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, July 7, 2015

ISIL: Made in Langley

Click here to access article by Wayne Madsen from Strategic Culture Foundation. 

The evidence keeps mounting that ISIS OR ISIL is a collaborative project of the US, Saudis and associates, and Israel as a integral part of the Empire's strategy of tension to keep the Middle East destabilized and under control. The Empire's frequent use of this strategy from contrived terrorist incidents in the US to destabilizing countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine, testifies to its usefulness in a variety of situations.
ISIL now serves as an important CIA, Saudi, and Israeli asset against common foes like Iran. ISIL has made no secret of its desire to bring the death and destruction it has visited upon Syria and Iraq into the heart of Iran. The destabilization of Iran by sponsoring terrorist attacks in Iran and against Iranian targets abroad has long been the modus operandi of the U.S., Israel, and Saudi Arabia....
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