An interesting report by Zaher Baher of Haringey Solidarity Group and Kurdistan Anarchists Forum who spent two weeks in Syrian Kurdistan, looking at the experiences of self-government in the region against the background of the Syrian civil war and rise of Islamic State. This report is not very critical about the role of the PKK/PYD, so you are advised to read some critical articles aswell, which you can find on http://www.libcom.org.