Agroecology in Rojava

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🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this episode, we’re joined by Berivan & Anya from Defend Rojava. Berivan Omar is a Kurdish feminist activist and social ecologist who lives in Northeast Syria, and Anya Rebrii is an activist and author who is involved with the Emergency Committee for Rojava. They will be authoring a chapter in a book next year with AK Press titled “Rojava in Focus: Critical Dialogues” highlighting the successes and struggles the region has face since its autonomy. We chat about the role agroecology has played so far in Rojava and the role it will continue to play as the region continues to grapple with the unique challenges it faces in the region. To learn more about the history and role of ecology in the region, check out the following links: Upcoming book chapter co-authored by Berivan and Anna: https://greenbeanbookspdx.indielite.org/book/9781849355728 Useful article on the movement’s philosophy and challenges on the ecological front: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2021.815338 A recent article with the general overview of developments in Rojava: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/rojavas-improvised-revolution/ Book Make Rojava Green Again: https://files.libcom.org/files/make-rojava-green-again.pdf Brochure Commitment to an ecological society in Rojava: https://7f2d1cef-1300-4fc6-ac1a-9615070f599d.filesusr.com/ugd/7b1b38_b2a83cdecd4740ceaaabbc753d592e34.pdf Emergency Committee for Rojava’s website: https://www.defendrojava.org/ Social media: @defendrojava Contact: [email protected] To support this podcast, join our patreon for early episode access at https://www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac For PPA Writing Content, visit: www.agroecologies.org For PPA Restoration Content, visit: www.restorationagroecology.com For PPA Merch, visit: www.poorproles.com For PPA Native Plants, visit: www.nativenurseries.org To hear Tomorrow, Today, our sister podcast, visit: www.tomorrowtodaypodcast.org/

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Porpo's Almanac. This is Andy, and today we're joined by
0:19.0	Barry Vaughan and Anya from Defend Rojava.
0:22.3	Berivan Omar is a Kurdish feminist activist and social ecologist who lives in northeast Syria.
0:28.8	Anya Rebri is an activist and author who is involved with the Emergency Committee for Rojava.
0:34.1	Together, they'll be authoring a chapter in a book next year with AK Press titled
0:38.0	Rojava and Focus Critical Dialogues.
0:41.6	And this book will be highlighting the successes and struggles the region has faced since its
0:45.7	autonomy.
0:46.7	And that's exactly what this episode is about.
0:49.2	We're jumping into the messy reality of building a new vision of how societies should
0:53.1	be organized and the role
0:54.7	ecology has played in that process.
0:57.8	While the region's dedication of feminism and anti-capitalism has made Rojave the model,
1:02.7	which in the eyes of anarchists around the globe highlights the potential for revolutionary
1:06.9	futures, the role of ecology tends to be lost.
1:10.1	We talk about why this is the case, what's being
1:12.4	done, and what the future looks like for ecology in the region and Rojava as a whole. I'm sure you all
1:18.1	enjoy this conversation with these two inspiring people. To learn more about their work, check out
1:23.2	at Defend Rojava on Instagram. Now to the episode.
1:37.0	Thanks so much for coming on. Now, I think a lot of our audience is familiar enough with Rojava and the vision there. And we hear so much about this idea of cooperatives and gender
1:44.1	equality action that's going on. But we don't hear so much about this idea of cooperatives and gender equality action that's going on.
1:46.5	But we don't hear too much about the ecology side, which is always this focal point of a lot of the vision of what a sustainable anarchist vision looks like.
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