Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Israel in Libya: Preparing Africa for the “Clash of Civilizations”

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

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Israel in Libya: Preparing Africa for the “Clash of Civilizations”

Click here to access article by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya from Dissident Voice.

This courageous, independent journalist who risked his life covering the recent events in Libya provides us with a geo-political epiphany regarding the Empire's recent history and future agenda in the Middle East and Africa. He ties together so many bits and pieces of information that I've come across in the past decade to form a coherent picture that explains so much that has happened, and likely will happen in this area.

This piece, along with so many others, urgently calls for the setting at the top of our agenda the replacement of all class structured societies with egalitarian, grass-roots participatory societies. If we fail to do this, unending wars, civil strife, uprooting of populations, refugee camps, economic and environmental devastation will be our future.