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{{Ideology | {{Ideology | ||
|title = [[File: Demcon.png]] Democratic Confederalism | |title = [[File:Demcon.png]] Democratic Confederalism | ||
|image = [[File:New DemCon.png]] | |image = [[File:New DemCon.png]] | ||
|themecolor = # | |themecolor = #008000 | ||
|textcolor = # | |textcolor = #FFCC00 | ||
|caption = Bijî Serok Apo! | |caption = Bijî Kurdistan, Bijî Serok Apo! (Long live Kurdistan, Long live President Apo!) | ||
|aliases = DemCon <br> [[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] Apoism <br> Kurdish Communalism<br>Öcalanism<br>Abdullah Öcalan Thought<br>Left Confederalism<br>Democratic Nation<br> Libertarian Socialist Anarchism (according to | |aliases = DemCon <br> [[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] Apoism <br> Kurdish Communalism<br>Öcalanism<br>Abdullah Öcalan Thought<br>Left Confederalism<br>Democratic Nation<br> Libertarian Socialist Anarchism (according to [https://youtu.be/NGijp9jGdUU?t=411; AlternateHistoryHub])<br>[[File:LeftTerrorist.png]] Terrorist (By [[File:Ottoman.png]] [[Neo-Ottomanism]], [[File:Grey-Wolves-icon-pcb.png]] [[Turkish Idealism]], [[File:Kemal.png]] [[Kemalism]], and [[File:Khom.png]] [[Khomeinism]])<br> | ||
Kurdish Fascism (erroneously, according to Turkish nationalists) | Kurdish Fascism (erroneously, according to Turkish nationalists) | ||
|alignments = | |alignments = | ||
[[File:Libleft.png]] [[:Category:Libertarian Left|LibLeft]]<br> | [[File:Libleft.png]] [[:Category:Libertarian Left|LibLeft]]<br> | ||
[[File:Prgess.png]] [[:Category:Culturally Left|Culturally Left]] <br> [[File:Fem.png]] [[:Category:Feminists|Feminists]] <br> | [[File:Prgess.png]] [[:Category:Culturally Left|Culturally Left]] <br> [[File:Fem.png]] [[:Category:Feminists|Feminists]] <br> | ||
[[File:Soc.png]] [[:Category:Socialists|Socialists]]<br> | [[File:Soc-h.png]] [[:Category:Socialists|Socialists]]<br> | ||
[[File:Commie.png]] [[:Category:Communists|Communists]] <br> | [[File:Commie.png]] [[:Category:Communists|Communists]] <br> | ||
[[File:LeftBert.png]] [[:Category:Libertarians|Libertarians]]<br> | [[File:LeftBert.png]] [[:Category:Libertarians|Libertarians]]<br> | ||
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[[File:Envi.png]] [[:Category:Environmentalists|Environmentalists]] <br> [[File:Dem.png]] [[:Category:Democratic|Democratic]] <br> | [[File:Envi.png]] [[:Category:Environmentalists|Environmentalists]] <br> [[File:Dem.png]] [[:Category:Democratic|Democratic]] <br> | ||
|theorists = | |theorists = | ||
*[[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] [[ | *[[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Abdullah Öcalan]] (1949-) [[File:ROT.png]] Türkiye/[[File:Kurdish.png]] Kurdish | ||
*[[File:SocFem.png]] [[Marxist Feminism#Socialist Feminism|Sakine Cansız]] (1958-2013) [[File:ROT.png]] | *[[File:SocFem.png]] [[Marxist Feminism#Socialist Feminism|Sakine Cansız]] (1958-2013) [[File:ROT.png]] Türkiye/[[File:Kurdish.png]] Kurdish | ||
*[[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] Cemîl Bayik (1951-) [[File:ROT.png]] | *[[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] Cemîl Bayik (1951-) [[File:ROT.png]] Türkiye/[[File:Kurdish.png]] Kurdish | ||
*[[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] Murat Karayılan (1954-) [[File:ROT.png]] | *[[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] Murat Karayılan (1954-) [[File:ROT.png]] Türkiye /[[File:Kurdish.png]] Kurdish | ||
*[[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] [[Postcolonial Feminism|Hülya Oran]] (1978-) [[File:ROT.png]] | *[[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] [[Postcolonial Feminism|Hülya Oran]] (1978-) [[File:ROT.png]] Türkiye/[[File:Kurdish.png]] Kurdish | ||
|song=[https://youtu.be/e2yLJ3fZMzQ Vaye Hatin Şervanên Şoreşê] by Şoreşa Waşukani <br> | |song=[https://youtu.be/e2yLJ3fZMzQ Vaye Hatin Şervanên Şoreşê] by Şoreşa Waşukani <br> | ||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN7m6uGfCX8 The Internationale in Kurdish] <br> | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN7m6uGfCX8 The Internationale in Kurdish] <br> | ||
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[https://youtu.be/-Juv6livzCY werin barîkadan] <br> | [https://youtu.be/-Juv6livzCY werin barîkadan] <br> | ||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvKNQCcptd0 Rojava] by David Rovics <br> | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvKNQCcptd0 Rojava] by David Rovics <br> | ||
|likes=[[File:Rojava.png]] Rojava | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVlgMEFu1PI Warni Warni] by Omar Souleyman <br> | ||
|likes=[[File:Rojava.png]] Rojava <br> | |||
[[File:HDP Turkey.png]] | |||
Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) | |||
|dislikes=[[File:Erdoğanism.png]] Erdogan<br>[[File:Ottoman.png]] The Turkish government<br>[[File:Cball-Isis.png]] ISIS<br>[[File:Trumpism.png]] Trump | |dislikes=[[File:Erdoğanism.png]] Erdogan<br>[[File:Ottoman.png]] The Turkish government<br>[[File:Cball-Isis.png]] ISIS<br>[[File:Trumpism.png]] Trump | ||
|influences= | |influences= | ||
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[[File:AntiTurk.png]] Anti-Turkey<br> | [[File:AntiTurk.png]] Anti-Turkey<br> | ||
[[File:Anti-Iran.png]] Anti-Iran<br> | [[File:Anti-Iran.png]] Anti-Iran<br> | ||
[[File:Anticap.png]] Anti-Capitalism <br> | [[File:Anticap.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Capitalism}} <br> | ||
[[File:Antiimp.png]] Anti-Imperialism <br> | [[File:Antiimp.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Imperialism}} <br> | ||
[[File:Anti-Nationalist.png]] Anti-Nationalism | [[File:Anti-Nationalist.png]] Anti-Nationalism<br> | ||
[[File:Confed.png]] [[Confederalism]] <br> | [[File:Confed.png]] [[Confederalism]] <br> | ||
[[File:Demsocstar.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]] <br> | [[File:Demsocstar.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]] <br> | ||
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[[File:Guevara.png]] [[Guevarism]] <br> | [[File:Guevara.png]] [[Guevarism]] <br> | ||
[[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]] <br> | [[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]] <br> | ||
[[File:Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]]<br> | |||
[[File:Multicult.png]] [[Multiculturalism]] <br> | [[File:Multicult.png]] [[Multiculturalism]] <br> | ||
[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] (Disowned)<br> | [[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] (Disowned)<br> | ||
[[File:Nietzsche.png]] Nietzscheanism <br> | [[File:Nietzsche.png]] [[mh:philosophyball:Nietzscheanism|Nietzscheanism]] <br> | ||
