I'm reading the Political Thought of Abdullah Öcalan currently and I'm quite fond of his use of the word "democratic."

We too often refer to the US and other capitalist states as democratic. But representative republics are not democracy. They do not represent the people.

At the local level, communities have little autonomy. At the higher level, elections and voting crush all but the majority. In the US, even if our system worked and the vote was properly representative, power would not rest with the people.

Communal organization, systems of consensus, confederal methods of organizing; these are all tools to becoming more democratic. Not "representative democracy"

#Democracy #AbdullahOcalan #DemocraticConfederalism #Rojava #USA #Politics #Representation #Socialism #Anarchism

#freedomforocalan #freeapo #freiheit #abdullahocalan #imrali #folter #isolation #verbotaufheben

@Nadinabbott - if your interested a great example of anarchist principles in action is in many of the organisations in Rojava Syria. Where hierarchy has been replaced with councils. In the war against IS people agree someone needs to be in charge but that role isn’t static. It can be swapped out. We could learn a lot from their system that has endured since 2012. #DemocraticConfederalism #AbdullahOcalan #MurrayBookchin #Anarchism

Internationalists and #Kurdish Youth in Dresden in the streets for the Freedom of #AbdullahOcalan and in defense of the #Revolution in #Kurdistan last night!

Turchia, l`opposizione dell`Hdp va a congresso nonostante le migliaia di incarcerazioni e il rischio di messa al bando - Il Fatto Quotidiano #AbdullahOcalan #Erdogan #Turchia #3luglio https://parliamodi.news/article/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaWxmYXR0b3F1b3RpZGlhbm8uaXQvMjAyMi8wNy8wMy90dXJjaGlhLWxvcHBvc2l6aW9uZS1kZWxsaGRwLXZhLWEtY29uZ3Jlc3NvLW5vbm9zdGFudGUtbGUtbWlnbGlhaWEtZGktaW5jYXJjZXJhemlvbmktZS1pbC1yaXNjaGlvLWRpLW1lc3NhLWFsLWJhbmRvLzY2NDg1MTQv

On the occasion of the 73rd birthday of the Kurdish leader #AbdullahOcalan on April 4, who has been in prison since January 1999, we demand the immediate end of his isolation and call for his freedom.
"Freedom for Öcalan!". On behalf @obloque #freeocalan

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/anamirandapaz/status/1510970876254113796

AZIONE URGENTE PER LA VITA DI ÖCALAN http://www.rifondazione.it/primapagina/?p=46063 #paceeinternazionalismo #AbdullahOcalan #Primapagina

Appel pour la libération du meneur kurde Abdullah Ocalan, pour la paix en Turquie et au Moyen-Orient !
http://www.cnt-f.org/cnt31/spip.php?article1239
#libérationAbdullahOcalan #AbdullahOcalan #paixTurquie #Turquie #paixMoyenOrient #MoyenOrient #paix #CentreDémocratiqueKurdeToulouse #CentreDémocratiqueKurde #CDK #fr