We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Hamas man's Dubai death was a Mossad-style execution

from Haaretz. Mossad is Israel's terrorist organization whose primary assignment is to assassinate people seen as enemies of Israel by the Zionist ruling class. The uproar in much of the world's media over this incident seems to be more related to the theft of passports issued by various countries rather than to the assassinations.