In the fall of 2014 the Islamic State laid siege to Kobane, a small city in Rojava, the Kurdish region of northern Syria. The battle was a turning point for ISIS, as well as for the radical leftist People's Protection Units, or YPG, who drove them away. With the victory came a call for international volunteers to join the YPG in their fight against ISIS, and for the egalitarian vision of Democratic Confederalism. On today's show one such volunteer, Guy Steward, sits down with Ryan to discuss the war in Rojava, the YPG's ideology and the recent Turkish invasion of the region.