Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Six Ways the Media Has Misreported Syria

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, March 18, 2012

Six Ways the Media Has Misreported Syria

Click here to access article by Afshin Mehrpouya from Voltaire Network.

I have been amazed by the incessant, monolithic reporting in Western media about the Syrian insurrections. I think that this is a result of all the growing collaboration among capitalist elites as evidenced by all the summit meetings (G-8, G-20, NATO, The World Economic Forum, etc.) they hold. Clearly the coordinating and direction of mainstream media is provided by the leadership of the Empire's ruling Once Percent who come together at these various summits.