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

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Mexico: the Neo-Liberal "Drugs War'

Click here to access transcript of interview with author Peter Watt from Latin America Bureau (UK). 
A new book looks beyond the clichés to examine the causes of the violence associated with illegal drugs trafficking in Mexico. LAB talks to one of its authors, Peter Watt.
If this author is correct, Mexico's political version of Tweedledee and Tweedledum will continue the violence, the battles over drug turfs, and even provide new venues of crime all participated in by Mexico's One Percent.
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