by Duran Kalkan, member of the executive council of KCK in an interview with Kurdistan Report. How can we understand democratic autonomy or democratic confederalism? Is it a system that is regionally specific, only suitable to address the situation of the Kurds? I can explain democratic autonomy by giving a historical overview, as follows: the earlier concept of non-state society later became known as civil society, and stood for democratic achievements. Certain sections of s

On October 30th, members of the Comité Lêgerîn Abya Yala gathered for a collaborative project in Guarani Kaiowá ancestral territory, recovered from the hands of large landowners in the region of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil). The objective of this project was to commemorate five years of resistance in this tekoha - as the Guarani Kaiowá refer to their ancestral territories, meaning "place where we can realise our way of life." This resistance has taken form through co

Question : How can we understand democratic autonomy or democratic confederalism? Is it a system that is regionally specific, only suitable to address the situation of the Kurds? I can explain democratic autonomy by giving a historical overview, as follows: the earlier concept of non-state society later became known as civil society, and stood for democratic achievements. Certain sections of society have won certain economic and democratic rights by various forms of self-orga