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, January 11, 2013

Schools, Guns & Drugs

Click here if you wish to access source of 10:34m video from RT via YouTube. 

Knowing that at least the last two incidents of mass shootings were committed by people on prescription drugs, it seems strange to me that mainstream media has not examined the relationship between the two. It really should not be surprising given that Big Pharma has been one of the most lucrative sectors of US corporate profits in the last several decades. To their credit, RT looks at this issue in the following video:
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