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Catalyzing worker co-ops & the solidarity economy

Economic Self-Governance in Democratic Autonomy: The Example of Bakûr

This communal economy is portrayed as a third-way alternative to economic liberalism and centralized planning.7 The communal economy is localized as a shared, solidarity-based and collectivized economy, and is seen as the economy closest to the traits held by the societies of Kurdistan. In the communal economy, social necessities and use-values are prioritized in place of individual needs. The movement aims to socialise production in the communal economy through the communes and cooperatives, eliminate the wage-relation through collective labour, and create solidarity-based markets to improve the self-governance of the economy. In summary, an economic order in favour of nature, women and social justice.

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