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

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Demolishing Palestine

Click here to access article by Michelle Woodward from Jadaliyya. 

This might be more poignantly entitled, "Demolishing Palestine--One Palestinian Home at a Time". The article captures this ongoing tragedy and human rights crime against Palestinians better than any article I've seen for some time. It was to stop these crimes that Rachel Corrie, a Washington state neighbor of mine, lost her life to an Israeli bulldozer while protesting.
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