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, July 1, 2013

Info Wars: Paranoia, Surveillance And An Empire In Decline

Click here to access article by Colin Todhunter from CounterCurrents.

This piece brings to my mind the Bob Dylan song, "The Times They Are a-Changin'". He writes about the new opportunities to be informed made possible by internet technology.
Enter some balance. Enter the internet, Press TV, RT and the ‘alternative media'. The media landscape has been transformed. In recent years, the US  has had to face up to the harsh truth that it cannot dominate the global debate to the extent it once did when it comes to shaping the analysis and reporting of news through its compliant media outlets. 
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