Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Obama Administration In Danger Of Establishing "New Normal" With Worst Bush-Era Policies, Says ACLU

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

Friday, July 30, 2010

Obama Administration In Danger Of Establishing "New Normal" With Worst Bush-Era Policies, Says ACLU

from the American Civil Liberties Union.

[The Obama Administration] has not...abandoned the 'global war' framework that was the basis for many of the last administration's counter-terrorism programs. Indeed, some of the Obama administration's policies – like the policies on indefinite detention, military commissions and targeted killings – are entrenching this framework, presenting a profound threat to human rights and the rule of law.