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, March 7, 2015

Bad Today, Okay Tomorrow

Click here to access article by Michael Albert from TeleSur. (Note: Unfortunately, there are a few errors either due to typos or the translation into English. One that may not become readily apparent is in this sentence in the second to the last paragraph: "Did the process of winning the limited again occur so as to point toward further advance...." in which "again" should most likely be "gain".)

Albert in this article helps us to think critically about political choices we frequently face when negotiating with our adversaries in the capitalist ruling class.
Judgements about policies are rarely absolutely [absolute], they depend on the social context the policies are being implemented in.