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

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

The Truth About US Troops "Sent to Iraq"

Click here to access article by Tony Cartalucci from Land Destroyer.

Cartalucci not only reveals the duplicitous nature of Empire operatives regarding the recent announcement about sending troops to Iraq, but argues that the same diabolical application of propaganda has been used in many other past operations comprising the "Arab Spring" events.