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Rojava is a radical experiment in democracy in northern Syria. American leftists need to pay more attention. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images There is an astonishing story in Sunday’s New York Times about Rojava, a Kurdish region in Northern Syria that’s ruled by militant feminist anarchists. Rojava’s constitution enshrines gender equality and religious freedom. An official tells journalist Wes Enzina that every position at every level of government includes a female equivalent of equal power. Recruits to Rojava’s 6,000-strong police force receive their weapons only after two weeks of feminist instruction. Reading Enzina’s piece, it’s hard to understand how this radical experiment in democracy in one of the bloodiest corners of the world isn’t better known internationally, particularly on the left.

At the start of piece, Enzina himself isn’t quite sure Rojava is real. It sounds too fantastical: The regime of President Bashar al-Assad doesn’t officially recognize Rojava’s autonomous status, nor does the United Nations or NATO — it is, in this way, just as illicit as the Islamic State. Instead of arguing about guns on Twitter, Neil deGrasse Tyson just laid out t... As a world-famous scientist, Neil deGrasse Tyson is known for his dispassionate embrace of cold, hard facts... And the occasional beach ball game with a late-night comedian. Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images. ...which makes him the right person to address a controversial topic: the abnormally high number of Americans who die from gun violence. Umpqua Community College in Oregon, the site of a mass shooting earlier this year. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. Yesterday afternoon, he composed three tweets where he laid out the numbers.

And they're sobering. According to PolitiFact, this actually slightly understates the case (American war deaths were closer to 1.2 million as of 2013). This, sadly, is also true. Tyson's tweets are a stark reminder that we have a problem. The father of a Sandy Hook shooting victim holds his son's picture. The uncomfortable statistics don't end there. This magical button delivers Upworthy stories to you on Facebook: A gun safe. It's true: We have a problem. 6 Actual Acts of Terrorism That Occurred While Everyone Was Panicking About R... In the wake of a gun and bomb rampage in Paris on Nov. 13 that left at least 130 dead and wounded over 350 others, Republicans and some Democrats have decided to attempt to shut down the Obama administration's ongoing refugee program that resettles the displaced from war zones to the U.S. Thirty-one governors — 30 Republicans, one Democrat — across the country have refused to accept the refugees, insisting they pose an unacceptable security risk.

Many of those migrants are fleeing the Islamic State group, the terrorist organization that committed the attacks in Paris. But in the meantime, homegrown domestic extremists across the United States have been doing a pretty good job of terrorizing their fellow citizens with guns, explosives and threats of large-scale attacks. What's the real threat to the U.S.? Mass shooting at Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Authorities eventually arrested 57-year-old Robert L. Armed protesters intimidate mosque in Irving, Texas.

Al Jazeera Investigates - Genocide Agenda. The Things The Oligarchy Has Faked In The World [Part One] AnonHQ. World As people continue to seek good education to become enlightened, the few others who control the world are also busy manufacturing lies, mirages, propaganda among others to deceive the masses in order to continue holding onto their positions in society. But the good thing is that some discerning minds have realized all these strategies by the oligarchy and are awakening people. And once you learn from these people and are awaken to the deception, you can use it as a tool for raising your consciousness. Below is the first part of the article by Makia Freeman on WalkingTimes.com which gives us insight into the daily things around us which many of us perceive to be real but actually, are deliberately created to serve the interest of the few.

According to Freeman, the news from the Mainstream Media (MSM) is essentially corporate infotainment. Following the news is the process of gathering and disseminating the news. Film and music in Hollywood are imbued with Satanism. How To Create Homemade Penicillin. Seriously. AnonHQ. Health This information I feel is very relevant to potentially everyone but specifically those whom may be living in poverty or have limited resources around the world. Oranges and simple bread are two of the most universally common household kitchen items. But did you know that oranges and bread are capable of producing penicillin simply by letting letting them sit around and age?

Believe it or not, that green disgusting mold which develops on the surface of bread is actually called Penicillium. It is time for a thought experiment: You are living in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. Take bread and place it in a bag or containerLet sit until spores begin to formTake all the bread and break it up into smaller piecesAdd some moisture (light misting) and place the broken up pieces back in the same sealed bag or containerMonitor the mold growth and do not remove until the majority of the mold culture begins to turn decidedly green.

