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

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Syrian Rebels Describe U.S.-Backed Training in Qatar

Click here to access article and 18:10m video produced by PBS's Frontline TV program posted on Islamic Societies Review.

 The video provides details of what appears to be a CIA executed program in support of US government's stated policy to keep Syria bleeding. Apparently having given up the goal of removing the Assad regime and replacing it with a Western friendly government, the US Empire directors are intent on creating as much chaos in Syria as they can by using weapons designed to terrorize civilian populations. This, of course, begs the question: who are the real terrorists in today's world?
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