Editing Autarky (section)

=== Contemporary ===
Today, national economic autarkies are relatively rare. A commonly-cited example is [[North Korea]], based on the government ideology of [[Juche]] ([[wikt:self-reliance|self-reliance]]), which is concerned with maintaining its domestic localized economy in the face of its isolation. However, even North Korea has [[Economy of North Korea#External trade|extensive trade]] with [[Russia]], [[China]], [[Syria]], [[Iran]], [[Vietnam]], [[India]] and many countries in Europe and Africa. North Korea had to import food during a widespread [[North Korean famine|famine in the 1990s]].

Some would consider a modern example at a societal level is [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|Rojava]], the autonomous northern region of [[Syria]]. Despite a key alliance with the United States, supporters consider them largely cut off from international trade, facing multiple enemies, and striving for a society based on [[Communalism (Bookchin)|communalism]], Rojava's government and constitution emphasize economic self-sufficiency<ref>{{Cite book |title=A small key can open a large door: the Rojava revolution |year=2015 |isbn=978-1938660177 |publisher=Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness |location=United States |oclc=900796070}}</ref> directed by neighborhood and village councils. Rojavan society and economics are influenced by Bookchin's ideas, including the emphasis on local and regional self governance. Under changes made in 2012, property and business belong to those who live in or use it towards these goals, while infrastructure, land and major resources are commons run by local and regional councils. Bookchin, however, was concerned about the effects of isolationist autarky in respect to the closing off of a community, and therefore always stressed the need for a balance between localism and globalism.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bookchin |first=Murray |author-link=Murray Bookchin |title=The meaning of confederalism |year=1990 |quote=Without such wholistic cultural and political changes as I have advocated, notions of decentralism that emphasize localist isolation and a degree of self-sufficiency may lead to cultural parochialism and chauvinism. Parochialism can lead to problems that are as serious as a 'global& mentality that overlooks the uniqueness of cultures, the peculiarities of ecosystems and eco-regions, and the need for a humanly scaled community life that makes a participatory democracy possible.}}</ref>

An example of a contemporary effort at localized autarky, incorporating the concept's history from [[black nationalism]], [[Ujamaa]], [[African-American socialism]] and the [[civil rights movement]], is [[Cooperation Jackson]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cooperationjackson.org/ |title=Welcome |website=Cooperation Jackson |access-date=2018-07-15 |archive-date=2018-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715211138/https://cooperationjackson.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a movement aimed at creating a self-sufficient black working class economy in [[Jackson, Mississippi]]. The movement has aimed<ref>{{Cite book |title=Jackson rising: the struggle for economic recovery and black self-determination in Jackson, Mississippi |publisher=Daraja Press |isbn=978-0995347458 |location=Montreal, Quebec |oclc=976416348 |last1=Akuno |first1=Kali |last2=Nangwaya |first2=Ajamu |year=2017}}</ref> to secure land and build self-sufficient cooperatives and workplaces "to democratically transform the political economy of the city" and push back against gentrification. Cooperation Jackson also saw a gain in electoral political power when its involvement proved pivotal to the 2013 mayoral election of [[Chokwe Lumumba]] and the 2017 election of his son, [[Chokwe Antar Lumumba]].