Surviving Capitalism (Not) : US Chutzpah on Bahrain

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, May 16, 2012

US Chutzpah on Bahrain

Click here to access article by As'ad AbuKhalil from Al Akhbar.

The State Department held a meeting with Bahraini activists in Washington, DC. During the meeting, the activists were lectured and hectored by a US official. They kept being told over and over again that the government can’t reform while the “youth are resorting to violence”.

Many Arabs are finding that US government officials' hypocrisy in their pursuit of Mid-East policies unbelievably shocking.

See also this article reporting on "US to resume weapons sales to Bahraini regime".