Commune Elections Shows the Path to A Free Democratic Syria
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Last few weeks have been witnessing some crucial developments in four parts of Kurdistan. Commune elections in liberated regions of North Syria, independence referendum in Başurê (South) Kurdistan, Turkey's Idlib move, the fall of Kerkük, the victory of SDF in Raqqa, the clashes in Deyr ez Zor between the last remnants of ISIS and SDF and Syrian-Russian forces are all connected to each other with their consequences and tactical meanings. Also, growing tension in Rojhilat (East) Kurdistan between Kurdish people and Iran state forces due to killings of kolbers (people who carry stuff across borders of Iran-Iraq-Turkey) and continuous guerrilla actions in Bakur (North) Kurdistan which cause Turkish army to lose both their morales and soldiers have political effects on these developments.

Reflections of the existential crisis of the capitalist system on Middle East with sharpening conflicts between regressive colonialist states of the region and imperialists have basically two faces like the two sides of a knife. Most apparent ones of these, on one hand, are the politic-islamist fascist hordes as the most barbaric face of it; and on the other side, there is the hope of oppressed peoples of the region, growing and expanding revolution of Rojava. The revolutionary process in Rojava (West) Kurdistan, from the beginning, overcame its national boundaries and gathered all the peoples of the region seeking freedom and honorable lives. And it is passing to another stage now.

On September 22th, commune co-presidency elections were made for 3732 communes in three region of North Syria: Cizire, Fırat and Efrîn.This election was the first step of the three staged elections of following fedration process. Next elections for the assemblies of neighborhoods and districts is planned to set place in January and the last step of it will be the elections for canton assemblies and general assembly. These assemblies will be the structural backbones of the Democratic North Syria Federation which will be declared afterwards. The attendance of people for the first step was 70 percent. 437.132 people in Cizire, 136.433 people in Fırat and 161.092 people in Efrîn went to the ballots to vote. 7630 co-presidents, one of which is woman and other is man, are elected for the communes.

Communists from MLKP have also taken place in political work during the campaign period with their ideological styles. They called people to join the elections as a part of their political task of social structure. These elections became the jumping points to carry the revolution forward in social reconstruction and beyond defending it militarily. Politics is being made with the authority of people coming from social base. It offers a social-political alternative for the peoples of the region. This is the reason why the revolution keeps spreading, does not hesitate, even expands to whole Syria and increasingly gets more support for almost 6 years, despite all blockades, attacks of reactionary gangs, regional colonialists and moves of imperialists to stop it. This election was made during a war time and martyrs from all fronts sacrificed themselves for it to take place. And communists, both by having martyrs, lastly Destan Temmuz in Raqqa front, and by directly using this chance to propagandize socialist ideology to advance in revolution, undertook their responsibility towards the laborers and oppressed of the region.

Many Kurdish people voted in this election for the first time in their life since Syrian regime has not given an identity to them for many years. Now, they are building their self-governed federation and communes are the root cells of it. Kurd, Arab, Armenian, Turkmen, Circassian, Chechen, Asyrian, Ezidi and all other peoples, women and youth especially took their gainings under guarantee of this system with their will. Yet, as a failed expression of narrow-minded bourgeois nationalist and collaborative politic line, in Başur (Southern) Kurdistan, the Kurdish bourgeois politic line, represented by Barzani and his KDP was stuck inside its national boundaries and got a heavy blow from Iraq army and Hashd-i Shabi forces recently, causing them to lose Kerkük and retreat his peshmerga forces without firing a bullet from Shingal and some other areas. Raqqa and Kerkük in these last weeks represent two political lines. One is taking the example of great October revolution by creating communes as direct democracy organs like soviets; while the other one is expecting a salvation from imperialists. While Turkey is preparing to invade Efrîn, revolutionary forces of Rojava are ready to fight and defend their lands with the support of peoples, like they did in Raqqa.

Now, Barzani has resigned and declared his reproaches to USA and Turkey. He once looked down on the ongoing efforts for Kurdish national congress, but the time proved that today, there is no way to move even slightly out of colonialist politics by giving them whatever they want and rejecting the demands of people. Commune elections are the most appropriate response of Rojava revolution to those colonialist, imperialist and collaboratives and bright side of this sharp politic period.

