Neither total rejection nor complete recognition of the state is useful for the democratic efforts of civil society. The overcoming of the state, par… - Abdullah Öcalan

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Neither total rejection nor complete recognition of the state is useful for the democratic efforts of civil society. The overcoming of the state, particularly the nation-state, is a long-term process.

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About Abdullah Öcalan

Abdullah "Apo" Öcalan (born April 4, 1949) is the founding leader of the Kurdish militant group Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). This organization is an internationalist and freedom-fighting organization fighting for the rights of the Kurdish People and a socialist independent Kurdistan. It is based on a guerrilla system based on the Revolutionary People's War Strategy.

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Alternative Names: Abdullah Ocalan Apo Öcalan
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1. The right of determination of the people includes the right to a state of their own. However, the foundation of a state does not increase the freedom of a people. The system of the United nations that is based on nation-states has remained inefficient social development. Democratic confederalism is the contrasting paradigm of the oppressed people.

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