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SUMMARY:Can the Revolution in Kurdish Syria Succeed? Reflections based on 
 a field visit - Dr Jeff Miely (Cambridge Sociology Department)
DTSTART:20150126T170000Z
DTEND:20150126T183000Z
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CONTACT:Odette Rogers
DESCRIPTION:Part of Global Capitalism and Its Critics series\, organised b
 y Dr Jeff Miley and Dr David Lane (Cambridge Sociology)\nSince the descent
  into civil war in Syria\, revolutionary forces have seized control of the
  Kurdish region of Rojava.  This talk\, based on a visit to the region in 
 December 2014 as part of an academic delegation\, aims to assess the stren
 gths\, challenges and vulnerabilities of the revolutionary project under w
 ay there. In terms of strengths\, I will focus principally on four: (1) th
 e ubiquity of revolutionary discipline\, revolutionary commitment\, collec
 tive mobilisation and the high levels of conscious politicization and will
 ingness to sacrifice among the general population\; (2) the clear evidence
  of genuine steps towards collective emancipation through education guided
  by a generally admirable ideological programme\; (3) the even clearer evi
 dence of important steps towards gender emancipation in particular\; and (
 4) the valuable attempts to accommodate ethnic and religious diversity.  I
 n terms of challenges and vulnerabilities\, I will focus on the question o
 f multicultural accommodation\, as well as on geopolitical factors\, and e
 specially on the crippling embargo enforced by the Turkish state\, the adv
 erse consequences of which were all too evident in relation to the precari
 ous economic situation as well as the basic health needs of the population
  in Rojava.  
LOCATION:Arts School Room B\, New Museums Site
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