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, March 1, 2015

RGBS’s Film of the Week: Murder, Spies and Voting Lies

Click here to access the series of seven videos via YouTube that together make up the film posted on Raging Bull-Shit.
This week’s film of the week is an incredible documentary that tells the story of a computer programmer who was contacted by a private company with ties to convicted chinese spies, to write a program that could be used to rig US state elections in 2000 and 2004. Among other things, it raises serious questions about both of George W Bush’s presidential election victories and serves as a very stark reminder of the vulnerabilities of using electronic voting systems. 
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