in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
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
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
West's Propaganda War on Syria Exposed Again
In this age of advanced communication technology now being used by nearly everyone, the Empire's directorate finds it more urgent than ever to deceive the public at large about what they are doing in the world. Cartalucci illustrates this urgency with numerous fake events that have been circulating throughout mainstream and social media.