Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Stephanie McMillan’s ‘Capitalism Must Die’

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

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Stephanie McMillan’s ‘Capitalism Must Die’

Click here to access article posted by xraymike79 from Collapse of Industrial Civilization.

The author puts together a lot of the work by McMillan to elucidate her work and views about capitalism. I haven't had time to explore everything in this piece; but having listened to one third of the first video interview with Derrick Jensen, she clearly understands the system and clearly explains in common sense terms how it works.