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

Monday, May 24, 2010

What Will the Bilderbergers Decide on Iran?

by Andre Fromine from Oriental Review. The blogger is based in Russia and I presume is Russian. The Russians have long experience with Soviet governments that lied to them. They pretty much assumed that everything that their government reported was a lie. Unfortunately, for the Soviet ruling cliques, they did not have benefit of US public relations expertise to hide their lies. 

That, I think, explains why the author is so much more astute as to where real power lies. His take on world events is so much more sophisticated than what one usually finds on websites. Having said that, I don't necessarily agree with everything he has written in this article. But I recommend that you read it to expose yourself to a political analyst who understands how power works. (Note: His English is a bit fractured in places.) 

Notice that he doesn't mention either Republicans or Democrats. He focuses attention on Bilderbergers and the Trilateral Commission.