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, April 12, 2010

Court Rules Against NSA's Illegal Spying, Illegal NSA Spying Continues

from Anti-Fascist Calling. The article goes into to great detail re the privacy and civil rights of US citizens to illustrate how the transition from Bush Jr's administration to Obama's has been a seamless one. And why not? It is the same governing class. People simply must refuse to be distracted by the Democrat and Republican political shows that keep playing on the media. 

The District Court ruling seems like a victory, but I wouldn't be so sure that it will change anything. It may just be overturned by the Supreme Court, or what I think is more likely, it will simply be ignored. The laws and the enforcement system is for us little people--the governing class is exempt.
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