Google Images: Penicillium Mold. Bernie Sanders Just Went Full Hypocrite. SM GibsonNovember 5, 2015 (ANTIMEDIA) It is no secret that America’s democratic socialist sweetheart, Bernie Sanders, loves big government. In Bernie’s world, freedom isn’t a God-given right — it’s government-granted and subject to regulation. Whether you believe Bernie is here to save us from the wicked greed of the elite or you have conjured up the idea that he is a scourge sent to oppose all you believe the United States stands for, he is ultimately just another politician. And like most politicians, Bernie’s actions don’t exactly match his rhetoric. While we the people are told to practice what our ‘leaders’ preach, bureaucrats are busy pursuing the philosophy of ‘doing what they want.’ Uncle Bernie is no different. The Democratic presidential candidate from Vermont has publicly spoken out against Uber, the popular car-hailing provider, stating it is “unregulated” and has “serious problems.”

Regardless of this blatant hypocrisy, Bernie’s statements regarding Uber are false. Poverty goals? No, it’s extreme wealth we should be targeting | Zoe Williams. The sustainable development goals – 17 in all, starting with “end poverty, in all its forms, everywhere” – were officially adopted at the UN in New York last month. Celebrities approved immediately, experiencing the goals as a kind of moral brand-building exercise, choosing their favourite and inviting fans to favourite it too. The pope was a little more reserved, issuing the thought-provoking, slightly wordy critique: “We must avoid every temptation to fall into a declarationist nominalism which would assuage our consciences.” But the mood overall was triumphant – the millennium development goals had worked, repaying the ambition of the international community last time around, so why not think even bigger?

If the pope and a few rogue academics expressed unease, it took a whimsical Swedish electro band to get to the root of the problem. The Knife produced a graphic novella announcing a new millennium goal: end extreme wealth. Gawker. The Undercurrent: Forget the TPP, does a secret global court spell the end of... With a series of murky international trade agreements like the TPP being negotiated, will a secret court give corporations the power to erode the rights of nation states? The TPP includes an Investor State Dispute Settlement clause that allows a secret court (ICSID; International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes) with global reach to arbitrate disputes between multinationals and the countries they operate in, potentially forcing governments to change sovereign laws or pay compensation to companies if they lose a case.

The Undercurrent shines a light on the issue and asks – is the TPP the end of democracy? The Undercurrent is an online news show billing itself as an antidote to the five-second soundbite. Creators Jen Dainer and Dan Graetz say it is the show they wish existed – so they created it themselves. The Man Who Lives Without Money. Think you couldn’t live without money? Irishman Mark Boyle challenged this notion and here’s how he finds life with no financial income, bank balance, and no spending.

“If someone told me seven years ago, in my final year of a business and economics degree, that I’d now be living without money, I’d have probably choked on my microwaved ready meal.” According to Boyle, the plan back then was to ‘get a good job’, make as much money as possible, and buy the stuff that would show society he was successful. Like most individuals raised in a consumer-driven society, he never second guessed those goals. For a while he had a fantastic job managing a big organic food company and even had a yacht in the harbor.

If it hadn’t have been for the chance purchase of a video called Gandhi, he’d still be pursuing the same life. The change in life path came one evening on the yacht while philosophizing with a friend over a glass of Merlot. The next concern was shelter. Sources: World Observer The Guardian. The Early Spy Manual That Turned Bad Middle Management Into An Espionage Tactic. The Simple Sabotage Field Manual, declassified in the 1970s. (Photo: Joe Loong/Flickr) When you think of Allied espionage, you might imagine disguised explosives, wiretaps, bat bombs, or other dramatic inventions. But declassified documents reveal that World War II was won in part by more everyday saboteurs–purposefully clumsy factory workers, annoying train conductors, and bad middle managers, all trained by the U.S.'s Simple Sabotage Field Manual. In 1944, World War II was in its final throes.

William J. There are “innumerable simple acts which the ordinary individual citizen-saboteur can perform,” the manual’s introduction promises. The potential of these materials is limited only by the saboteur’s imagination and circumstances. A second type of simple sabotage, the manual explains, requires no tools and produces no physical damage. Middle managers, especially, can get in on the act. This is a thoroughly contemporary take, though. Malcolm X's daughter on Juneteenth: 'We're in denial of the African holocaust' Speaking at a burial ground for hundreds African slaves in New York in commemoration of Juneteenth – the day in 1865 when Texas learned that the civil war had ended – Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of human and civil rights activist Malcolm X, implored African Americans not to forget their history.

