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

Monday, March 22, 2010

The Supreme Court's "Make Believe Law"

by Prof John Kozy from Global Research. The author cuts through the mystique of the US Supreme Court to reveal the rule of law for what, in my opinion, it is in the US--a part of the elaborate stage show called the US Government which distracts us from the realities of naked class domination by the owners of an economy that is produced by the sweat and creativity of working people. The author provides some essential lessons about this institution that were likely missing from your school curricula, i.e., your educational indoctrination.