This episode features part two of Bursts conversation Paul Z. Simons on his recent trip to the northern, autonomous regions of Syria known as Rojava. In this conversation Paul shares his experiences of gender, feminism, power distribution and infrastructure in Rojava and his thoughts as a post-left anarchist of experiencing what he'd consider a social revolution. Paul is an editor of the Modern Slavery Magazine (http://modernslavery.calpress.org), where his writings can be found here: http://modernslavery.calpress.org. William's interview with him last year can be found at :http://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2014/01/09/paul-z-simons-modern-slavery-a-libertarian-critique-of-civilization/ . You can find weblinks and more context on for our prior conversations on Rojava with Paul here: http://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2015/11/23/paul-z-simons-on-the-dispaches-from-rojava-part-1-of-3/
The audio from part one of the conversation can be found here http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/83733/92338/104320/?url=https://archive.org/download/afm-final-straw-11152015exp/afm-final-straw-11152015exp.mp3">here</a>.
To hear part three before it airs, check it out here: http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/83733/92338/104322/?url=https://archive.org/download/afm-final-straw-11152015exp/rojavadispatches03.mp3">
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