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Ecological Struggle as Ethos of Decolonisation: Emergence of a Decolonial Ecology in Bakur (Northern) and Rojava (Western) Kurdistan

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines why the Kurdish Freedom Movement has adopted ecological struggle as a foundational pillar in its politics of decolonisation and the reclamation of autonomy. Framed within the context of colonial and ecocidal developmentalism, the research analyses how policies initiated during the Ottoman Empire and perpetuated by Turkish
Necmettin Türk
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Ethnic Kurdish Revolutionary Movement for the Formation of Democratic Confederalism in the Region of Rojava

Papua Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations
The ethnic Kurds play a critical role in the formation of the Democratic Confederalism government in the autonomous region of Rojava. For decades, they have faced oppression and disenfranchisement in Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq.
Rahmat Sikky
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Democracia colapsada e alternativas às utopias do capitalismo pandêmico

Revista PerCursos, 2021
Sendo a democracia do capitalismo limitada em sua extensão para a manutenção do sistema que oprime e rompe com o metabolismo do planeta, alternativas sistêmicas devem ser necessariamente anticapitalistas.
Raquel Requena Rachid
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Women, Space, Resistance: Kurdish Refugee‐Migrants' Narratives From Lavrio and Skaramagas Camps in Greece

Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 5, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Refugee camps have long been theorized as spaces of exception, where sovereign power reduces displaced people to what Agamben terms ‘bare life’. While this frame captures the violence of camp governance, it depicts refugee‐migrants as passive and says little about how camp space is inhabited, contested and remade in everyday life, least of all
Orkide Izci
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Racialized Labor Intermediation: Managing the “Threat” of Kurdish Workers on Turkish Farms

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 2, Page 381-392, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Farm labor intermediaries in Turkey have been at the heart of maintaining a precarious and low‐wage migrant labor force for capitalist agriculture since the 19th century. This labor force has been predominantly comprised of Kurds, a people racialized as “savage,” “racially impure,” and “traitors of the Turkish nation” since the beginning of ...
Deniz Duruiz
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Dall’ecologia politica attraverso il Capitalocene per una società ecologica

Geography Notebooks, 2020
In the context of Political Ecology, this paper traces the main interpretations that have emphasized the need to rethink the relationship between nature and society in order to find new solutions to the ecological crisis.
Gioacchino Piras
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Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society

Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 206-227, Summer 2026.
Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
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The Current Scenario of English in Education in Rojava: Policy, Implementation and Implications

TESOL Today
Recent changes in English language education in Rojava have led to a need for understanding the challenges faced by teachers in Rojava’s universities.
Jihan Ago Ayo, Brian Hibbs
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Insurgent-Generated Content and Framing of “The New Internationalist Commune” of Rojava

International Journal of Communication, 2022
Of all the insurgent groups competing to win the hearts and minds of Western populations through digital media campaigns, the Rojava Commune in Northern Syria has been one of the most successful.
Buket Oztas, Marta N. Lukacovic
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The Temporal Turn in Social Movement Studies: Political Readings of Temporality

Sociology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The study of temporality has gained increasing prominence in sociology and social movement studies. As this wave of research on temporality has risen, scholars have increasingly argued that time should not be understood as a neutral backdrop but as a dimension of power and conflict.
Nerea Montejo‐López
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