Anarchists vs. ISIS: The Revolution in Syria Nobody’s Talking About | CVLT Nation

“In the cantons of Rojava, there is a small central government with an absolute minimum of 40% female delegates, but most of the day-to-day work of running society happens at a local level, street by street and village by village.

Democratic Confederalism’s chief architect, Abdullah Ocalan, says that “Ecology and feminism are central pillars” of the system he has spearheaded, something that you would have to go very far to the margins to hear from Western politicians.

In Rojava, men who beat their wives face total ostracism from the community, making their lives in a highly social, connected society virtually impossible. Instead of a police force and jails, ‘peace committees’ in each municipality work to defuse the cycles of inter-family revenge killings by consensual agreements between both sides – and it works.”

via Anarchists vs. ISIS: The Revolution in Syria Nobody’s Talking About | CVLT Nation.

The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think | Johann Hari

The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think | Johann Hari.

Well, it’s what I’ve always thought it was, being unhappy in bad circumstances is the main reason for addiction to bad habits. The way to minimize the drug problem (it will never go completely away) is to make the world a better place for as many people as possible! Equality for all is the key!