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, November 20, 2014

Ecosocialism: Why greens must be red and reds must be green

Click here if you to access to access more details in relation to this 40:31m video in which Ian Angus addresses the necessity of an ecological and socialist revolution. Posted on Climate & Capitalism. The latter post also contains a second video of a question and answer session.