Adam Greenfield

How come everyone isn’t talking about “Hope Without Hope,” Matt Broomfield’s 2025 book about #Rojava?

While I don’t agree with each and every one of the positions advanced, to say the least, I am finding his analysis exceptionally bracing and clarifying, grounded in his extensive experience in northeastern Syria. Anyone with a commitment to #anarchism or #horizontalism, especially, should give this a read and be challenged by it.

Mar 5 at 5:12pmWeb
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@adamgreenfield

Thanks for this recommendation.

Here's an excerpt from the book for those interested in knowing a bit more about the content:
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/hope-without-hope/

Two passages from the link that struck hard:

"Doom-laden posturing over the supposedly imminent collapse of our own still-hegemonic capitalist states as a result of runaway climate change can easily prove insulting to those on the real front-lines of climate catastrophe."

"We don't need to pointlessly defy lockdowns or ogle images of starved children every time we order takeout. But we do need to find ways to bear witness to suffering we cannot change, to remain angry at our own comfort, bitter at our won survival, accepting the ugly and uncomfortable in order to motivate our own struggle."

Hope Without Hope in Rojava - Truthdig

The Kurdish movement’s radical response to death may hold lessons for those offering up resistance in other parts of the world.

Truthdig