This book brings together the speeches held at the conference “Challenging Capitalist Modernity III: Uncovering Democratic Modernity — Resistance, Rebellion and Building the New” in 2017 at the University of Hamburg. This conference took place after the liberation of Shengal and before the liberation of Raqqa, so Rojava was again a focus of interest. In addition, intellectuals, activists and movements from many parts of the world met to discuss the deeper causes of the crisis and concepts for overcoming it — whether non-state society, democratic confederalism or eco-socialist and feminist perspectives. The following people have contributed to this book with their texts: Rolf Becker, Frank Adloff, John Holloway, Havin Guneser, Asrin Law Office, Fabian Scheidler, Ebru Günay, Dawn Paley, Ferda Çetin, Carlos Pazmiño, Debbie Bookchin, Özlem Ekinbaş, Haskar Kırmızıgül, Reimar Heider, Xanim Engizek, Simon Dubbins, Zîlan Yağmur, David Graeber, Raúl Zibechi, Fuat Kav, Miguel Juaquin, Zeynep Cûdî, Mustafa Karasu, Ronahî Serhat, Cora Roelofs, Friederike Habermann, Eleanor Finley, Halime Kurt, Salih Muslim Muhammad, Abdullah Öcalan, Sonia López, Fawza Yusuf, Quincy Saul, Cassia Figueiredo Bechara, Lydia Gottschalk, Şoreş Ronahî, Agit Avaşîn and Hêvîn Tekin. http://ocalanbooks.com/#/book/challenging-capitalist-modernity-iii