Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The President and the Fatal Trilateral Logic of US, Egyptian and Israeli Relations

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, November 27, 2012

The President and the Fatal Trilateral Logic of US, Egyptian and Israeli Relations

Click here to access article by Amro Ali from Jadaliyya.

This provides another view on recent events in Egypt. While Morsi argues that he needs temporary powers free from judicial restraints in order to root out many Mubarak influences from the government, this author argues that he is caught up in business as usual in the lucrative relationship with the Empire.