Aztlan Project on resistance, excerpt on Syria

Dec 2014

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David Graeber - Libertarian Feminism In Northern Syria

The Gun Has No Trigger: Conversations on Resistance in the 21 st Century is a project curated by Aztlan. The project consisted of two conversations that took place in Brussels and London, at Bozar and The Royal College of Art, respectively. The conversations were made up of conferences and panel/rountable discussions with Julien Cadoret, Lieven de Cauter, Laurent Deveze, Kendell Geers, David Graeber, Doreen Mende, Nina Power, Daniel van der Velde.

Rojava, since 20 years ago under the Assad regime, has had a contingent of women who planned an anarcho-feminist society.

Since the weakening of Syria, the organisational structure has come to pass in a basic form and is fighting against ISIS, while building the infrastructure to create better conditions for women and their children, using both improved healthcare and their own system of police protections.

Libertarian socialist, or functioning anarchist, states are rare. One sometimes hears about financial, manufacturing or educational cooperatives which are based on a watered-down direct democracy, such as Australia’s credit unions, or honour systems that successfully prevent violence without a police force. Rojava is attempting something more grand in its scale.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSDZYD62PH1jDFl0P7VgvUw/videos

Aztlan Project: The Gun has no Trigger / Conversations on resistance in the 21st century

6 Dec 2014 Sat in Brussels / 17 Dec 2014 Wed in London

Article 2015: https://cargocollective.com/laetitiajeurissen/The-Gun-Has-No-Trigger