A Practical Guide to an Advanced Means of Social Reorganization 

Correspondence & Pamphlets 

from 1984-2020 

The 9th Edition 

“The right of self-determination of the peoples 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. Meanwhile, nation-states have become serious obstacles for any social development. 

Democratic Confederalism is the contrasting paradigm of the oppressed people. Democratic Confederalism is a non-state social paradigm. It is not controlled by a state. 

At the same time, Democratic Confederalism is the cultural organizational blueprint of a democratic nation. Democratic Confederalism is based on grassroots participation. 

Its decision-making processes lie with the communities. Higher levels only serve the coordination and implementation of the will of the communities that send their delegates to the general assemblies. 

For a limited space of time they are both mouthpiece and executive institution. However, the basic power of decision rests with the local grassroots institutions.” 

― Abdullah Öcalan, Democratic Confederalism