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, April 8, 2013

The Whites Go to the SEC: Why Wall Street Still Owns Washington

Click here to access article by Pam Martens from Wall Street on Parade.

This report focuses on the careers of two individuals, John W. and Mary Jo White (a married couple) and their journeys through the revolving doors of corporations and government in order to use the latter to serve the interests of the former. This provides another among thousands of illustrations of how the One Percent control the government. Yes, it is the same old story of the corporate/financial foxes guarding the public hen-house. The story of this couple...
...tells us a great deal about why Wall Street remains unrepentant and continues to pillage and plunder.
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