Democratic Confederalism

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 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,  Feminism,  Multiculturalism, and voluntary self-defense.

They are the child of Bookchin Communalism and share many opinions with their parent. Their other parent is Libertarian Socialism, who they share a tone with.

History
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. 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.

How to Draw
Demconf_flag.svg Here's how to draw Democratic Confederalism: and you're done!
 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) Give it three horizontal stripes, from top to bottom: yellow, red and green, the colours of the TEV-DEM flag.
 * 3) Draw a 5-pointed yellow star (same shade) in the middle of the red stripe.
 * 4) Draw the eyes.

Friends

 * [[File: Aneco.png]] Eco-Anarchism - While we have small debates about how socialism should save the environment, but we're actually pretty chill.
 * [[File: Fem.png]] Feminism - Smash the patriarchy!
 * [[File: Minsocf.png]] Minarcho-Socialism - They're very similar to my ideology.
 * [[File: Bckchn.png]] Bookchin Communalism - My parent and main inspiration
 * [[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:Zapa.png]] Zapatism - Similar to me, but from Mexico. Based!
 * [[File:Gadda.png]] Gaddafism - Thanks for funding me and supporting my cause, although you could cool it on the religion and sexism

Frenemies

 * [[File: Baath.png]] Ba'athism - Filthy authoritarian and I still hate him, but saved me from [[File:Ottoman.png]] Neo-Ottomanism.
 * Islamic Democracy.png Islamic Democracy - I never wanted to side with [[File: Baath.png]] Him but why did you rebels have to ally with  [[File: Muslim 2.png]] [[File:Ottoman.png]] [[File: Jihad.png]] ? Some of you are comrades though!
 * [[File: ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - We're supposed to be on the same side, why do you support [[File:Baath.png]] Assad over me? Why won't you accept me?

Enemies

 * [[File: Trumpism.png]] Trumpism - He stopped supporting me, and instead started supporting Turkey.
 * [[File: Muslim 2.png]] Islamic Theocracy and [[File:Ottoman.png]] Neo-Ottomanism - Invaded me to do ethnic cleansing, and is basically the new ISIS.
 * [[File: Jihad.png]] Jihadism - The old ISIS, of course, is even worse.
 * [[File: 3way.png]] Third Way - Assisted in the capture of Öcalan and declared the PKK a terrorist organization!
 * [[File:Islamfash.png]] Islamic Fascism - Has done too many crimes against Kurds and leftists to count!

Literature

 * The Philosophy of Social Ecology (1995) by Murray Bookchin
 * Declaration of Democratic Confederalism in Kurdistan (2005) by Abdulah Öcalan
 * Democratic Confederalism (2011) by Abdulah Öcalan

Wikipedia

 * Democratic Confederalism
 * Abdullah Öcalan
 * Rojava
 * Movement for a Democratic Society
 * Jineology