Surviving Capitalism (Not) : “If [Spanish Prime Minister] Rajoy had any dignity, he would resign”

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

Thursday, July 12, 2012

“If [Spanish Prime Minister] Rajoy had any dignity, he would resign”

Click here to access article by Carlos Delclós from Reflections on a Revolution. (Includes 4:52m video from RT)

Spain is another example of capitalist "democracy" in action. They hold their carefully managed elections where candidates approved by the One Percent make all kinds of promises to citizens, then betray them.

Following yesterday’s violent police crackdown on peaceful protesters in Madrid, ROAR contributor Carlos Delclos, a lecturer in Sociology at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, appeared on RT News to denounce the brutality of police and the sudden volte-face of Prime Minister Rajoy, who announced even deeper austerity measures yesterday — and whose government has so far broken virtually every election promise it made before coming to power.