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On 1/13/20 3:30 PM, Chris Slee via Marxism wrote:
http://links.org.au/syria-after-uprisings-political-economy-state-resilience
Slee: Daher claims that the regime's withdrawal was "probably the result
of a tacit agreement with the PYD". (p.161)
But in fact the withdrawal was a result of popular pressure. The PYD
mobilised the population to demand the withdrawal of Assad's army and
crowds of local people, backed up by armed fighters, surrounded army
bases. (This is documented in the book Revolution in Rojava by Michael
Knapp, Anja Flach and Ercan Ayboga)
Reply: Anja Flach spent 2 years in the Kurdish guerilla army, making her
a trustworthy voice on whether the PYD had a tacit agreement with the
bloodiest dictator of the 21st century. Typical fare from Chris Slee.
Slee: But he claims that the PYD is repressive towards dissent. He
speaks of "the authoritarian practices of PYD forces against rival
Kurdish political actors and activists from other communities". (p.186)
It is true that the PYD has at times carried out repressive measures
against opposition parties, but this to be expected in a society at war
and under siege.
The repressive measures taken by the Rojava administration against some
opposition groups (mainly those aligned with the KRG) can be compared
with the repression in Russia following the 1917 revolution, and in Cuba
following the 1959 revolution. A society under siege is unlikely to be a
model of democracy.
Reply: Yeah, you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
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