"We're in denial of the African holocaust," Shabazz said. "Most times, people don't want to talk about it. One is often restless or termed a racist just for having compassion for the African experience, for speaking truth to the trans-Atlantic and Arab slave trades, for speaking truth to the significant omission of our history. We don't want to sit down and listen to these things, or to discuss them. But we have to.

" To this, the audience cheered, clapped and nodded their heads in agreement. Juneteenth is a celebration that takes place annually on the 19 June to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. "You may bury me in the bottom of Manhattan," she said. The Paris Attacks: What You Really Need to Know. In the late hours of Friday the 13th, 2015, a half a dozen locations in Paris have suffered a series of coordinated attacks by the Islamic State (IS), as recently disclosed in a statement by these radical extremists. Reports are that 129 people have been killed, with over 300 who have been injured. Eight “terrorists” have also been allegedly killed in action, most of which were suicide bombers. The majority of the deaths occurred at the Bataclan concert hall in the city’s East, which was a packed gig by the band “Eagles of Death Metal”.

The band escaped unharmed before a ten minute massacre ensued; this was reported to be led by men wielding AK47s and explosive devices. There were also tens of people killed in separate orchestrations across the city, including bombs set off at a sports stadium and bar, as well as a shootout at a restaurant. The French President, François Hollande, also locked down the country by declaring a ‘state of emergency’ and originally closing its borders. Polarize & Conquer – How the Paris Attacks Benefit ISIS and the Western Milit... Washington, D.C. – Only two weeks ago CIA Director John Brennan, French Intelligence Chief Bernard Bajolet, and former Israeli National Security Advisor Yaacov Amidror were all together in Washington, D.C., on October 27.

They were participants in the CIA-George Washington University Intelligence Conference: Panel on “The Shared 21st Century International Mission.” The timing of this meeting of high-level intelligence professions, only two weeks prior to the terrorist attacks in Paris, raises some startling questions. If there is one thing that Islamic fundamentalists and neocon warhawks agree on, it’s that there should be no “grayzone”; only black and white.

The grayzone is the zone of peaceful coexistence. A recent ISIS publication, titled Extinction of the Grayzone made clear that the strategy has been at play for the past 14 years. “The grayzone is critically endangered, rather on the brink of extinction. These are the same sentiments expressed by George W. What ISIS Really Wants. What is the Islamic State? Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published confidential comments by Major General Michael K. Nagata, the Special Operations commander for the United States in the Middle East, admitting that he had hardly begun figuring out the Islamic State’s appeal.

“We have not defeated the idea,” he said. The group seized Mosul, Iraq, last June, and already rules an area larger than the United Kingdom. Our ignorance of the Islamic State is in some ways understandable: It is a hermit kingdom; few have gone there and returned. The Islamic State, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), follows a distinctive variety of Islam whose beliefs about the path to the Day of Judgment matter to its strategy, and can help the West know its enemy and predict its behavior. But Adnani was not merely talking trash. I. Nogods. Paris Shooting: 10 Ways It Looks Like a Hallmark False Flag Op. By Makia Freeman The Paris shooting of November 2015 which just occurred on Friday 13th November bears many of the telltale signs of a false flag operation. Now more than 48 hours later, we have some clues that the New World Order manipulators are up to their old tricks again – which are getting very predictable by now. Here are 10 signs that the Paris shooting is yet another false flag attack designed to scare the common citizen (in France and everywhere), demonize Islam, provide “reason” for Governments at G20 and around the world to waste more money and take more liberty fighting terrorism, provide justification for the French Government to increase surveillance, and provide France and NATO with an excuse to escalate violence against Syria.

Paris Shooting False Flag Sign #1: Drills on Same Day How many false flags in recent history have all had the same feature: drills at the same time at the same (or a nearby) place? Paris Shooting False Flag Sign #8: Charlie Hebdo Precedent Sources: Jacque Fresco: US has never been a democracy. Watch: John Oliver's Excellent Response to Paris Attacks.

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Bernie, the Koch Brothers, and Open Borders | Mises Daily. The Roots of the Stabbing Intifada in Jerusalem. Here’s a List of the Most Horrifying U.S. Government Experiments AnonHQ. This Chart Reveals America's Cold Truth: 1,260 Killed, 3,606 Injured In 994 Mass Shootings In 1,004 Days AnonHQ. Finally, The CIA Admits Covering Up JFK Assassination.

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