Rojava vs the World: The radical fight for survival, independence and freedom. by This is Hell! published on 2015-02-22T16:46:20Z Activist Dilar Dirik profiles the Kurdish struggle for self rule - against ISIS, European political cynicism, and the Western left's expectations. Dilar traveled to Rojava with an international academic delegation, and she has written about the politics of Kurdistan in "The 'other' Kurds fighting the Islamic State" for Al-Jazeera and "Be on the right side of history – with the brave people of Kobanê" for the Kurdistan Tribune. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/09/other-kurds-fighting-islamic-stat-2014928753566705.html http://kurdistantribune.com/2014/be-on-right-side-of-history-brave-people-of-kobane/ Dilar Dirik is Kurdish activist and refugee, and a PhD student at the University of Cambridge. She blogs at Jin, jiyan, azadî. http://dilar91.blogspot.com/ Genre News Comment by tonyshephard This...'Marxist enough, Anarchist enough, Feminist enough...'. The capitalist, imperialists etc are always going to be 'selective' in their representation and support of the reality on the ground, but leftist and anarchist comrades not being right behind Rojava shows a chronic, self-defeating dogmatism that we in the west should consider as our deep, deep shame. We'll hopefully come to realise what leftism with teeth is, thanks to what's emerging in Rojava. 2015-05-15T08:45:17Z Comment by This is Hell! @all_that_ive_swallowed_is_now_gushing_out_of_my_throat: Hey downloads are enabled for this interview, so it should let you. If you're having problems, email me at alex@thisishell.com and I'll just send you the file. 2015-04-12T18:29:55Z
