https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania

  • KiaKaha [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    You can negotiate while still working towards a wider goal.

    The reason autonomous zones aren’t crushed immediately is that the perceived cost of doing so is higher than the alternative. The alternative being, a bloody affair in the papers that has potential to cause wider unrest.

    Revolutionaries can take advantage of that, to create a space for organising a wider project.

    A ceasefire isn’t the same as a capitulation.

    • Bread_In_Baltimore [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Autonomous zones have existed for decades and they haven't really done shit on a broader scale. In reality they just become a cool place for people to smoke weed, or in the case of Chiapas, grow overpriced coffee.

        • Bread_In_Baltimore [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Lmao imagine comparing the USSR to fucking Freetown Christiania. Every single one of these autonomous zones except Rojava is nothing more than a neighborhood. Rojava only exists because the PKK (who were MLs for a very long time) has been organizing a vanguard and army for decades, and they received "assistance" from the US to establish a friendly zone within Syria.