In this foundational text of the Rojava revolution, imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan lays out the basic ideas of Democratic Confederalism, a revolutionary framework for reorganizing society on the basis of community self-governance.
In this groundbreaking essay, Murray Bookchin, founder of the Institute for Social Ecology, outlines his strategic vision for transforming society by reinvigorating political life at the local level through popular assemblies.
This video by Neighbor Democracy summarizes the local structures and practices of direct democracy that shape the governing system of Democratic Confederalism in Rojava (North-East Syria).