[[File:Postconan.png]] [[Post-Colonial Anarchism]]<br> | [[File:Postconan.png]] [[Post-Colonial Anarchism]]<br> | ||
[[File:PostColFem.png]] [[Postcolonial Feminism]] | [[File:PostColFem.png]] [[Postcolonial Feminism]] | ||
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*Territory controlled by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (2005-Present) | *Territory controlled by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (2005-Present) | ||
|variants= | |variants= | ||
|region= | |||
[[File:Dawronoyeicon.png]] '''Dawronoye''' {{Collapse| | [[File:Dawronoyeicon.png]] '''Dawronoye''' {{Collapse| | ||
*[[File:Fed.png]] [[Federalism]]<br> | *[[File:Fed.png]] [[Federalism]]<br> | ||
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*[[File:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism]]<br> | *[[File:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism]]<br> | ||
*[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism|Revolutionary Socialism]]<br> | *[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism|Revolutionary Socialism]]<br> | ||
*[[File:Secular.png]] Secularism<br> | *[[File:Secular.png]] [[Secularism]]<br> | ||
*[[File:Sep.png]] [[Separatism]] | *[[File:Sep.png]] [[Separatism]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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'''Democratic Confederalism''' is a [[File:Libleft.png]] libertarian-left, [[File:Prgess.png]] culturally progressive ideology and political system coined by Kurdish politician Abdullah Öcalan that currently exists in Rojava, a de facto autonomous region in northern Syria. | '''Democratic Confederalism''' is a [[File:Libleft.png]] libertarian-left, [[File:Prgess.png]] culturally progressive ideology and political system coined by Kurdish politician Abdullah Öcalan that currently exists in Rojava, a de facto autonomous region in northern Syria. | ||
Democratic | Democratic Confederalism believes in a system of administrative councils elected by the people that allow local communities to exercise autonomous control over their assets while linking to other communities via a network of confederal councils. Private property is abolished, in favor of "property of use" which lets individuals use infrastructure and land, but restricts them from turning it into a private enterprise. They greatly value the principles of [[File:Directdem.png]] [[Democracy#Direct Democracy|Direct Democracy]], [[File:Envi.png]] [[Environmentalism]], [[File:PostColFem.png]] [[Postcolonial Feminism|Third-World Feminism]] , [[File:Multicult.png]] [[Multiculturalism]], and voluntary self-defense. Another core part of the ideology is the critique of [[File:Nation.png]] [[Nationalism]] and nation-states as a concept. It seeks to establish a "Democratic Nation" to destroy nation-statism which is multicultural, decentralized, and destroys capitalist profit accumulation. | ||
They take heavy inspiration from [[File:Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]]. | They take heavy inspiration from [[File:Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]]. | ||
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===Social Ecology=== | ===Social Ecology=== | ||
== History == | ==History== | ||
===[[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] In Turkey (Bakur region) [[File:ROT.png]]=== | ===[[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] In Turkey (Bakur region) [[File:ROT.png]]=== | ||
The [[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was initially established in 1978 as a liberation movement that used [[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] ideals. As the party became less radical over time, Abdullah Öcalan, one of its founders, drifted further from the organization and began looking for a form of [[File:Soc.png]] [[Socialism|socialism]] that was more distant from the authoritarian characteristics of the Soviet Union. When he was captured and arrested by Turkey in 1999, he worked further on the Kurdish question using his access to numerous western philosophical texts. He eventually came across the works of [[File:Bckchn.png]] [[w:Murray_Bookchin|Murray Bookchin]], Friedrich Nietzsche, and many other philosophers, using them to create a new form of [[File:Dsa.png]] [[Democratic Socialism|democratic socialism]] called democratic confederalism. In 2005, Öcalan published his first work, titled ''Declaration of Democratic Confederalism in Kurdistan'', which laid out the foundations of his new ideology. Soon after, the [[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] PKK adopted his program and sought to put his concept into full effect. A new organization with the goals of spreading Democratic Confederalism was soon created after words known as the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK). The PKK has since fought with the Turkish military in the Qandil Mountains in Iraq and attacked Turkish police, military, civilians, and mosques inside the country as an internationally-designated terrorist organization<ref> | The [[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was initially established in 1978 as a liberation movement that used [[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] ideals. As the party became less radical over time, Abdullah Öcalan, one of its founders, drifted further from the organization and began looking for a form of [[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism|socialism]] that was more distant from the authoritarian characteristics of the Soviet Union. When he was captured and arrested by Turkey in 1999, he worked further on the Kurdish question using his access to numerous western philosophical texts. He eventually came across the works of [[File:Bckchn.png]] [[w:Murray_Bookchin|Murray Bookchin]], Friedrich Nietzsche, and many other philosophers, using them to create a new form of [[File:Dsa.png]] [[Democratic Socialism|democratic socialism]] called democratic confederalism. In 2005, Öcalan published his first work, titled ''Declaration of Democratic Confederalism in Kurdistan'', which laid out the foundations of his new ideology. Soon after, the [[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] PKK adopted his program and sought to put his concept into full effect. A new organization with the goals of spreading Democratic Confederalism was soon created after words known as the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK). The PKK has since fought with the Turkish military in the Qandil Mountains in Iraq and attacked Turkish police, military, civilians, and mosques inside the country as an internationally-designated terrorist organization<ref>[[W:List_of_designated_terrorist_groups|"List of designated terrorist groups"]], Wikipedia.org.</ref>. There were multiple attempts at peace deals and in 2013 a ceasefire was declared. This however did not last long as in 2015 12 PKK members were killed trying to cross the Iraqi border by the Turkish military and [[File:Cball-Isis.png]] [[Jihadism|the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria]] did a bombing in Suruç, which the PKK accused the Turkish government of either helping or being complicit in. Since then the clashes have resumed and the fighting between the HPG (People's Defense Forces, PKK's armed wing) and the Turkish military in Northern Iraq and many on both sides have been killed. | ||
