Alternative Narratives
Nilüfer Koç in conversation with Neena Gopal
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Jul 16, 2023
Multipolarity has become the essential character of our century. Intense power struggles between nation states characterize today’s world. Cyber, proxy and hybrid wars are increasing. Confrontation and cooperation alternate rapidly according to the interests of the different actors. International organizations from the last century are losing importance. More and more NGOs have to drop the N in order to survive. New regional and supra-regional coalitions and agreements are replacing traditional organizations like the UN.
No one can rule the world alone, although all wars and conflicts are about global hegemony. But real socialism, as a solution for the oppressed, has also failed. Humanity consequently finds itself in a huge chaos. Genocide, feminicide and ecocide constitute today’s major global challenges. The old paradigm based on power and capital accumulation no longer works while its alternative is still waiting to be born. A new paradigm has therefore become more urgent than ever.
In the center of the wars in the Middle East, the Kurds are fighting in Kurdistan for a new paradigm based on ecology, women’s freedom and radical democracy, a model they call Democratic Confederalism. This new social paradigm has much to offer for peoples way beyond Kurdistan itself.
In collaboration with ESG
