Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The West and the glorification of terrorism

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

Friday, August 3, 2012

The West and the glorification of terrorism

Click here to access article by Thierry Meyssan from Voltaire Network.

There is much to recommend this, but I take issue with the author who seems to imply that the Russian ruling class under Putin are the good guys.

Washington is attempting to remodel the Greater Middle East and to change the regional military equation. Moscow challenges that authority and is attempting to usher in a new international order based on international law and on multilateralism. Syria is the line of demarcation between these new blocs.

To be sure multilateralism serves Russian ruling class interests for the time being, but class interests will change if Russia becomes a dominant power. Clearly the Russians have their own interests in maintaining Syria under an administration that is favorable to Russian interests. Also, I doubt that the Putin administration has substantial concerns about social-economic justice for the Syrian people. What is needed is for all societies to do away with class rule. What is needed is an organization design of societies in which certain classes are not given privileges over other classes, where no social-economic classes exist at all, and where there are only 100 percent societies.