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, December 4, 2011

Situations, Occupations, and Revolution: On Taking Steps Forward to Fight the End of the World

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This article provides an excellent evaluation of the US Occupy movement at its present state with suggestions about where it should go from here to continue the momentum. This type of discussion is absolutely critical for all who support the Occupy movement, who want real change, and who want the human race to continue on into the future. It's hard work, but who thought that real change would be easy when the one percent have so much power in the form of weapons and ownership of nearly everything--both of which we created?
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