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===[[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.

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

'''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:

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.

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*[[File:Aneco.png]] [[Eco-Anarchism]] - While we have small debates about how socialism should save the environment, we're actually pretty chill.

*[[File:Fem.png]] [[Feminism]] - Smash the patriarchy!

*[[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: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: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: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:Nalib.png]] [[National Liberalism]] - Embracing fascism to protect western "democracy" political order.

===Websites===

*[https://hawarnews.com/en/ Hawar News Agency English]

* ''[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://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2017/08/23/bese-hozat The era for nation-states is over (interview with Besê Hozat)]

* [[w:Democratic_confederalism|Democratic Confederalism]]

* [[w:Abdullah_Öcalan|Abdullah Öcalan]]

* [[w:Civil Protection Units|Civil Protection Units]]

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