===[[File:Rojava.png]] In Syria (Rojava region) [[File:Cball-Syria.png]]=== | ===[[File:Rojava.png]] In Syria (Rojava region) [[File:Cball-Syria.png]]=== | ||
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An armed Kurdish rebel group in Iran known as PJAK lead by Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi first attacked the Iranian military in 2004. They were originally a student movement that was inspired by [[File:Cball-IraqiKurdistan.png]] Iraqi Kurdistan and the [[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] PKK, but soon became a more militant movement after Iran began cracking down on them more. They are based in the Qandil mountains, just like the PKK. Iranian funded media has long accused PJAK of being funded by [[File:Cball-US.png]] the US and [[File:Zio.png]] Israel, but they have always denied the allegations, and in an interview with Today's Zaman, a PJAK spokesperson said they will attack American interests as well as Turkish and Iranian ones. In 2009, PJAK was designated as terrorist by the US. The conflict has been relatively calm since 2015 but recently some clashes between the Iranian forces and PJAK have broken out leaving some dead on both sides. PJAK holds the same Democratic Confederalist beliefs as the PKK does and hopes to create a federal and democratic Iran | An armed Kurdish rebel group in Iran known as PJAK lead by Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi first attacked the Iranian military in 2004. They were originally a student movement that was inspired by [[File:Cball-IraqiKurdistan.png]] Iraqi Kurdistan and the [[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] PKK, but soon became a more militant movement after Iran began cracking down on them more. They are based in the Qandil mountains, just like the PKK. Iranian funded media has long accused PJAK of being funded by [[File:Cball-US.png]] the US and [[File:Zio.png]] Israel, but they have always denied the allegations, and in an interview with Today's Zaman, a PJAK spokesperson said they will attack American interests as well as Turkish and Iranian ones. In 2009, PJAK was designated as terrorist by the US. The conflict has been relatively calm since 2015 but recently some clashes between the Iranian forces and PJAK have broken out leaving some dead on both sides. PJAK holds the same Democratic Confederalist beliefs as the PKK does and hopes to create a federal and democratic Iran | ||
== Variants == | ==Variants== | ||
=== [[File:Dawronoyeicon.png]] Dawronoye === | ===[[File:Dawronoyeicon.png]] Dawronoye=== | ||
'''Dawronoye''' (Syriac: ܕܘܪܢܝܐ, meaning something along the lines of "progressive" or "revolutionary") is an Assyrian Nationalist, Libertarian Socialist ideology. It originates from the Beth-Nahrin National Council or MUB (Syriac: | '''Dawronoye''' (Syriac: ܕܘܪܢܝܐ, meaning something along the lines of "progressive" or "revolutionary") is an Assyrian Nationalist, Libertarian Socialist ideology. It originates from the Beth-Nahrin National Council or MUB (Syriac: | ||
ܡܘܬܒܐ ܐܘܡܬܝܐ ܕܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ) (formerly Beth-Nahrin Freedom Party or GHB (Syriac: | ܡܘܬܒܐ ܐܘܡܬܝܐ ܕܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ) (formerly Beth-Nahrin Freedom Party or GHB (Syriac: | ||
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Regarding Syrian Civil War politics, The Dawronoye Syriac Union Party, has been known to be Pro-Syrian-Federalism, and was apart of the [[File:Cball-FSA.png]] '''National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change''' alongside the PYD, which is a broadly left-wing, moderate opposition group to [[File:Baath.png]] [[Ba'athism|Assad]], who claim to promote "peacefully resolving the crisis through dialogue, to achieve a safe and peaceful transition from despotism to democracy" Because of this, they are typically seen by more radical opposition groups as a front for Assad rather than as a legitimate rebel group despite their open support to the FSA. | Regarding Syrian Civil War politics, The Dawronoye Syriac Union Party, has been known to be Pro-Syrian-Federalism, and was apart of the [[File:Cball-FSA.png]] '''National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change''' alongside the PYD, which is a broadly left-wing, moderate opposition group to [[File:Baath.png]] [[Ba'athism|Assad]], who claim to promote "peacefully resolving the crisis through dialogue, to achieve a safe and peaceful transition from despotism to democracy" Because of this, they are typically seen by more radical opposition groups as a front for Assad rather than as a legitimate rebel group despite their open support to the FSA. | ||
== How to Draw == | ==How to Draw== | ||
{{Flag|Demconflagnew.png}} | {{Flag|Demconflagnew.png}} | ||
# Draw a ball | # Draw a ball | ||
# | # Color in a green background and make it the same color as the KCK flag | ||
# Draw a yellow sun with 21 rays going around it and draw 21 smaller rays in between the larger 21 rays | # Draw a yellow sun with 21 rays going around it and draw 21 smaller rays in between the larger 21 rays | ||
# | # Add a red star in the center of that sun | ||
# Draw the eyes. | # Draw the eyes | ||
and you're done! | # '''Optional props:''' | ||
## An assault rifle, like an AK-47 | |||
## A headband, depicting nature | |||
...and you're done! | |||
{{Flag-auto | {{Flag-auto | ||
|c1 = Yellow | |c1 = Yellow | ||
|h1 = # | |h1 = #FFCC00 | ||
|c2 = Red | |c2 = Red | ||
|h2 = # | |h2 = #FF0000 | ||
|c3 = Green | |c3 = Green | ||
|h3 = # | |h3 = #008000 | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Relationships == | ==Relationships== | ||
===Friends=== | |||
=== Friends === | *[[File:Aneco.png]] [[Eco-Anarchism]] - While we have small debates about how socialism should save the environment, we're actually pretty chill. | ||
