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These books, videos and websites will be useful if you want to learn more about the Kurdish movement, the Rojava revolution and the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan.

Books

Democratic Confederalism

by Abdullah Öcalan and International Initiative Edition

War and Peace in Kurdistan

by Abdullah Öcalan and International Initiative Edition

The ecology of freedom: the emergence and dissolution of hierarchy

by Murray Bookchin

Liberating Life: Woman’s Revolution

by Abdullah Öcalan and International Initiative Edition

About the work and ideas of Kongreya Star, the Women’s Movement in Rojava

by Kongreya Star

Videos

PKK Fighters in the Sinjar

From Arte HD

Rojava: A democratic system in progress

From System D Media

Inside Kobane: Keeping Islamic State at bay

From BBC

Silent revolution

From Celofan

Kobane Resistance: One Year Anniversary

From Ronahi TV

Sheikh Maqsood

From Alexander Rychkov

Jinha

From Sina

The Communes of Rojava

From Neighbor Democracy