THERE CAN BE NO TRACE OF SOCIALISM IN US-CONTROLLED LANDS. ON THE “REVOLUTION” IN ROJAVA

On November 19, the site called ANF News published an article titled “Rojava is the final destination of socialism and the first step toward democratic socialism.”

The article, which aims to lend credibility to the fantasy that a revolution took place in Rojava, attempts to do this by attacking socialism, socialist values, world revolutions, and revolutionary leaders. Written entirely in a language of attacks and defamation borrowed from imperialists, without any scientific or historical basis, the article is essentially an insult to socialism and revolutionary leaders. Since the text is a stream of insults from beginning to end, there is no need for detailed quotations. A couple of excerpts are enough to understand the real purpose behind the article.

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The Kurdish nationalist movement’s anti-communism

Previously:

Murray Bookchin’s Legacy in a Landscape of Gatekeeping

Yesterday, I gave Murray Bookchin’s work a try—not out of admiration but mostly out of curiosity. What I do know about Bookchin is filtered through the Kurdish lens: Abdullah Öcalan’s interest in his theories led to their integration into the political framework of Rojava, Syria. Öcalan himself shifted from advocating for a separate Kurdish state to something more communal, but the whole trajectory remains a bit murky to me.

And while Öcalan’s communal turn may offer an alternative to statehood, it’s hard to disentangle any liberation narrative from the web of foreign sponsorship. That’s where my doubts begin to crystallize. Liberation, in principle, makes sense—until it’s filtered through foreign funding. The U.S. government has a well-documented habit of propping up “liberation” movements abroad, not for human rights, but to serve corporate interests. “Democracy,” “liberty”—if those words headline your movement, I start wondering who’s footing the bill. Arab Spring, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, even protests tagged “pro-democracy” in the media—follow the money and odds are, you’ll find U.S. dollars greasing the gears.

The U.S. government has even leveraged socialist movements when it suited their goals—just like they’ve funded “pro-democracy” campaigns, manipulated liberation narratives, and rebranded foreign resistance with whatever ideology sells best to the domestic audience. It’s not ideology; it’s utility. One chapter of empire blends into the next, and the slogans—freedom, liberty, democracy—are more PR strategy than principle.

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