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

Undercover cops secretly use smartphones, face recognition to spy on crowds

Click here to access article by Darlene Storm from ComputerWorld


This article illustrates that the One Percent's enforcers are continuing to refine their police state methods by the using uncover agents to fill databases with activist facial photos. The databases can then be used to track activists with sophisticated facial recognition software.