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

Thursday, October 14, 2010

No International Justice for Congo. UN Coverup of War Crimes

by Ann Garrison from Global Research

Probably the worst crimes that the Empire has engaged in has been on the continent of Africa. This likely because there is so little Western media coverage of that continent, and what little there is can be easily controlled to give out the "correct" messages. Occasionally we get glimpses of what is really going on when we come across articles like this, but often they only scratch the surface. 

Western corporations, by arming and playing off one group against another, have benefited greatly from the mining of exotic minerals like coltan. For more information, see this website.