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, December 25, 2015

The Christmas Day that Peace Broke Out

Click here to access article by Michael Winship from Moyers & Company.

This historical incident, which occasionally squeaks through on liberal websites, is often viewed as an embarrassment by our capitalist masters because it is a rare event in which soldiers refused to kill each other for their masters' benefit.