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{{Ideology|title1 = [[File: Demcon.png]] Democratic Confederalism|image1 = Democratic confederalism.png|caption1 = Rojava is true socialism, Assad is a LARPer|aliases = Öcalanism
{{Ideology
|title = [[File:Demcon.png]] Democratic Confederalism
|image = [[File:New DemCon.png]]
|themecolor = #008000
|textcolor = #FFCC00
|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 [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)
|alignments =
[[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:Soc-h.png]] [[:Category:Socialists|Socialists]]<br>
[[File:Commie.png]] [[:Category:Communists|Communists]] <br>
[[File:LeftBert.png]] [[:Category:Libertarians|Libertarians]]<br>
[[File:Internation.png]] [[:Category:Internationalists|Internationalists]]<br>[[File:Postconan.png]] [[:Category:Anti-Colonial|Anti-Colonial]]<br>
[[File:Envi.png]] [[:Category:Environmentalists|Environmentalists]] <br> [[File:Dem.png]] [[:Category:Democratic|Democratic]] <br>
|theorists =
*[[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]] Türkiye/[[File:Kurdish.png]] Kurdish
*[[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]] Türkiye /[[File:Kurdish.png]] Kurdish
*[[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>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN7m6uGfCX8 The Internationale in Kurdish] <br>
[https://youtu.be/fusafqP-6lU Bazên Zagrosê] by Awazê Çiya <br>
[https://youtu.be/ALGB53QUBMA Nivişta Gerîla] by Mehmûd Berazî <br>
[https://youtu.be/V7aFCiduX_0 Beritan] by Sîpan Xelat <br>
[https://youtu.be/W1R3AJl17iU Ev Der Heftanîn e] by Awazê Çiya <br>
[https://youtu.be/VTn8UwgTLcE Oramar] by Awazê Çiya <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=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
|influences=
[[File:Ancom.png]] [[Anarcho-Communism]]<br>
[[File:AntiErdogan.png]] Anti-Erdoganism<br>
[[File:AntiTurk.png]] Anti-Turkey<br>
[[File:Anti-Iran.png]] Anti-Iran<br>
[[File:Anticap.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Capitalism}} <br>
[[File:Antiimp.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Imperialism}} <br>
[[File:Anti-Nationalist.png]] Anti-Nationalism<br>
[[File:Confed.png]] [[Confederalism]] <br>
[[File:Demsocstar.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]] <br>
[[File:Directdem.png]] [[Democracy#Direct Democracy|Direct Democracy]] <br>
[[File:Envi.png]] [[Environmentalism]] <br>
[[File:Frankfurt.png]] [[Frankfurt School]] <br>
[[File:Guevara.png]] [[Guevarism]] <br>
[[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]] <br>
[[File:Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]]<br>
[[File:Multicult.png]] [[Multiculturalism]] <br>
[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] (Disowned)<br>
[[File:Nietzsche.png]] [[mh:philosophyball:Nietzscheanism|Nietzscheanism]] <br>
[[File:Postconan.png]] [[Post-Colonial Anarchism]]<br>
[[File:PostColFem.png]] [[Postcolonial Feminism]]
|examples= *[[File:Rojava.png]] The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria under the control of the Democratic Union Party (2012-Present)
*Territory controlled by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (2005-Present)
|variants=
|region=
[[File:Dawronoyeicon.png]] '''Dawronoye''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:Fed.png]] [[Federalism]]<br>
*[[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]]<br>
*[[File:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism]]<br>
*[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism|Revolutionary Socialism]]<br>
*[[File:Secular.png]] [[Secularism]]<br>
*[[File:Sep.png]] [[Separatism]]
}}
}}
'''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.


DemCon
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.


Apoism|family = [[File:Bckchn.png]][[Bookchin Communalism]] (father)<br>
They take heavy inspiration from [[File:Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]].
[[File:Libsoc.png]][[Libertarian Socialism]] (mother)<br>
[[File:Confed.png]][[Confederalism]] (second step cousin twice removed)|quadrant(s) = [[File:Libleft.png]] [[:Category:Libertarian Left|LibLeft]]<br>
[[File:Prgess.png]] [[:Category:Culturally Left|Cultural left]]|birthPlace = Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan)|species = Ideology|deathDate = |birthDate = 2005}}'''Democratic Confederalism''' is a left-libertarian, 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 favour of "property of use" which lets individuals use infrastructure and land, but restricts them from turning it into a private enterprise. [[File:Fem.png]][[Feminism|Feminism]], [[File:Dem.png]][[Democracy|direct democracy]], and [[File:Envi.png]][[Environmentalism|ecology]] are also important to her, and the military is replaced by voluntary militias.


