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, August 28, 2012

Commons: Alternatives to market and state

Click here to access article by Derek Wall from STIR: Anger Analysis Action (Britain).
Capitalism has failed.  Leaving the care of society to the market has led to massive inequality, climate chaos and financial crisis.  The system is indeed one of zombie economics, the doctrine is dead but the beast still walks amongst us.  It reminds me of the cartoons where Bugs Bunny runs over the edge of the cliff but, not noticing that he has done so, continues to march on air until realization strikes and the silly rabbit plummets to the ground. 
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