Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-01-13
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 114
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James Stout recommended Revolution in Rojava by Michael Knapp (Historian) and others. Also mentioned: Sociology of Freedom by Abdullah Öcalan.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Sociology of Freedom
Sociology of Freedom by Abdullah Öcalan is a political and philosophical work examining democratic confederalism, historical struggles, and modern societal structures.
Recommended“So actually there's like this book called of him sociology of freedom I think is very important. It's a little bit like understandable.”
Where to get it
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Revolution in Rojava
Revolution in Rojava by Michael Knapp, Anja Flach, Ercan Ayboga, and Asya Abdullah is a detailed examination of the democratic experiment and social revolution unfolding in northern Syria.
Recommended“Yeah I know there's a good book called revolution in Roja which was translated from German that um like I think it it lays out like the how things happen.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“The company is called Silent Cicada, which makes me think of the book Silent Spring, which was about how all of our pesticides are killing everything.”
“Do you guys remember in like watching Star Trek or like [ __ ] reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the idea of a universal translator that was like simple and effective”
“Tavia illustrated both of my books, After the Revolution and A Brief History of Ice, and she also made that big weird sphere thing in the middle of Las Vegas.”
“Tavia illustrated both of my books, After the Revolution and A Brief History of Ice, and she also made that big weird sphere thing in the middle of Las Vegas.”
“You can also see her work in my book, A Brief History of Ice, uh where she did all the illustrations, or in my book, After the Revolution, where she did all the illustrations”
“You can also see her work in my book, A Brief History of Ice, uh where she did all the illustrations, or in my book, After the Revolution, where she did all the illustrations”