Is there a leftist case for US balkanization or state secession? (hexbear.net)

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I was thinking about how the idea of some form of secession of states is always discussed in some really silly right-wing fantasy contexts but has there been any discourse in leftist circles about this? Especially in terms of the completely broken political system.

Otherwise is this a completely stupid idea on its face? Either way I'm just interested to hear about people's thoughts.

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 days ago

Municipalism/libertarian socialism is all about seizing local control of governments and breaking away from the national bourgeois government. Basically, take over municipalities and townships and village councils, one by one, and form a confederation of independent local municipalities that can act independently from nationalist institutions and establish socialism.

It's not really a Marxist revolutionary theory, though. A synthesis might be possible but I'm not aware of anyone trying it.

[-] ComradeMonotreme@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

A synthesis might be possible but I'm not aware of anyone trying it.

That's cause they put them on Turkish prison island. oclan

[-] LesbianLiberty@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

Notably Öcalan has become increasingly anti-Marxist and anti-Communist, so he would not represent this synthesis. In fact, he's the "thought leader" behind this ideology which has been compatible with US Occupation of Kurdish land in Syria.

[-] ComradeMonotreme@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

I don't blame the last part on the guy whose spent 25 years in Turkish prison often in solitarity and cut off from lawyers and family. Even if yeah Rojava has been quite the disappointment.