Description

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Abdullah Öcalan’s prison writings have mobilized thousands, inspired a budding revolution in northern Syria, and penetrated the insular walls of academia. But how do you engage in a meaningful dialogue with someone held in isolation since April 2015? You compile a book of essays  written by the most imaginative luminaries of our time, send it to Öcalan’s jailers, and hope that they deliver it to him. Building Free Life stands as a monument of radical thought, a testament of resilience, and a searchlight illuminating the impulse for freedom. Contributors include Radha D’Souza, David Graeber, John Holloway, Raúl Zibechi, Antonio Negri, Immanuel Wallerstein, Andrej Grubacic, Nazan Üstündag, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Norman Paech, Donald H. Matthews, Thomas Jeffrey Miley, Damian Gerber, Shannon Brincat, Patrick Huff, Ekkehard Sauermann, and Mechthild Exo.

About the Author

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International Initiative “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan—Peace in Kurdistan” is a multinational peace initiative for the release of Abdullah Öcalan. Radha D’Souza is a reader in law specializing in international law and resource conflicts in the third world. David Graeber, bestselling author of Debt: The First 500 Years, is an anthropologist, activist, and professor. John Holloway is an author and professor of sociology. Antonio Negri 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. Raúl Zibechi resides in Uruguay, where he works for Brecha and recently won the José Martí Prize.