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Social Ecology, developed from green anarchism, is the idea that our ecological problems have their ultimate roots in our social problems. This is because the domination of nature and our ecology by humanity has its ultimate roots in the domination humanity by humans. Therefore, the solutions to our ecological problems are found by addressing our social and ecological problems simultaneously.
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Poetry and imagination must be integrated with science and technology, for we have evolved beyond an innocence that can be nourished exclusively by myths and dreams.
~ Murray Bookchin, The Ecology of Freedom
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The ecological question is fundamentally solved as the system is repressed and a socialist social system develops. That does not mean you cannot do something for the environment right away. On the contrary, it is necessary to combine the fight for the environment with the struggle for a general social revolution...
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Anyone has some further insights on this? Seems a bit odd to do this right now.
Probably this?
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Edit: Meaning, to end the fight
Yes, but why now? I don't think Erdogan has started a reconciliation effort or something like that.
Some coverage here that attempts to answer that question: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-iran-escalation-prompts-turkey-launch-talks-pkk
TL;DR: Regional instability has Ankara spooked, and they don't want to have to worry about the PKK seizing any openings if things escalate. The Turkish government's bargaining position is quite good right now, so they want to take the opportunity before that changes.
Hmm, thanks for the link. Yes it might be an attempt by Erdogan to pacify the Kurds to make it easier to turn Syria into a client state.
On the one hand it is probably a good thing if the Syrian Kurds get a seat in the new Syrian administration, but on the other hand Erdogan is a back stabbing bastard that will likely turn on them as soon as the opportunity arises.
I believe Erdogan is very calculative ~~but I don't see him want to even pretend for any sort of reconciliation with Kurdish people.~~ Maybe Erdogan is doing this move to get in a more favorable position with the US? In the sense that PKK is considered a terrorist group, so by "solving" this issue now, it sort of resets the US-Turkey relations with Trump.
Also, to my knowledge, Ocalan is very respected in Kurdish populations, so one announcement of the kind could be influential for Western Asia. More specifically where Kurds are, Syria, Iraq, Iran, not only Turkey.
Not sure, just speculating.
Edit: the strikethrough, cause it looks like there was a shift of internal policy a few months back from Turkey that I didn't know about.