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, June 27, 2015

Greece to hold national referendum on debt deal - PM

Click here to access report from RT.

What a concept! Syriza leaders are letting the Greek people decide on the issue of paying off international banks for loans which the latter managed to induce corrupt Greek leaders in the past to assume.
The ruling Syriza party urged voters to reject “the ultimatum by the lenders “ and “say yes to the proposal made by the government.” The leader of the Independent Greeks party, and Tsipras’ junior coalition partner, meanwhile urged the voters to protect the country’s sovereignty as they did “in 1940 when Greek people decided to say no to foreign armies.”

“I call for all of the party to participate in this big celebration of democracy called a referendum and to vote 'No' – no to handing away our independence,” Panos Kammenos said.