{"product_id":"building-free-life-dialogues-with-ocalan","title":"Building Free Life: Dialogues with Öcalan","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Socrates to Antonio Gramsci, imprisoned philosophers have marked the history of thought and changed how we view power and politics. From his solitary jail cell, Abdullah Öcalan has penned daringly innovative works that give profuse evidence of his position as one of the most significant thinkers of our day. His prison writings have mobilized tens of thousands of people and inspired a revolution in the making in Rojava, northern Syria, while also penetrating the insular walls of academia and triggering debate and reflection among countless scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSo how do you engage in a meaningful dialogue with Abdullah Öcalan when he has been held in total isolation since April 2015? You compile a book of essays written by a globally diverse cast of the most imaginative luminaries of our time, send it to Öcalan's jailers, and hope that they deliver it to him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeatured in this extraordinary volume are over a dozen writers, activists, dreamers, and scholars whose ideas have been investigated in Öcalan's own writings. Now these same people have the unique opportunity to enter into a dialogue with his ideas. \u003cem\u003eBuilding Free Life\u003c\/em\u003e is a rich and wholly original exploration of the most critical issues facing humanity today. In the broad sweep of this one-of-a-kind dialogue, the contributors explore topics ranging from democratic confederalism to women's revolution, from the philosophy of history to the crisis of the capitalist system, from religion to Marxism and anarchism, all in an effort to better understand the liberatory social forms that are boldly confronting capitalism and the state.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere can be no boundaries or restrictions for the development of thought. Thus, in the midst of different realities--from closed prisons to open-air prisons--the human mind will find a way to seek the truth. \u003cem\u003eBuilding Free Life\u003c\/em\u003e stands as a monument of radical thought, a testament of resilience, and a searchlight illuminating the impulse for freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors include: Shannon Brincat, Radha D'Souza, Mechthild Exo, Damian Gerber, Barry K. Gills, Muriel González Athenas, David Graeber, Andrej Grubačic, John Holloway, Patrick Huff, Donald H. Matthews, Thomas Jeffrey Miley, Antonio Negri, Norman Paech, Ekkehard Sauermann, Fabian Scheidler, Nazan Üstündağ, Immanuel Wallerstein, Peter Lamborn Wilson, and Raúl Zibechi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Initiative \"Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan--Peace in Kurdistan\"\u003c\/b\u003e is a multinational peace initiative for the release of Abdullah Öcalan. \u003cb\u003eRadha D'Souza\u003c\/b\u003e is a reader in law specializing in international law and resource conflicts in the third world. \u003cb\u003eDavid Graeber\u003c\/b\u003e, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDebt: The First 500 Years\u003c\/i\u003e, is an anthropologist, activist, and professor. \u003cb\u003eJohn Holloway\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and professor of sociology. \u003cb\u003eAntonio Negri\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and professor of philosophy and political science. He has also been a political prisoner in Italy and a political refugee in France. \u003cb\u003eRaúl Zibechi \u003c\/b\u003eresides in Uruguay, where he works for \u003ci\u003eBrecha \u003c\/i\u003eand recently won the José Martí Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50422001697042,"sku":"9781629637044","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_de171426-67ac-4b69-8a4d-1b34f21fc827.jpg?v=1729519504","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/building-free-life-dialogues-with-ocalan","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}