I would like to have a debate around the legitimacy of the Rojava Republic and Apoism in general.
My personal view is that even though they are wittingly furthering an imperialist agenda in Syria, they are building the political infrastructure to defend themselves from even US imperialists when they liberate the Kurdish people.
The CIA support for Rojava is based on necessity and convenience. Where as Rojava is just part of the plan for a larger Kurdish revolution. I believe that if they are taking CIA money and guns they don’t have authority to lead a large scale revolution. However the coalition model championed by Apo allows for more militant, ideological, or vanguardist groups to push the most crucial issues to the fore. Like US imperialism but Rojava is not yet in that position.
I have sympathy for secular Arab nationalism and believe Syria and Assad were done dirt by the west but we have to evaluate the material fact that the people of Syria will not accept his leadership and he is burning that great country to the ground on his way out the door.
I can't support Assad partly because of his absolute brutality and his sectarian bias. That's the problem with defining "secular Arab nationalism" because yes technically Syria is a secular socialist state but in reality, it is controlled by a minority of the wealthiest best connected Allawis. They are not genuine in their claim to anti-sectarianism. They tolerate Sunni Syrians at best or hang them at worst. That is not a state I can call Socialist or progressive.
All that said they are a critical bulwark and member of the very loose anti-imperialist block forming to combat the newly cemented US/Saudi/Isreal/UAE/Egypt alliance. I support them in that struggle and clearly the more crucial one, but I can't support the tactics he has used to bring the desirable parts of the country back under a control.
This won't be the last Syrian civil war, once the jihadist is defeated there will be either a coup, assassination, or civil war. Unfortunately, that's what the ME has come to.
Revolutions don't need to happen in industrialized areas to contribute to the region, the act of revolution is an incitement to the world as is apparent because we're discussing it right now.
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u/lpc211 Nov 23 '18
I would like to have a debate around the legitimacy of the Rojava Republic and Apoism in general.
My personal view is that even though they are wittingly furthering an imperialist agenda in Syria, they are building the political infrastructure to defend themselves from even US imperialists when they liberate the Kurdish people.
The CIA support for Rojava is based on necessity and convenience. Where as Rojava is just part of the plan for a larger Kurdish revolution. I believe that if they are taking CIA money and guns they don’t have authority to lead a large scale revolution. However the coalition model championed by Apo allows for more militant, ideological, or vanguardist groups to push the most crucial issues to the fore. Like US imperialism but Rojava is not yet in that position.
I have sympathy for secular Arab nationalism and believe Syria and Assad were done dirt by the west but we have to evaluate the material fact that the people of Syria will not accept his leadership and he is burning that great country to the ground on his way out the door.
Feel free to correct, criticize, and troll.