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, February 5, 2010

Obama's nuclear power policy: a study in contradictions?

from the Christian Science Monitor. The title would be more accurate if worded this way: "The ruling class's nuclear policy..." Obama is merely the Public Relations Officer for The Empire--well, I have to admit that he is more pleasant to listen to than Bush, Jr.