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, July 5, 2010

7 Outrageous Examples of Police Spying and Harrassment Toward Peaceful Activists

from Alternet. We declared independence from Britain 234 years ago, only to become dependent on those who "own" our economy and government. Read this to learn how their government enforces thought control. These examples are only the silliest ones to illustrate how paranoid our ruling class enforcers are.
 According to a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), law enforcement agencies around the country have acted as diligent Thought Police, relying on dubious justifications to spy on Americans based on little more than their political beliefs.