefs and actions aligned. I think that this booklet is powerful as a primer to the ideas of Öcalan in action, and the logic of their actions in the contexts are well explained.
However, I do think that there are some criticisms that can be levelled at this booklet. The romanticisation of pre-industrial, indigenous ways at the start of the book is at times overdone, and the scientific justifications for things like climate change are slightly inaccurate. I can only assume that the agricultural and ecological parts are more accurate. The section that discusses the actual efforts are unfortunately too short.
Overall, this is still a good booklet that elucidates well the motivations and function of a democratic self-governance, and a somewhat biased account of its actual implementation. It functions well to introduce people to the ideas of Öcalan and Bookchin, and hopefully inspires people to dream of creative alternatives to the systems we have in place today.
However, I do think that there are some criticisms that can be levelled at this booklet. The romanticisation of pre-industrial, indigenous ways at the start of the book is at times overdone, and the scientific justifications for things like climate change are slightly inaccurate. I can only assume that the agricultural and ecological parts are more accurate. The section that discusses the actual efforts are unfortunately too short.
Overall, this is still a good booklet that elucidates well the motivations and function of a democratic self-governance, and a somewhat biased account of its actual implementation. It functions well to introduce people to the ideas of Öcalan and Bookchin, and hopefully inspires people to dream of creative alternatives to the systems we have in place today.