Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Of "Chemtrails", The "Illuminati", Global Warming, and Trayvon Martin

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

Friday, July 26, 2013

Of "Chemtrails", The "Illuminati", Global Warming, and Trayvon Martin

Click here to access article by Steven Argue from Santa Cruz [California] Independent Media Center.

Unfortunately, there are people, wittingly or unwittingly, who try to confuse and distract others from the real issues. Many are likely agents of the One Percent. Regardless of what illegitimate or nefarious purposes they serve, we must learn how to recognize and reject such thinking. This author contributes to this effort.

The idea of some devilish secret cabal other than the capitalists, comprised of Jews, Black Skull and Bones, Illuminati, and Marxists secretly running everything and in on an oppressive New World Order comes from the rantings of far right fascists who have always looked for radical sounding excuses to murder socialists and confuse the working class.