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

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Attorney General Holder defends execution without charges

Click here to access article by Glenn Greenwald from Salon.

It seems that there is hardly a week goes by that further evidence of the descent into fascism appears. This is change alright, but I doubt that it is "change we can believe in".
In a speech at Northwestern University yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder provided the most detailed explanation yet for why the Obama administration believes it has the authority to secretly target U.S. citizens for execution by the CIA without even charging them with a crime, notifying them of the accusations, or affording them an opportunity to respond, instead condemning them to death without a shred of transparency or judicial oversight.
The article is fairly lengthy. For something shorter I recommend this piece from the ACLU entitled, "Video: Holder Talks About Targeted Killing Program While DOJ Says It Can't".
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