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, August 8, 2011

Chris Hedges: Why I Will Be There [3:36m video]

Click here to access video from Transcend Media Service. 

At least one American is fully aware that it is urgent for us all to stand up and say "no" to corporate control of our society. We must join the brave Greeks, Icelanders, Spaniards, Portuguese, British, Egyptians, etc. and say "no more"--we have had enough of your rule, your wars, your austerity, your destruction of our planet! 

As they say on some TV commercials, "But wait, there's more!" Chris Hedges is not the only one. Check out this article and this website.
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