*[[File: Aneco.png]] [[Eco-Anarchism]] - While we have small debates about how socialism should save the environment, | *[[File:Fem.png]] [[Feminism]] - Smash the patriarchy! | ||
*[[File: Fem.png]] [[Feminism]] - Smash the patriarchy! | *[[File:Minsocf.png]] [[Minarcho-Socialism]] - They're very similar to my ideology. | ||
*[[File: Minsocf.png]] [[Minarcho-Socialism]] - They're very similar to my ideology. | *[[File:Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]] - My parent and main inspiration. | ||
*[[File: Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]] - My parent and main inspiration | *[[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]] - We are literally the same! | ||
*[[File: Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]] - We are literally the same | *[[File:Hoxha.png]] [[Hoxhaism]] - Even if we disagree on a lot you're still very helpful and one of the only authoritarian leftists who's willing to support me. | ||
*[[File:MLM.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism–Maoism]] - Another AuthLeft who helps me! | |||
*[[File: Hoxha.png]] [[Hoxhaism]] - Even if we disagree on a lot you're still very helpful and one of the only authoritarian leftists who's willing to support me. | |||
*[[File: MLM.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism–Maoism]] - Another AuthLeft who helps me! | |||
*[[File:Zapa.png]] [[Neozapatismo]] - Similar to me, but from Mexico. Based! | *[[File:Zapa.png]] [[Neozapatismo]] - Similar to me, but from Mexico. Based! | ||
*[[File:Gaddafi.png]] [[Gaddafism]] - Thanks for funding me and supporting my cause, although you could cool it on the religion. | *[[File:Gaddafi.png]] [[Gaddafism]] - Thanks for funding me and supporting my cause, although you could cool it on the religion. | ||
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*[[File:SocFem.png]] [[Marxist Feminism|Socialist Feminism]] - Glad we set up the Women's Protection Units and Free Women's Units together. We scared off those Jihadists who thought women could never fight. | *[[File:SocFem.png]] [[Marxist Feminism|Socialist Feminism]] - Glad we set up the Women's Protection Units and Free Women's Units together. We scared off those Jihadists who thought women could never fight. | ||
*[[File:Guevara.png]] [[Guevarism]] - [https://anfenglish.com/features/pkk-commanders-our-strongest-inspiration-was-che-guevara-22628 You were our strongest inspiration.] | *[[File:Guevara.png]] [[Guevarism]] - [https://anfenglish.com/features/pkk-commanders-our-strongest-inspiration-was-che-guevara-22628 You were our strongest inspiration.] | ||
*[[File:dawronoyeicon.png]] [[Separatism|Dawronoye]] - My good | *[[File:dawronoyeicon.png]] [[Separatism|Dawronoye]] - My good Assyrian friend. He's a bit too nationalistic but overall very based. | ||
*[[File: | *[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]] - To insist on socialism means to insist on being human. | ||
*[[File:Cball-FSA.png]] [[Federalism|Northern]] [[Democracy|Democratic]] [[Nationalism|Brigade]] - Though I try to stay neutral in Syrian civil war politics, thanks for seeing me as a good alternative to the current Syrian political system, and fighting the [[File:Cball-FSA.png]][[File:Ottoman.png]][[National Liberalism|SNA]] alongside us as well as flying those Öcalan flags which was beyond based. | *[[File:Cball-FSA.png]] [[Federalism|Northern]] [[Democracy|Democratic]] [[Nationalism|Brigade]] - Though I try to stay neutral in Syrian civil war politics, thanks for seeing me as a good alternative to the current Syrian political system, and fighting the [[File:Cball-FSA.png]][[File:Ottoman.png]][[National Liberalism|SNA]] alongside us as well as flying those Öcalan flags which was beyond based. | ||
=== Frenemies === | ===Frenemies=== | ||
*[[File: Baath.png]] [[Ba'athism ]] - Filthy authoritarian and I still hate him, but saved me from [[File:Ottoman.png]] [[Neo-Ottomanism|that invader]]. | *[[File:Baath.png]] [[Ba'athism ]] - Filthy authoritarian and I still hate him, but saved me from [[File:Ottoman.png]] [[Neo-Ottomanism|that invader]]. | ||
*[[File:Cball-FSA.png]] [[Islamic Democracy| | *[[File:Cball-FSA.png]] [[Islamic Democracy|Non-Allied]][[National Liberalism|-FSA/Opposition]] - I never wanted to side with [[File:Baath.png]] [[Ba'athism|Him]] but why did you rebels have to ally with [[File: Muslim 2.png]] [[File:Ottoman.png]] [[File:Jihad.png]]? [[w:Euphrates_Volcano|We have worked together with some of you in the past though]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160224085811/http://kurdishquestion.com/index.php/kurdistan/west-kurdistan/declaration-of-establishment-by-democratic-syria-forces/1179-declaration-of-establishment-by-democratic-syria-forces.html and some of you even helped form the SDF with us.] But I still won't forgive your Turkish-allied factions for taking Afrin from us though with [[File:Ottoman.png]] [[Neo-Ottomanism]]. | ||
*[[File:Cball-IraqiKurdistan.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism|Kurdish Nationalism]] - Based Kurdish comrade. But even while useful for promoting the liberty of Kurds, Öcalan isn't the biggest fan of the nationalist ideology and us identifying ourselves with such beliefs. | *[[File:Cball-IraqiKurdistan.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism|Kurdish Nationalism]] - Based Kurdish comrade. But even while useful for promoting the liberty of Kurds, Öcalan isn't the biggest fan of the nationalist ideology and us identifying ourselves with such beliefs. | ||
*[[File: ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] - We're supposed to be on the same side, why do you support [[File:Baath.png]] [[Ba'athism|Assad]] over me? Why won't you accept me? | *[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] - We're supposed to be on the same side, why do you support [[File:Baath.png]] [[Ba'athism|Assad]] over me? Why won't you accept me? | ||
*[[File:Putin.png]] [[Kleptocracy|Putinism]] - | *[[File:Putin.png]] [[Kleptocracy|Putinism]] - Similar to above, thanks for calling for my inclusion in the Geneva III peace talks on Syria, And sending my support after [[File:Trumpism.png]] [[Right-Wing Populism|he]] left me, But you keep supporting [[File:Baath.png]] [[Ba'athism|Assad]] over me also you are pretty conservative and authoritarian for my taste better than [[File:Kemal.png]] [[Kemalism]] tho. | ||
*[[File:Absoc.png]] [[Arab Socialism]] - I like your socialist ideology and you dedication to anti-imperialism in the Middle East, but why did you try to Arabize Kurds when you controlled Rojava? | *[[File:Absoc.png]] [[Arab Socialism]] - I like your socialist ideology and you dedication to anti-imperialism in the Middle East, but why did you try to Arabize Kurds when you controlled Rojava? | ||
