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, March 21, 2014

UkrainianGirl - Breaks Down Media Lies

A 21:37m YouTube video interview conducted by SyrianGirlpartisan with UkrainianGirl.

How refreshing to hear ordinary knowledgeable people discussing political conflicts! UkrainainGirl provides all the nuances of what is going on in her tragic country that is missing from class-biased Empire media. Unfortunately, we will always have these insurrections and wars as long as so many ordinary people remain disengaged from political issues, allow class-structured societies to exist, and allow ruling classes to enlist ordinary people to fight and kill each other to promote the interests of one ruling class over another. Meanwhile, the conditions for ordinary people remain the same, and it is they who end up suffering.

 
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