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

Saturday, March 27, 2010

U.S. Turns a Blind Eye to Opium in Afghan Town

from the NY Times. Another astounding admission reported by this source--the US military protects the illicit drug industry in Afghanistan (just like it does in Columbia, and as it did in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia)! So, is it really a "War on Drugs"? Or is it a "War FOR Drugs" and drug lords? You decide.