Surviving Capitalism (Not) : In Poll, Many Link Weather Extremes to Climate Change

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, April 19, 2012

In Poll, Many Link Weather Extremes to Climate Change

Click here to access article by Justin Gillis, cross-posted from The New York Times. (Normally I post from original sources; however in postings that require registration or fee access, I may source the articles elsewhere.)

“People are starting to connect the dots.”

Now, the next step is for people to connect the dots to the capitalist organization of economies.