She is the child of [[File:Bckchn.png]][[Bookchin Communalism]] and shares many opinions with her father. Her mother is [[File:Libsoc.png]][[Libertarian Socialism]], who she is also very similar to.
==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 [[File:Marketsoc.png]] [[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 [[File:Nation.png]] [[Nationalism]]. Öcalan sees the modern nation-state as a manifestation of capitalism and state power. He compares [[File:Nation.png]] [[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, [[File:Multicult.png]] [[Multiculturalism]], and opposition to [[File:Imp.png]] [[Imperialism]]
 
===Social Ecology===
 
==History==
===[[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-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]]===
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 [[File:Cball-Isis.png]] [[Jihadism|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
 
===[[File:Pjak.png]] In Iran (Rojhilat region) [[File:Cball-Iran.png]]===
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==
===[[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:
ܡܘܬܒܐ ܐܘܡܬܝܐ ܕܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ) (formerly Beth-Nahrin Freedom Party or GHB (Syriac:
ܓܒܐ ܕܚܐܪܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ) which has always had close ties to the [[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] [[Democratic Confederalism|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 [[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==
{{Flag|Demconflagnew.png}}


== How to draw ==
Here's how to draw Democratic Confederalism:
# Draw a ball
# Draw a ball
# Give it three horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: yellow (#FEF300), red (#F1121F) and green (#008642), The colours on the Rojava flag.
# Color in a green background and make it the same color as the KCK flag
# Draw a 5-pointed yellow star (same shade) in the middle of the red stripe.
# 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 y
# '''Optional props:'''
you're done!
## An assault rifle, like an AK-47
## A headband, depicting nature
...and you're done!


== Relationships ==
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=== Friends: ===
==Relationships==
* [[File:Aneco.png]][[Eco-Anarchism]] - While we have small debates about how anarchism should save the environment, we are actually pretty chill.
===Friends===
* [[File:Minsocf.png]][[Minarcho-Socialism]] - He is very similar to my ideology.
*[[File:Aneco.png]] [[Eco-Anarchism]] - While we have small debates about how socialism should save the environment, we're actually pretty chill.
* [[File:Libsoc.png]][[Libertarian Socialism]] - We are literally the same, mom.
*[[File:Fem.png]] [[Feminism]] - Smash the patriarchy!
* Almost every other ideology in the [[File:Libleft.png]][[:Category:Libertarian Left|Libleft]] quadrant
*[[File:Minsocf.png]] [[Minarcho-Socialism]] - They're very similar to my ideology.
=== Frenemies ===
*[[File:Bckchn.png]] [[Libertarian Municipalism]] - My parent and main inspiration.
* [[File:Baath.png]][[Ba'athism ]] - Filthy authoritarian and I still hate him, but saved me from Erdoğanismball.
*[[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]] - We are literally the same!
=== Enemies ===
*[[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:Necon.png]][[Neoconservatism]] - He stopped supporting me, and instead started supporting Turkey.
*[[File:MLM.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism–Maoism]] - Another AuthLeft who helps me!
* [[Islamofascismball]] - Boy, I am glad that I helped to defeat him in northern Syria.
*[[File:Zapa.png]] [[Neozapatismo]] - Similar to me, but from Mexico. Based!
* [[File:Muslim 2.png]][[Islamic Theocracy]] - [[File:Plcn2.png]][[Paleoconservatism]] ([[Neo-Ottomanism]]) - Invaded me for ethnic cleansing, and is basically the new ISIS.
*[[File:Gaddafi.png]] [[Gaddafism]] - Thanks for funding me and supporting my cause, although you could cool it on the religion.
*[[File:Postconan.png]] [[Post-Colonial Anarchism]] - He is very close to me. Based!
*[[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:dawronoyeicon.png]] [[Separatism|Dawronoye]] - My good Assyrian friend. He's a bit too nationalistic but overall very based.
*[[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.


== Further reading<nowiki/> ==
===Frenemies===
Social ecology by Murray Bookchin
*[[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|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: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]] - 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: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:Sep.png]] [[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. <s>But I used to support you and a lot of my supporters still do.</s>
*[[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.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_%C3%96calan#Democratic_confederalism
===Enemies===
*[[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: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: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: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:Khom.png]] [[Khomeinism]] - FUCK YOU! [[File:Pjak.png]] PJAK WILL LIBERATE ROJHILAT AND IRAN FROM YOUR TYRANNY!
*[[File:Zio.png]] [[Zionism]] - [https://vimeo.com/553729102 Palestine has always played a huge role in our struggle]
*[[File:Cball-FSA.png]] [[National Liberalism|Syrian National Army]] - FILTHY TURKISH PUPPETS!
*[[File:Kemal.png]] [[Kemalism]] - We must fight the Kemalist elite.
*[[File:Cap.png]] [[Capitalism]] - Peace cannot be made until capitalist modernity has been destroyed.
*[[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: 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, 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 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 to protect western "democracy" political order.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rojava
==Further Information==


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Bookchin#Social_ecology
===Websites===
*[https://kck-info.com/ KCK official English website]
*[https://pkk-online.com/en/ PKK official English website]
**[https://www.hezenparastine.com/eng/ HPG official English website]
**[https://www.yjastar.com/ku/ YJA-STAR official Kurdish website]
*[https://pydrojava.org/english/ PYD official English website]
**[https://sdf-press.com/en/ SDF official English website]
**[https://www.ypgrojava.org/english YPG official English website]
**[https://ypjrojava.net/en/ YPJ official English website]
*[https://anfenglish.com Firat News Agency English]
*[https://hawarnews.com/en/ Hawar News Agency English]
 
