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

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Terror and Revenge Engulf NATO’s Libya

Click here to access article by Franklin Lamb from CounterPunch. (You will need to scroll down to the article.)
It is clear that the current period is cascading into paroxysmal revenge attacks and political cleansing.
(Note: Saif al Islam, mentioned in the article, is another Gaddafi son.)