*[[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]] - It is now sufficiently clear that even the socialism—or sociology—of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, which emerged as the opposing worldview, is a very vulgar interpretation of society. In spite of all claims of opposing it, they could not escape serving capitalism—even more so than its official ideology, liberalism. This is sufficiently clear from the trends, movements, and state systems of [[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|real socialism]], [[File:socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]], and [[File:Sep.png]] [[Separatism|national liberation]]. Despite their highly noble traditions of struggle, if the above mentioned trends and movements, while acting in the name of oppressed classes and nations, have found themselves in this situation, this is closely related to their knowledge structures. The knowledge structures that they rely on—both in their positive and negative aspects—have produced overall results that have contradicted their intentions. These outcomes would not have emerged so easily if there were not a chain of serious flaws and mistakes in their fundamental paradigm and structures. | *[[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]] - It is now sufficiently clear that even the socialism—or sociology—of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, which emerged as the opposing worldview, is a very vulgar interpretation of society. In spite of all claims of opposing it, they could not escape serving capitalism—even more so than its official ideology, liberalism. This is sufficiently clear from the trends, movements, and state systems of [[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|real socialism]], [[File:socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]], and [[File:Sep.png]] [[Separatism|national liberation]]. Despite their highly noble traditions of struggle, if the above mentioned trends and movements, while acting in the name of oppressed classes and nations, have found themselves in this situation, this is closely related to their knowledge structures. The knowledge structures that they rely on—both in their positive and negative aspects—have produced overall results that have contradicted their intentions. These outcomes would not have emerged so easily if there were not a chain of serious flaws and mistakes in their fundamental paradigm and structures. | ||
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*[[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]] - [https://kck-info.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Brochure-KCK-Strategy-April-2021.pdf NATO has never stood for democracy, it has only ever fought against the forces of freedom, democracy, and socialism.] Even so, out of pragmatism, I have to say thanks for funding me in Syria and Turkey though you still abandoned thanks to Trump and you actively support Turkey against me. | *[[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]] - [https://kck-info.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Brochure-KCK-Strategy-April-2021.pdf NATO has never stood for democracy, it has only ever fought against the forces of freedom, democracy, and socialism.] Even so, out of pragmatism, I have to say thanks for funding me in Syria and Turkey though you still abandoned thanks to Trump and you actively support Turkey against me. | ||
=== Enemies === | ===Enemies=== | ||
*[[File: Trumpism.png]] [[Right-Wing Populism|Trumpism]] - He stopped supporting me, and instead started supporting Turkey. | *[[File:Trumpism.png]] [[Right-Wing Populism|Trumpism]] - He stopped supporting me, and instead started supporting Turkey. | ||
*[[File:Ottoman.png]] [[Neo-Ottomanism]] - Invaded me to do ethnic cleansing, and is basically the new ISIS. And you also turned the Scandinavians against me! F*ck you! | *[[File:Ottoman.png]] [[Neo-Ottomanism]] - Invaded me to do ethnic cleansing, and is basically the new ISIS. And you also turned the Scandinavians against me! F*ck you! | ||
*[[File: Jihad.png]] [[Jihadism]] - The old ISIS, of course, is even worse. | *[[File:Jihad.png]] [[Jihadism]] - The old ISIS, of course, is even worse. HAHA! [[Postcolonial Feminism|WOMENS PROTECTION UNITS AND FREE WOMEN'S UNITS]] GO BRRRRRRRRRRR!!! | ||
*[[File: 3way.png]] [[Third Way]] - Assisted in the capture of Öcalan and declared the PKK a terrorist organization! | *[[File:3way.png]] [[Third Way]] - Assisted in the capture of Öcalan and declared the PKK a terrorist organization! | ||
*[[File:Grey-Wolves-icon-pcb.png]] [[ | *[[File:Grey-Wolves-icon-pcb.png]] [[Turkish Idealism]] - Has done too many crimes against Kurds and leftists to count! | ||
*[[File:KDP-icon.png]] [[National Conservatism|KDP]] - You're not even a nation-state, you're just a parasite. | *[[File:KDP-icon.png]] [[National Conservatism|KDP]] - You're not even a nation-state, you're just a parasite. | ||
*[[File:Nation.png]] [[Nationalism]] - Even though some of my Kurdish and other minority allies like you, assuming that we would compare the nation-state to a living god then nationalism would be the correspondent religion. | *[[File:Nation.png]] [[Nationalism]] - Even though some of my Kurdish and other minority allies like you, assuming that we would compare the nation-state to a living god then nationalism would be the correspondent religion. | ||
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*[[File:Imp.png]] [[Imperialism]] - You divided up the Middle East and caused all of its issues in the first place! | *[[File:Imp.png]] [[Imperialism]] - You divided up the Middle East and caused all of its issues in the first place! | ||
*[[File:Nordmodel.png]] [[Nordic Model]] - I still don't get why would Ottomanists claim you had something to do with me. You fought against me from the start. | *[[File:Nordmodel.png]] [[Nordic Model]] - I still don't get why would Ottomanists claim you had something to do with me. You fought against me from the start. | ||
*[[File: Muslim 2.png]] [[Islamic Theocracy]] - Fuck Saudi Arabia, the [ | *[[File: Muslim 2.png]] [[Islamic Theocracy]] - Fuck Saudi Arabia, the [[w:Al-Sanadid_Forces|Al-Sanadid Forces]] will destroy you! | ||
*[[File:Ethplur.png]] [[Ethnopluralism]] - This is the logical conclusion of the nation-state system, a fascist system based on the separation of peoples into small, | *[[File:Ethplur.png]] [[Ethnopluralism]] - This is the logical conclusion of the nation-state system, a fascist system based on the separation of peoples into small, homogeneous nation-states. | ||
