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

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Samir Amin: The US imperial project is to destroy the Arab nations

Sourced from Newsclick website based in India. (I recommend that you skip the rather long-winded introduction by starting at 2:25m into the video, thus reducing its length from 15:01m to 12:36m.)
Professor Samir Amin in conversation with Aijaz Ahmad on the realignment of the reactionary forces -- the US and NATO, the Monarchies in the region, and Israel. In his view, the Islamists -- either in Turkey or the Muslim Brotherhood -- are part and parcel of this reactionary block.
Amin gives provides an excellent overview of various imperial interests that are driving the war crimes and the destruction of countries in the Middle East.

 
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