Editing Dual power (section)

==Historical examples of dual power==
* The Italian ''popolo'' in opposition to the nobles who controlled city states in the late 13th century gradually developed its own officials, who paralleled those of the commune.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/popolo popolo] [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]</ref><ref>Bookchin, Murray. From Urbanization to Cities, p. 161. AK Press. 2021</ref>
* The Spanish [[Revolt of the Comuneros]] in 1520-1521 dual power in opposition to the prevailing royal administration of King [[Charles I of Spain|Charles I]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=Bookchin, Murray |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1276853994 |title=From Urbanization to Cities : the Politics of Democratic Municipalism |date=November 2021 |publisher=AK Press |isbn=978-1-84935-439-4 |oclc=1276853994}}</ref>
* The [[Republic of Kosova]] and the [[Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija]]
*[[Libya]] has been under dual power since the [[Second Libyan Civil War]] between the governments supported by the [[General National Congress]] and the [[High Council of State (Libya)| High Council of State]] ([[National Salvation Government]] (2014–2017), [[Government of National Accord]] (2015–2021) and the [[Government of National Unity (Libya)|Government of National Unity]] (2021–)) and the [[House of Representatives (Libya)|House of Representatives]]-supported governments ([[Second Al-Thani Cabinet]] (2014–2021) and the [[Government of National Stability]] (2022–))
* Yemen has been under dual power since the [[Yemeni civil war (2014–present)|Yemeni civil war]] with North Yemen being controlled by the [[Houthi movement|Houthi]]-led [[Supreme Political Council]] and [[South Yemen]] being controlled by different factions which form the [[Presidential Leadership Council]]
* [[Igor Girkin|Igor Strelkov]], a separatist figure in eastern Ukraine, used the historical term "dual power" to refer to the situation in the city of [[Donetsk]] in mid-2014. Despite the presence of armed separatist militias in the city, its mayor and [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)|police forces]] remained loyal to [[Kyiv]], taking orders from the Ukrainian authorities.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=15 January 2025|lang=ru|url=https://zavtra.ru/blogs/kto-tyi-strelok|title=«Кто ты, «Стрелок»?»|date=20 November 2014|website=Завтра.ру|first=Alexander|last=Prokhanov|author-link=Alexander Prokhanov}}</ref>