Narrative/Study

Primer article on Mumford and Ocalan: "Hierarchy in the UK, Anarchy in Kurdistan" (opens in a new tab) by Adam Curtis

Our philosophy is influenced by a combination of Mumford (philosophy of technology), Ocalan (political philosophy) and Werner (economic philosophy).

Primary phase

Instructions:

1. Study each material below
2. Make notes summarizing on each piece
3. Your own thoughts and critique
4. Report that will serve as a basis for a media piece connecting these concepts together (keep track of material since this will be referenced later)

Materials:

• "Authoritarian vs Democratic Technics" (opens in a new tab) by Lewis Mumford
• Introduction to "New Paradigm on Macroeconomics" (opens in a new tab) by Richard Werner
  • Also see original article (opens in a new tab).
• Pages 64-74 of "Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization part 2" (opens in a new tab) by Abdullah Ocalan
  • IDEOLOGY document (opens in a new tab) which contains an excerpt from Ocalan's third book on Democratic Civilization.

Second phase

• Complete reading of "Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization part 2"
• Produce report we can share which explains all these ideas in the areas of politics, economy and society.
• Explain these concepts:
  • Civilization
  • Democracy
  • State
  • Capitalism
  • Liberalism
  • Nationalism
  • Modernity
  • Nation
  • Capitalist modernity
  • Democratic modernity
  • Democratic nation

Complementary

• Ocalan on Science
• Konkin, The New Libertarian Manifesto (opens in a new tab)
• The Zen of Python (opens in a new tab)
• Basics of Unix Philosophy
• Do Artifacts Have Politics, Langdon Winner (opens in a new tab)

Authored by DarkFi (opens in a new tab)