Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Seymour Hersh and the Men Who Want Him Committed

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, March 23, 2011

Seymour Hersh and the Men Who Want Him Committed

by Matthew Phelan from Who What Why. (About 6.5 pages)

The article is really, and more importantly, about Hersh's revelations with regard to the secretive Catholic order called the "Knights of Malta". From time to time I've run across references to this organization, usually with connotations about conspiracies, and I've never known what to make of such comments.

The author starts with Hersh's revelations and adds information from a variety of other sources. Hence, I found this article very useful in shedding some light on this secret organization, and its associated charity called "AmeriCares". Phelan writes:

Nowhere was the alliance between the Knights of Malta, AmeriCares and U.S. Intelligence more pervasive and troubling than in Central America.