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. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationFeminism, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationdirect democracy, and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationecology are also important to her, and the military is replaced by voluntary militias.
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How to draw
Here's how to draw Democratic Confederalism:
- Draw a ball
- Give it three horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: yellow (#FEF300), red (#F1121F) and green (#008642), the colours of the TEV-DEM flag.
- Draw a 5-pointed yellow star (same shade) in the middle of the red stripe.
- Draw the eyes
and you're done!
Relationships
Friends:
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationEco-Anarchism - While we have small debates about how anarchism should save the environment, we are actually pretty chill.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationMinarcho-Socialism - He is very similar to my ideology.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationLibertarian Socialism - We are literally the same, mom.
- Almost every other ideology in the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationLibleft quadrant
Frenemies
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationBa'athism - Filthy authoritarian and I still hate him, but saved me from Neo-Ottomanism
Enemies
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationNeoconservatism - He stopped supporting me, and instead started supporting Turkey.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationIslamic Theocracy (Neo-Ottomanism) - Invaded me for ethnic cleansing, and is basically the new ISIS.
Further reading
Books
- The Philosophy of Social Ecology (1995) by Murray Bookchin