Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Pseudo-Protests And Serious Climate Crisis

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

Monday, February 18, 2013

Pseudo-Protests And Serious Climate Crisis

Click here to access article by David Swanson from War is a Crime.

The author provides a review of Sunday's protest of the Keystone pipeline at the National Mall in Washington DC. If this is the best that North American climate change activists can offer as opposition to the pipeline, then God, or Allah, (insert your favorite deity here) help us!