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

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Aggressive US Foreign Policy Seems to be Esculating

by Ron Horn

I should be immune to the war-mongering of my government, but recent news coverage has me quite astonished. The ruling class is provoking confrontations with North Korea, Iran, and Venezuela while being bogged down in Afghanistan. Of course, war has often been used by the ruling class to deal with domestic problems, but these policies seem insane.  
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