The Political Thought of Abdullah - Kurdistan, Woman's Revolution and Democratic Confederalism (Ocalan Abdullah)(Paperback)

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 for a burgeoning democratic society. Bringing together calan's ideas in one slim volume for the first time, The Political Thought of Abdullah calan contains a selection of his most influential writings over his lifetime. These ideas can be read in light of calan's continuing legacy during the ongoing revolution and the battle against conservatism and religious extremism. As the political situation in Syria intensifies,
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