*[[File:Lib.png]] [[Liberalism]] - The real power of capitalist modernity is not its money or its weapons; its real power lies in its ability to suffocate all | *[[File:Lib.png]] [[Liberalism]] - The real power of capitalist modernity is not its money or its weapons; its real power lies in its ability to suffocate all utopias - including the socialist utopia which is the last and the most powerful of all - with its liberalism. | ||
*[[File:Nalib.png]] [[National Liberalism]] - Embracing fascism | *[[File:Nalib.png]] [[National Liberalism]] - Embracing fascism to protect western "democracy" political order. | ||
== Further Information == | ==Further Information== | ||
===Websites=== | ===Websites=== | ||
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*[https://hawarnews.com/en/ Hawar News Agency English] | *[https://hawarnews.com/en/ Hawar News Agency English] | ||
=== Literature === | ===Literature=== | ||
* ''[https://libcom.org/files/ManifestoforaDemocraticCivilizationvol1.pdf Civilization: The Age of Masked Gods and Disguised Kings]'' (2009) by Abdullah Öcalan | * ''[https://libcom.org/files/ManifestoforaDemocraticCivilizationvol1.pdf Civilization: The Age of Masked Gods and Disguised Kings]'' (2009) by Abdullah Öcalan | ||
* ''[https://libcom.org/files/ManifestoforaDemocraticCivilizationvol2.pdf Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings]'' (2008) by Abdullah Öcalan | * ''[https://libcom.org/files/ManifestoforaDemocraticCivilizationvol2.pdf Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings]'' (2008) by Abdullah Öcalan | ||
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*[https://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2017/08/23/bese-hozat The era for nation-states is over (interview with Besê Hozat)] | *[https://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2017/08/23/bese-hozat The era for nation-states is over (interview with Besê Hozat)] | ||
=== Wikipedia === | ===Wikipedia=== | ||
* [[w:Democratic_confederalism|Democratic Confederalism]] | * [[w:Democratic_confederalism|Democratic Confederalism]] | ||
* [[w:Abdullah_Öcalan|Abdullah Öcalan]] | * [[w:Abdullah_Öcalan|Abdullah Öcalan]] | ||
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* [[w:Free Women's Units|Free Women's Units]] | * [[w:Free Women's Units|Free Women's Units]] | ||
* [[w:Civil Protection Units|Civil Protection Units]] | * [[w:Civil Protection Units|Civil Protection Units]] | ||
===References=== | |||
<references/> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Portraits and Artwork=== | |||
<gallery widths="185"> | <gallery widths="185"> | ||
Kebab_Demconf.png|Original portrait | |||
Democratic confederalism.png|Older portrait | |||
Kebab_Demconf.png|Original | </gallery> | ||
Democratic confederalism.png|Older | |||
Countribol.png| | ====Alternative variants==== | ||
<gallery widths="185"> | |||
Countribol.png|Kurdistan | |||
Dawronoye.png|Dawronoye | |||
Dawronoyeimage.png|Dawronoye | Dawronoyeimage.png|Dawronoye | ||
Dawronoye_flag.png|Dawronoye flag design | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Comics=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Fruitrollupgod-Assad.png|"Assad stayed... If only the others could too." by u/fruitrollupgod, [https://www.reddit.com/r/Polcompball/comments/n526ua/assad_stayed_if_only_the_others_could_too/ Source] | |||
2021.png|"Syria 2021" , by (...) | |||
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{{Navbox/Socialists}} | {{Navbox/Socialists}} | ||
{{Navbox/Libertarians}} | {{Navbox/Libertarians}} | ||
[[Category:Culturally Left]] | [[Category:Culturally Left]] | ||
[[Category:Democratic]] | [[Category:Democratic]] | ||
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[[Category:Revolutionary Nationalist]] | [[Category:Revolutionary Nationalist]] | ||
[[Category:Internationalists]] | [[Category:Internationalists]] | ||
[[pl:Demokratyczny konfederalizm]] | [[pl:Demokratyczny konfederalizm]] | ||
[[zh:民主邦联主义]] | [[zh:民主邦联主义]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:19, 12 June 2023
Democratic Confederalism is a 
libertarian-left, 
culturally progressive ideology and political system coined by Kurdish politician Abdullah Öcalan that currently exists in Rojava, a de facto autonomous region in northern Syria.
Democratic Confederalism believes in a system of administrative councils elected by the people that allow local communities to exercise autonomous control over their assets while linking to other communities via a network of confederal councils. Private property is abolished, in favor of "property of use" which lets individuals use infrastructure and land, but restricts them from turning it into a private enterprise. They greatly value the principles of 
Direct Democracy, 
Environmentalism, 
Third-World Feminism , 
Multiculturalism, and voluntary self-defense. Another core part of the ideology is the critique of 
Nationalism and nation-states as a concept. It seeks to establish a "Democratic Nation" to destroy nation-statism which is multicultural, decentralized, and destroys capitalist profit accumulation.
They take heavy inspiration from 
Libertarian Municipalism.
Beliefs
Jineology
Jineology, also called the science of women/women's science, is a form of feminism advocated for by Abdullah Öcalan, the representative leader of the PKK. As according to Him, he believes that a country can't be free unless the women are free, and that the level of woman's freedom determines the level of freedom in society at a larger scale. Since the very beginning of the PKK, Öcalan has emphasized the ability of women to fight alongside their male comrades. Roughly 40% of the PKK's fighting force is made up of women and there is an all women's branch of the PKK known as the Free Women's Units (YJA-STAR). In the AANES, there is the female wing of the People's Defense Units (YPG) Women's Defense Units (YPJ) which is similar to YJA-STAR. In the AANES, they also attempt to make women on an equal status to men. Every elected council is required to have one male and one female representative, and the ideas of Jineology are taught in High School there.
Anti-Capitalism
Öcalan views capitalism as a destructive system that leads to authoritarianism, persecution of women, ecological destruction, and imperialist wars. His proposed solution is a system without profit accumulation or the profit motive. While Öcalan has stated he is not against markets, his proposed system is very different to that of 
Market Socialism. His system involves a mix of bartering and local democratic planning.
