Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Unpleasantness in Belgium, Silence in Ireland

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

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Unpleasantness in Belgium, Silence in Ireland

Click here to access article by David Malone from his blog Golem XIV.

Here we see an illustration of Irish banking scams that lead to their collapse, and repeated warnings by a risk manager of an Irish bank were ignored. Now that he is speaking out, Irish media won't report it. And, no one is being charged with any crimes. Sounds familiar?

What Sugarman’s story reveals above all is how no one in power, whether that be financial, political or media power, wants any questions asked or truths exposed. Sugarman has been ignored by everyone in the Irish establishment: his bank, the banks regulator, all the Irish political parties, all the newspapers and I was there when he told his story to one of Ireland’s top TV journalists only to never hear from him again.