Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Saudi's internal power struggle sends ripples across international borders

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

Friday, November 22, 2013

Saudi's internal power struggle sends ripples across international borders

Click here to access article by David Hearst from The Guardian.

The writer provides evidence that the medieval kingdom is conflicted over foreign policies that they have been pursuing in the Middle East, policies which have put them in conflict with the Empire upon which they have long depended for their survival in the modern world. Rivalries to succeed the aging king are heating up.