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, March 19, 2012

Mayor-for-Life Bloomberg’s NYPD arrests French bagpipe players at OWS six-month celebration in Zuccotti Park. Also, police violence against the non-violent

Click here to access article & 16:04m video from Naked Capitalism. 

Isn't it a bit strange that we hear so little from political liberals about police brutality against people acting on their Constitutional right to assemble and protest? They seem to be more worried about protestors breaking windows. 

Read also Phil Rockstroh's more profound views on this event entitled, “Our Rights do not End where the Caprice of Authoritarian Bullies Begins”.
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