In Part 2 of this series, I discuss the role of the Kurds' PYD in Rojava. It made some real achievements, especially as far as the role of women in society, but it was hampered by its limited vision, failing to link full rights for the Kurds with the revolution against Assad, among other things. The PYD also failed to link their struggle with the working class/the class struggle in general. The fact that the Kurdish population is so intermixed with other populations in the regions the PYD controls or controlled also enormously complicated their rule, as Michael Karadjis has explained in an article of his of which I made extensive use. (Although I disagree with him on some other issues.) Their concept of "democratic federalism" in reality meant that central rule was not achieved democratically. Today, the strategy of al Sharaa - to attract foreign capital - must mean steering away from and repressing the class struggle. That, in turn, must mean, use of divide and conquer. The Alawites and the Druze are feeling this most, but the Kurds will not escape this either. Joseph Daher has provided some invaluable information and ideas around this. https://oaklandsocialist.com/2026/03/31/kurdistan-and-world-revolution-part-2-syria/
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