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, October 5, 2012

The Make-Believe Crisis in Iran

Click here to access article by Patrick Foy from CounterPunch

This author, unfortunately, watches the boob tube. However, unlike many Americans, he watches it with a very critical eye. He was astonished by what he viewed on a recent McLaughlin Group program.