Democratic Nation
Another crucial part of Democratic Confederalism is Öcalan's idea of Democratic Nation, along with his critique of nation-states and Nationalism. Öcalan sees the modern nation-state as a manifestation of capitalism and state power. He compares Nationalism to a religion and sees the nation-state as the god of the religion. His solution to the issue of nation-states is to create a "Democratic Nation" with his other ideas that rather than promoting nationalism, promote ethic unity, Multiculturalism, and opposition to 
Imperialism
Social Ecology
History
In Turkey (Bakur region) 
The 
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was initially established in 1978 as a liberation movement that used 
Marxist–Leninist ideals. As the party became less radical over time, Abdullah Öcalan, one of its founders, drifted further from the organization and began looking for a form of 
socialism that was more distant from the authoritarian characteristics of the Soviet Union. When he was captured and arrested by Turkey in 1999, he worked further on the Kurdish question using his access to numerous western philosophical texts. He eventually came across the works of Murray Bookchin, Friedrich Nietzsche, and many other philosophers, using them to create a new form of 
democratic socialism called democratic confederalism. In 2005, Öcalan published his first work, titled Declaration of Democratic Confederalism in Kurdistan, which laid out the foundations of his new ideology. Soon after, the PKK adopted his program and sought to put his concept into full effect. A new organization with the goals of spreading Democratic Confederalism was soon created after words known as the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK). The PKK has since fought with the Turkish military in the Qandil Mountains in Iraq and attacked Turkish police, military, civilians, and mosques inside the country as an internationally-designated terrorist organization[1]. There were multiple attempts at peace deals and in 2013 a ceasefire was declared. This however did not last long as in 2015 12 PKK members were killed trying to cross the Iraqi border by the Turkish military and 
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria did a bombing in Suruç, which the PKK accused the Turkish government of either helping or being complicit in. Since then the clashes have resumed and the fighting between the HPG (People's Defense Forces, PKK's armed wing) and the Turkish military in Northern Iraq and many on both sides have been killed.
In Syria (Rojava region) 
Many political parties came together with the intention of bringing the ideals of democratic confederalism across Kurdistan. The Syrian Civil War brought an opportunity to the Democratic Union Party (PYD) to declare autonomy over Rojava, which soon became an autonomous region that implemented a democratic confederalist government, which is currently identified a libertarian socialist federated semi-direct democracy. The PYD's armed wing People's Protection Units (YPG), engaged in many battles with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) the most important of which being the siege of Kobanê and the battle of Raqqa. The PYD being linked to the PKK lead to Turkey invading into many areas they controlled, including Afrin. A new guerrilla group was then created there known as the Afrin Liberation Forces (HRE) which has carried out numerous attacks against the Turkish military
In Iran (Rojhilat region) 
An armed Kurdish rebel group in Iran known as PJAK lead by Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi first attacked the Iranian military in 2004. They were originally a student movement that was inspired by 
Iraqi Kurdistan and the PKK, but soon became a more militant movement after Iran began cracking down on them more. They are based in the Qandil mountains, just like the PKK. Iranian funded media has long accused PJAK of being funded by 
the US and 
Israel, but they have always denied the allegations, and in an interview with Today's Zaman, a PJAK spokesperson said they will attack American interests as well as Turkish and Iranian ones. In 2009, PJAK was designated as terrorist by the US. The conflict has been relatively calm since 2015 but recently some clashes between the Iranian forces and PJAK have broken out leaving some dead on both sides. PJAK holds the same Democratic Confederalist beliefs as the PKK does and hopes to create a federal and democratic Iran
Variants
Dawronoye
Dawronoye (Syriac: ܕܘܪܢܝܐ, meaning something along the lines of "progressive" or "revolutionary") is an Assyrian Nationalist, Libertarian Socialist ideology. It originates from the Beth-Nahrin National Council or MUB (Syriac:
ܡܘܬܒܐ ܐܘܡܬܝܐ ܕܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ) (formerly Beth-Nahrin Freedom Party or GHB (Syriac:
ܓܒܐ ܕܚܐܪܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ) which has always had close ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party. It is nowadays linked to the Syriac Union Party (SUP) (Syriac:
ܓܒܐ ܕܚܘܝܕܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ) in Rojava and its armed wing, the Syriac Military Council (MFS) (Syriac:
ܡܘܬܒܐ ܦܘܠܚܝܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ)
It remains controversial among Assyrians with some seeing them as puppets of the PYD who they see as not actually caring about them, and other seeing them as brave fighters for the Assyrian homeland
They are against the Assyrian/Syriac/Aramean/Chaldean name divide among their people and use both the Assyrian and Syriac/Aramean flags and they view the divide among the names their people use is only a way to further divide them
Regarding Syrian Civil War politics, The Dawronoye Syriac Union Party, has been known to be Pro-Syrian-Federalism, and was apart of the 
National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change alongside the PYD, which is a broadly left-wing, moderate opposition group to 
Assad, who claim to promote "peacefully resolving the crisis through dialogue, to achieve a safe and peaceful transition from despotism to democracy" Because of this, they are typically seen by more radical opposition groups as a front for Assad rather than as a legitimate rebel group despite their open support to the FSA.
How to Draw
- Draw a ball
- Color in a green background and make it the same color as the KCK flag
- Draw a yellow sun with 21 rays going around it and draw 21 smaller rays in between the larger 21 rays
- Add a red star in the center of that sun
- Draw the eyes
- Optional props:
- An assault rifle, like an AK-47
- A headband, depicting nature
...and you're done!
| Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow | #FFCC00 | 255, 204, 0 | |
| Red | #FF0000 | 255, 0, 0 | |
| Green | #008000 | 0, 128, 0 | |
Relationships
Friends
Eco-Anarchism - While we have small debates about how socialism should save the environment, we're actually pretty chill.
Feminism - Smash the patriarchy!
Minarcho-Socialism - They're very similar to my ideology.
Libertarian Municipalism - My parent and main inspiration.
Libertarian Socialism - We are literally the same!
Hoxhaism - Even if we disagree on a lot you're still very helpful and one of the only authoritarian leftists who's willing to support me.
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism - Another AuthLeft who helps me!
Neozapatismo - Similar to me, but from Mexico. Based!
Gaddafism - Thanks for funding me and supporting my cause, although you could cool it on the religion.
Post-Colonial Anarchism - He is very close to me. Based!
Socialist Feminism - Glad we set up the Women's Protection Units and Free Women's Units together. We scared off those Jihadists who thought women could never fight.
Guevarism - You were our strongest inspiration.- Dawronoye - My good Assyrian friend. He's a bit too nationalistic but overall very based.
Socialism - To insist on socialism means to insist on being human.
Northern Democratic Brigade - Though I try to stay neutral in Syrian civil war politics, thanks for seeing me as a good alternative to the current Syrian political system, and fighting the 
SNA alongside us as well as flying those Öcalan flags which was beyond based.
Frenemies
Ba'athism - Filthy authoritarian and I still hate him, but saved me from that invader.- Non-Allied-FSA/Opposition - I never wanted to side with Him but why did you rebels have to ally with
? We have worked together with some of you in the past though and some of you even helped form the SDF with us. But I still won't forgive your Turkish-allied factions for taking Afrin from us though with Neo-Ottomanism. 