===Literature===
* ''[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/sociology_of_freedom_9781629637730.pdf The Sociology of Freedom]'' (2009) by Abdullah Öcalan
* ''[https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray-bookchin-the-philosophy-of-social-ecology-1 The Philosophy of Social Ecology]'' (1995) by Murray Bookchin
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160929163726/http://www.freemedialibrary.com/index.php/Declaration_of_Democratic_Confederalism_in_Kurdistan Declaration of Democratic Confederalism in Kurdistan]'' (2005) by Abdullah Öcalan
* ''[http://www.freeocalan.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Ocalan-Democratic-Confederalism.pdf Democratic Confederalism]'' (2011) by Abdullah Öcalan
* ''[https://www.freeocalan.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/liberating-Lifefinal.pdf Liberating Life: Woman's Revolution]'' (2013) by Abdullah Öcalan
* ''[http://ocalanbooks.com/downloads/democratic-nation.pdf Democratic Nation]'' (2016) by Abdullah Öcalan
 
===Videos===
*[https://youtu.be/h-U6g89YBRA Jineology: Feminism & Patriarchy In The Middle East] by [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN__G2hSqRKuqedN3M0JCDg Saint Andrewism]
*[https://youtu.be/ZVSyOoP_gxQ What is Democratic Confederalism?] by [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj5y4inJudQKHRxQDq4KpIw Everything About Kurdistan]
*[https://youtu.be/A75IOK1zLvk How Anarchist Government Works (Democratic Confederalism)] by [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC02Mk2QHR9myF3VMrVYbCAA RE-EDUCATION]
 
===Interviews and news===
*[https://youtu.be/Bwe4msjHCXs PKK Youth Fight for Autonomy in Turkey] (Vice News)
*[https://youtu.be/uTA0xqTkyCo From Grief Over Kobane To Chaos: Istanbul's Kurdish Riots] (Vice News)
*[https://youtu.be/cMfJRnWu52Y An Interview with PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan] (Journeyman Pictures)
*[https://youtu.be/p2zxlFQxkQ4 Rojava: Syria's Unknown War] (Vice)
*[https://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2017/08/23/bese-hozat The era for nation-states is over (interview with Besê Hozat)]
 
===Wikipedia===
* [[w:Democratic_confederalism|Democratic Confederalism]]
* [[w:Abdullah_Öcalan|Abdullah Öcalan]]
* [[w:Murat_Karayılan|Murat Karayılan]]
* [[w:Sakine Cansız|Sakine Cansız]]
* [[w:Cemîl_Bayik|Cemîl Bayik]]
* [[w:Hülya_Oran|Besê Hozat]]
* [[w:Mustafa_Karasu|Mustafa Karasu]]
* [[w:Rojava|Rojava]]
* [[w:Kurdistan_Communities_Union|Kurdistan Communities Union]]
* [[w:Movement_for_a_Democratic_Society|Movement for a Democratic Society]]
* [[w:Jineology|Jineology]]
* [[w:Kurdistan_Workers'_Party|Kurdistan Workers' Party]]
* [[w:Democratic_Union_Party_(Syria)|Democratic Union Party]]
* [[w:Kurdistan_Free_Life_Party|Kurdistan Free Life Party]]
* [[w:People's_Protection_Units|People's Protection Units]]
* [[w:Women's_Protection_Units|Women's Protection Units]]
* [[w:People's Defense Forces|People's Defense Forces]]
* [[w:Free Women's Units|Free Women's Units]]
* [[w:Civil Protection Units|Civil Protection Units]]
 
===References===
<references/>
 
==Gallery==
===Portraits and Artwork===
<gallery widths="185">
Kebab_Demconf.png|Original portrait
Democratic confederalism.png|Older portrait
</gallery>
 
====Alternative variants====
<gallery widths="185">
Countribol.png|Kurdistan
Dawronoye.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 (...)
</gallery>
 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcha-feminism[[Category:Libertarian Left]]
[[Category:Culturally Left]]
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[[Category:Status Quo]]
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[[Category:Internationalists]]
 
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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

Flag of Democratic Confederalism
  1. Draw a ball
  2. Color in a green background and make it the same color as the KCK flag
  3. Draw a yellow sun with 21 rays going around it and draw 21 smaller rays in between the larger 21 rays
  4. Add a red star in the center of that sun
  5. Draw the eyes
  6. Optional props:
    1. An assault rifle, like an AK-47
    2. 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

Literature

Videos

Interviews and news

Wikipedia

References

  1. ↑ "List of designated terrorist groups", Wikipedia.org.

Gallery

Portraits and Artwork

  • Original portrait

    Original portrait

  • Older portrait

    Older portrait

Alternative variants

  • Kurdistan

    Kurdistan

  • Dawronoye

    Dawronoye

  • Dawronoye

    Dawronoye

  • Dawronoye flag design

    Dawronoye flag design

Comics

  • "Assad stayed... If only the others could too." by u/fruitrollupgod, Source

    "Assad stayed... If only the others could too." by u/fruitrollupgod, Source

  • "Syria 2021" , by (...)

    "Syria 2021" , by (...)

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