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 14, 2012

Morsi’s Military Move & the Burden of History in Egypt’s Transition

Click here to access article by Daniel Tavana from Muftah. 

This brief article rather well sums up the broad speculative reaction coming from various quarters as to the significance of the recent political events described in Egypt.

Here is are some samples of these reactions: