Six years after making “The Communes of Rojava” (2018), and in the face of some of the most dire attacks yet faced by the pluralist, women-led, radically democratic project in North and East Syria, I am releasing this “sequel.” Though deeply inspired by the Rojava Revolution, this video is not about Syria directly. It is about America. For the last six years, I have been trying my best to build practical examples of grassroots, neighbor-powered democracy, inspired by Rojava, on blocks and in apartment buildings in various states in the US. Here I share the lessons I’ve learned, models that have inspired me, and point to some very practical steps to organize a small-sized, face-to-face forum of neighbors on your block to discuss, dream, decide, and act together, ie. neighborocracy, or grassroots governance from below. This video covers topics like neighboring, sociocracy, neighborocracy, Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), and Abdullah Ocalan’s theories of democratic nation, democratic modernity, democratic autonomy, and democratic confederalism.
Thanks for sharing. I shared it at my mastodon account too.