Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The Anti-Empire Report #137

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, February 24, 2015

The Anti-Empire Report #137

Click here to access article by William Blum from The Anti-Empire Report.

This uncompromising (with the truth) American historian gives us some more history lessons along with some lessons in hypocrisy that have been so pervasive in the rise of the post-war American Empire. He visits the current crisis in Greece, cites some typical lies issued by State Department flunkies, reviews the many past lies about US relations with Iraq and Cuba, and reports on a new US propaganda minister.