Mutual Aid, Rojava and the Revolution

Originally aired live on 22 October 2025. Fraser speaks with Phil from Thanet Mutual Aid about the Kurdish struggle and the ideas behind democratic confederalism, grassroots democracy and mutual aid. The conversation explores the history of Kurdish movements, revolutionary organising, anarchist thought, and experiments in federation and community self-governance. Along the way they discuss books, films, political history, and the wider questions of how democratic movements organise beyond the nation state.