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

Sunday, April 16, 2017

The Rise of History's Biggest Empire

The 25:17m video produced by Empire Files and posted in TeleSur is narrated by Abby Martin.

Martin explains the history of the rise capitalist empires in the modern era leading up to the US-led Empire that rules much of the world today.