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

Friday, September 11, 2015

#RefugeeCrisis: What The Media Is Hiding, Help #SyrianRefugees Go Home

a 13:24m commentary and analysis by Syrian Girl Partisan regarding the propaganda coverage of the refugee crisis used by the Empire to gain public support for a military campaign to remove the Assad government in Syria.