Andrew Sage

It's democratic and federalism.

And this doesn't mean abandoning solidarity with the people, of course.

But it just means being clear that we are fighting for a world in which many rules exist.

And so are they.

And we are just willing to stand with and observe that project and, you know, wish for the best and hope for the best and see what comes of it.

Yeah.

I mean, the PKK was originally Marxist-Leninist.

Yeah, yeah.

I mean, that's the thing.

We want to look at people and projects and judge it based on where we are in our position and our ideological alignment, because none of us necessarily started off as anarchists, right?

And while we may wish that, as an anarchist, I would wish that these projects would move closer to anarchy and would pursue and explore and experiment with that ideal and that idea,

Everybody's on their own journey.

And, you know, at this stage in capitalist global dominance and status global dominance, we have to let whatever experiments exist or explore the different angles.

You know, there's no one right way quite yet, or there may never be.

You know, as one on the topic of disclaimers, I suppose, I think it is important to address that, you know, the SDF is not all sunshine and roses.

You know, there have been allegations of war crimes, including the recruitment of children and the allegations of forced targeted displacement.

Now, not all of these allegations have been conclusively verified, and there are a lot of actors that have been involved in Syria over the years that have pushed in narratives and counter-narratives that have to be scrutinized on a case-by-case basis.

Some of the war crime allegations, for example, have been made by Turkey, which is pretty suspect considering their track record of both hostility towards...

Rojava and the Kurdish autonomy, and also their practice of war crimes on a semi-regular basis themselves, you know?

But still, hypocrisy has said, I think it is important to not turn a blind eye to these kinds of problems and allegations when they are made.