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, December 19, 2012

The U.S. Kill List: Panama, Iraq… Everywhere

Click here to access article by Mickey Z. from World News Trust. 

The author elaborates on the following themes:
  • The United States government has a long, sordid, and brutal history -- and it’s our job to see past the media and educational conditioning.
  • Both major U.S. political parties have been equal partners in this catalogue of crime -- so it’s been left to us to create the urgent change needed.
  • International law does not protect the guilty U.S. soldiers and cops -- but international law does demand our intervention. 
  • Despite all this, the vast majority of Americans remain willfully uninformed and silent.  
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