u/Birdseeding

The mayday parade in Stockholm usually attracts diverse groups from various countries, and I thought this was pretty interesting - I've never seen a Republic of Mahabad flag in the wild before.

This is clearly a Kurdish left-wing group (there are KJAR and YPG/YPJ flags, and a banner of Öcalan). Thus they tend not to fly the normal Kurdish sun flag (which is associated with conservative Kurdish factions). Maybe using this older flag is a way to skirt that? Anyone have any insights?

Red: Won in both the 20th and 21st century
Tan: Won in the 20th century only
Blue: Won in the 21st century only