Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Greek government shuts down National Broadcasting Services

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, June 12, 2013

Greek government shuts down National Broadcasting Services

Click here to access article from Eagainst (Greece).

Meanwhile, journalists and other staff at the country’s public television and radio stations continue broadcasting online, after the police forces switched off all the transmitters yesterday, while thousands of media workers remained outside ERT’s headquarters through the night expressing their disagreement with this decision. The protests were joined by supporters of opposition parties (namely of the Communist KKE and SYRIZA), trade unionists and ordinary citizens who criticized this move as being undemocratic.

It's wonderful to see people rising up all over the world (see also what's happening in London) against the capitalist Empire and its satellite leaders who pretend to govern under the mantle of "democracy". Hopefully this is only the first stage in a world revolution that will result in a real democracy created by the people, for the people against those few who would "own" everything that is of value to us the people, and keep us in perpetual debt bondage in order to secure what we need.