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

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Climate Blah, Blah, Blah, Change

Click here to access a great animated portrayal of UN Summits and climate destabilization, by Mark Fiore from his website.
With another UN climate summit under way, I wish we could all be more excited and hopeful about the results.  Besides the fact that all eyes are focused on ISIS right now, there is plenty of pessimism about the latest UN meeting.

This climate summit may very well be the most important one ever held.  In fact, every climate summit from here on out is the most important one ever held.  (If you’re driving your car towards a cliff at high speed, it can be argued that each move you make becomes more important than the preceding move because you’re, um, about to go over a cliff!)  Countries of the world started to hold meetings to discuss what to do about global warming way back in 1992.  Remember the Earth Summit?
Do you think that this phenomenon has anything to do with capitalists' control of the UN?
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