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, September 7, 2014

NATO Wales Summit Heightens Tensions Pouring More Fuel on Fire

Article includes Part 1 and Part 2 by Andrei Akulov from Strategic Culture Foundation.

I found this report to be the most comprehensive and objective on the web. The others were mostly pro-NATO public relations type reports or very cynical reports. I believe an accurate summary would be that the conference produced agreement on mostly threatening gestures against Russia and no agreement on actions against ISIS. Note that the conference was held immediately after the devastating losses suffered by the Western established Kiev government in Ukraine. 
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