Kurdish Nationalism - Based Kurdish comrade. But even while useful for promoting the liberty of Kurds, Öcalan isn't the biggest fan of the nationalist ideology and us identifying ourselves with such beliefs.
Marxism–Leninism - We're supposed to be on the same side, why do you support Assad over me? Why won't you accept me?
Putinism - Similar to above, thanks for calling for my inclusion in the Geneva III peace talks on Syria, And sending my support after 
he left me, But you keep supporting Assad over me also you are pretty conservative and authoritarian for my taste better than 
Kemalism tho.
Arab Socialism - I like your socialist ideology and you dedication to anti-imperialism in the Middle East, but why did you try to Arabize Kurds when you controlled Rojava?
Marxism - It is now sufficiently clear that even the socialism—or sociology—of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, which emerged as the opposing worldview, is a very vulgar interpretation of society. In spite of all claims of opposing it, they could not escape serving capitalism—even more so than its official ideology, liberalism. This is sufficiently clear from the trends, movements, and state systems of real socialism, 
Social Democracy, and 
national liberation. Despite their highly noble traditions of struggle, if the above mentioned trends and movements, while acting in the name of oppressed classes and nations, have found themselves in this situation, this is closely related to their knowledge structures. The knowledge structures that they rely on—both in their positive and negative aspects—have produced overall results that have contradicted their intentions. These outcomes would not have emerged so easily if there were not a chain of serious flaws and mistakes in their fundamental paradigm and structures.- Separatism - In the solution to the Kurdish question, too, the path that is meaningful and consistent is the one that does not rely on separatism and that accepts democratic autonomy. All other paths will either lead to a postponement of problems, and therefore to a deepening of the impasse, or to violent conflict and separation.
But I used to support you and a lot of my supporters still do. 
Neoconservatism - NATO has never stood for democracy, it has only ever fought against the forces of freedom, democracy, and socialism. Even so, out of pragmatism, I have to say thanks for funding me in Syria and Turkey though you still abandoned thanks to Trump and you actively support Turkey against me.
Enemies
- Trumpism - He stopped supporting me, and instead started supporting Turkey.
- Neo-Ottomanism - Invaded me to do ethnic cleansing, and is basically the new ISIS. And you also turned the Scandinavians against me! F*ck you!
- Jihadism - The old ISIS, of course, is even worse. HAHA! WOMENS PROTECTION UNITS AND FREE WOMEN'S UNITS GO BRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
Third Way - Assisted in the capture of Öcalan and declared the PKK a terrorist organization!
Turkish Idealism - Has done too many crimes against Kurds and leftists to count!
KDP - You're not even a nation-state, you're just a parasite.
Nationalism - Even though some of my Kurdish and other minority allies like you, assuming that we would compare the nation-state to a living god then nationalism would be the correspondent religion.
Khomeinism - FUCK YOU! PJAK WILL LIBERATE ROJHILAT AND IRAN FROM YOUR TYRANNY!
Zionism - Palestine has always played a huge role in our struggle- Syrian National Army - FILTHY TURKISH PUPPETS!
- Kemalism - We must fight the Kemalist elite.
Capitalism - Peace cannot be made until capitalist modernity has been destroyed.
Imperialism - You divided up the Middle East and caused all of its issues in the first place!
Nordic Model - I still don't get why would Ottomanists claim you had something to do with me. You fought against me from the start.- Islamic Theocracy - Fuck Saudi Arabia, the Al-Sanadid Forces will destroy you!
Ethnopluralism - This is the logical conclusion of the nation-state system, a fascist system based on the separation of peoples into small, homogeneous nation-states.
Liberalism - The real power of capitalist modernity is not its money or its weapons; its real power lies in its ability to suffocate all utopias - including the socialist utopia which is the last and the most powerful of all - with its liberalism.
National Liberalism - Embracing fascism to protect western "democracy" political order.
Further Information
Websites
- KCK official English website
- PKK official English website
- PYD official English website
- Firat News Agency English
- Hawar News Agency English
Literature
- Civilization: The Age of Masked Gods and Disguised Kings (2009) by Abdullah Öcalan
- Capitalism: The Age of Unmasked Gods and Naked Kings (2008) by Abdullah Öcalan
- The Sociology of Freedom (2009) by Abdullah Öcalan
- The Philosophy of Social Ecology (1995) by Murray Bookchin
- Declaration of Democratic Confederalism in Kurdistan (2005) by Abdullah Öcalan
- Democratic Confederalism (2011) by Abdullah Öcalan
- Liberating Life: Woman's Revolution (2013) by Abdullah Öcalan
- Democratic Nation (2016) by Abdullah Öcalan
Videos
- Jineology: Feminism & Patriarchy In The Middle East by Saint Andrewism
- What is Democratic Confederalism? by Everything About Kurdistan
- How Anarchist Government Works (Democratic Confederalism) by RE-EDUCATION
Interviews and news
- PKK Youth Fight for Autonomy in Turkey (Vice News)
- From Grief Over Kobane To Chaos: Istanbul's Kurdish Riots (Vice News)
- An Interview with PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan (Journeyman Pictures)
- Rojava: Syria's Unknown War (Vice)
- The era for nation-states is over (interview with Besê Hozat)
Wikipedia
- Democratic Confederalism
- Abdullah Öcalan
- Murat Karayılan
- Sakine Cansız
- Cemîl Bayik
- Besê Hozat
- Mustafa Karasu
- Rojava
- Kurdistan Communities Union
- Movement for a Democratic Society
- Jineology
- Kurdistan Workers' Party
- Democratic Union Party
- Kurdistan Free Life Party
- People's Protection Units
- Women's Protection Units
- People's Defense Forces
- Free Women's Units
- Civil Protection Units
References
- ↑ "List of designated terrorist groups", Wikipedia.org.
Gallery
Portraits and Artwork
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Original portrait
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Older portrait
Alternative variants
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Kurdistan
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Dawronoye
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Dawronoye
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Dawronoye flag design
Comics
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"Assad stayed... If only the others could too." by u/fruitrollupgod, Source
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"Syria 2021" , by (...)
 Feminists - Fighting sexism 
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Environmentalists - Green hills and blue sky 
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Environmentalism •  Eco-Capitalism •  Eco-Socialism •  Eco-Anarchism •  Eco-Conservatism •  Green Liberalism •  Green Libertarianism •  Eco-Nationalism
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