The statist paradigm as the cause of the Middle East conflict

Cemil Bayık, Co-Chair of the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union (KCK) Based on Abdullah Öcalan’s conception of history, which goes beyond the statist (1) paradigm and looks at historical developments from the perspective of a socialist paradigm, Cemil Bayık analyses the current situation in the Middle East and in particular the Arab-Jewish question and uses it…

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Kurdistan and the Middle East: Developments and Prospects for a Democratic Solution

The Gaza war has shaken the political balance in the Middle East. ADM analyses the latest developments in the region and outlines prospects for democratic solutions. With the ongoing war in Gaza and Israel since the beginning of October 2023, the so-called “Middle East conflict” has once again moved to the centre of international public…

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Autonomous organisation as a principle of women’s liberation

Women organise themselves autonomously within Kurdistan Liberation Movement. What is behind it and how does it work? Çiğdem Doğu (KJK) explains the ideological and structural approach of the Kurdish women’s liberation movement. Çiğdem Doğu, a coordinating member of the KJK (Kurdistan Women’s Community), spoke in a programme on Jin TV about the “organising” aspect of…

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The challenge of democratizing national liberation struggles in the Philippines

In the following, we publish an interview with Sarah Raymundo from the organisation BAYAN in the Philippines about the political situation on the ground and the prospects for resistance. Could you present yourself and your organization? My name is Sarah Raymundo. I am an Assistant Professor at the Center for International Studies of the University…

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Review: The “Art of Freedom”-Conference organised by the Academy of Democratic Modernity

The Art of Freedom: Strategies for organising & collective resistance / Event-Film of the Conference Over 180 people from 5 continents, 30 countries, and various organisations, movements and parties travelled to Basel from 17 to 19 November for the conference entitled “The Art of Freedom – Strategies for organising and collective resistance”, convened by the…

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The Challenges of a Kurdish Ecofeminist Perspective: Maria Mies, Abdullah Öcalan, and the Praxis of Jineolojî

Abstract: Ecology, along with women’s liberation and radical democracy, is one of the major pillars of Democratic Confederalism, a new political paradigm developed by the Kurdish Freedom Movement through the voice of the PKK’s leader, Abdullah Öcalan. Scholars attribute the greening of the Kurdish agenda to the impact that the founder of Social Ecology, Murray…

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