Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Local Governments Have the Power to Restrict Drone Surveillance in the US

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, May 23, 2012

Local Governments Have the Power to Restrict Drone Surveillance in the US

Click here to access article by Trevor Timm from Electronic Frontier Foundation.

What I believe is really significant in this article are the revelations of secrecy employed by police departments to gain access to surveillance drones (who knows, maybe killer drones also!) No doubt this is being directed through the Department of Homeland Security.

This is another illustration of how the US is managed by the One Percent. If they can't do things in their interest legally or if they anticipate adverse public reaction, they will do so surreptitiously. They are definitely afraid of the 99 Percent and are preparing to increase their means of controlling and containing their activities. To the One Percent it appears that we are all becoming Palestinians, Iraqis, and Taliban.