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

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Kiss Egypt Good Bye? Not Yet!

by Jim Kirwan from Rebel News.

I first read Dick Eastman's piece entitled, "Kiss Egypt's Revolution Good-bye", that this author responded to, and I felt it provided some very useful information about how international finance would be dealing with the Egyptian situation. 

After reading this article by Kirwan, I felt, although I am not acquainted with Eastman's views, that this was an unjustified and inappropriate rant against Eastman and that Kirwan really didn't understand what Eastman was trying to do. After reading Eastman's comment following this article, my opinion was confirmed.

As I have argued before, the revolution in Egypt is unfinished. (See this and this.) However, both articles are useful in looking ahead at what confronts the brave people of Egypt in their quest for a true, liberating revolution.
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