 

 

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Last few weeks have been witnessing some crucial developments in four parts of Kurdistan. Commune elections in liberated regions of North Syria, independence referendum in Başurê (South) Kurdistan, Turkey's Idlib move, the fall of Kerkük, the victory of SDF in Raqqa, the clashes in Deyr ez Zor between the last remnants of ISIS and SDF and Syrian-Russian forces are all connected to each other with their consequences and tactical meanings. Also, growing tension in Rojhilat (East) Kurdistan between Kurdish people and Iran state forces due to killings of kolbers (people who carry stuff across borders of Iran-Iraq-Turkey) and continuous guerrilla actions in Bakur (North) Kurdistan which cause Turkish army to lose both their morales and soldiers have political effects on these developments.

Reflections of the existential crisis of the capitalist system on Middle East with sharpening conflicts between regressive colonialist states of the region and imperialists have basically two faces like the two sides of a knife. Most apparent ones of these, on one hand, are the politic-islamist fascist hordes as the most barbaric face of it; and on the other side, there is the hope of oppressed peoples of the region, growing and expanding revolution of Rojava. The revolutionary process in Rojava (West) Kurdistan, from the beginning, overcame its national boundaries and gathered all the peoples of the region seeking freedom and honorable lives. And it is passing to another stage now.

On September 22th, commune co-presidency elections were made for 3732 communes in three region of North Syria: Cizire, Fırat and Efrîn.This election was the first step of the three staged elections of following fedration process. Next elections for the assemblies of neighborhoods and districts is planned to set place in January and the last step of it will be the elections for canton assemblies and general assembly. These assemblies will be the structural backbones of the Democratic North Syria Federation which will be declared afterwards. The attendance of people for the first step was 70 percent. 437.132 people in Cizire, 136.433 people in Fırat and 161.092 people in Efrîn went to the ballots to vote. 7630 co-presidents, one of which is woman and other is man, are elected for the communes.

Communists from MLKP have also taken place in political work during the campaign period with their ideological styles. They called people to join the elections as a part of their political task of social structure. These elections became the jumping points to carry the revolution forward in social reconstruction and beyond defending it militarily. Politics is being made with the authority of people coming from social base. It offers a social-political alternative for the peoples of the region. This is the reason why the revolution keeps spreading, does not hesitate, even expands to whole Syria and increasingly gets more support for almost 6 years, despite all blockades, attacks of reactionary gangs, regional colonialists and moves of imperialists to stop it. This election was made during a war time and martyrs from all fronts sacrificed themselves for it to take place. And communists, both by having martyrs, lastly Destan Temmuz in Raqqa front, and by directly using this chance to propagandize socialist ideology to advance in revolution, undertook their responsibility towards the laborers and oppressed of the region.

Many Kurdish people voted in this election for the first time in their life since Syrian regime has not given an identity to them for many years. Now, they are building their self-governed federation and communes are the root cells of it. Kurd, Arab, Armenian, Turkmen, Circassian, Chechen, Asyrian, Ezidi and all other peoples, women and youth especially took their gainings under guarantee of this system with their will. Yet, as a failed expression of narrow-minded bourgeois nationalist and collaborative politic line, in Başur (Southern) Kurdistan, the Kurdish bourgeois politic line, represented by Barzani and his KDP was stuck inside its national boundaries and got a heavy blow from Iraq army and Hashd-i Shabi forces recently, causing them to lose Kerkük and retreat his peshmerga forces without firing a bullet from Shingal and some other areas. Raqqa and Kerkük in these last weeks represent two political lines. One is taking the example of great October revolution by creating communes as direct democracy organs like soviets; while the other one is expecting a salvation from imperialists. While Turkey is preparing to invade Efrîn, revolutionary forces of Rojava are ready to fight and defend their lands with the support of peoples, like they did in Raqqa.

Now, Barzani has resigned and declared his reproaches to USA and Turkey. He once looked down on the ongoing efforts for Kurdish national congress, but the time proved that today, there is no way to move even slightly out of colonialist politics by giving them whatever they want and rejecting the demands of people. Commune elections are the most appropriate response of Rojava revolution to those colonialist, imperialist and collaboratives and bright side of this sharp politic period.