The Political Thought of Abdullah Öcalan: Kurdistan, Woman's Revolution and Democratic Confederalism

by Abdullah Öcalan

Book Overview

Abdullah calan actively led the Kurdish liberation struggle as the head of the PKK from its foundation in 1978 until his abduction on February 15, 1999. Now, writing from isolation in Turkey's Imrali Island Prison, he has shaped a new political movement in the Middle East called Democratic Confederalism, which is rapidly developing and spreading across the Middle East because it combats powerful religious sectarianism while also providing the blueprints...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745399762
• ISBN13: 9780745399768
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"