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, September 6, 2012

Apple, Drone Strikes, and the Limits of Censorship

Click here to access article by Jay Stanley from American Civil Liberties Union

This report once again illustrates how big corporations serve the needs of the One Percent, their government and Empire by acting as a gatekeeper for what information you can access on those little electronic hand-held gadgets. Read the article to discover what kinds of information they don't want you to be informed about.