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, April 24, 2013

Orwell does America

Click here to access article by Pepe Escobar from Asia Times Online.

 Based on reports from his Boston followers, Escobar cites more discrepancies, inconsistencies, and other strange happenings in an event in which mainstream media managers have no doubts about: its a clear cut case of Muslims engaging in terrorism against Americans. Ergo: we must increase police state measures, remove more civil liberties, and increase surveillance on citizens (CISPA).
Welcome to Police State USA - where at least everyone still has the right to go out shopping. For now.
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