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, January 7, 2011

Irish Leaders Castigated As Greatest Traitors Of All Time

by Gabriel Donohoe from OpEd News.

This guy is becoming one of my favorite internet authors. In this piece he offers a comprehensive report on the bankster-vultures that have descended upon Ireland, explains how this happened, and who benefits, in other words, follow the money. It is the same story everywhere in the West.
One special interest group, the banksters, prevailed spectacularly over the interests of the Irish people. How did the banksters manage to wield such inordinate influence over crucial governmental policy?
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