Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The worst thing that ever happened to the Jewish people is the Holocaust. The second worst thing that ever happened to the Jewish people is the state of Israel.

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, June 11, 2010

The worst thing that ever happened to the Jewish people is the Holocaust. The second worst thing that ever happened to the Jewish people is the state of Israel.

by William Blum from his blog, Killing Hope . This is a good rant about the many manifestations of hypocrisy that emanate from the Empire, and what happens when some people tell the truth.

Also other subjects thrown in such as some details on Obama's background that suggest earlier ties with the CIA. This reminds me that his banker-grandmother, who largely raised him, worked for a number of years for the Ford Foundation in Indonesia. The Ford Foundation has often fronted for CIA agents in foreign countries.