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 26, 2013

50,000 march on Golden Dawn headquarters in Athens

Click here to access article by Jerome Roos from Reflections on a Revolution.

Once again we see a ruling capitalist class resorting to the use of thugs to protect their system.
...official investigations by the Financial Crimes Unit show that Golden Dawn is actually being funded by a group of wealthy businessmen, ship-owners and priests....
See also this coverage from Eagainst of the anti-fascist mass demonstrations all across Greece which includes many photos and one video.
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