Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The Saker interviews Cynthia McKinney

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, October 24, 2015

The Saker interviews Cynthia McKinney

Click here to access this very fascinating interview from "The Saker's" website A bird's eye view of the Vineyard.

I have not had time before my deadline to read this entire interview, but it appears so very rich in insights about recent American history. She warns us:

Despite all of the negative things that have happened to me, I still believe that the people in the U.S. can create positive transformational change for themselves that will also be good for the rest of the world. What I don’t know is if they will seize the opportunity to do so, while it is still possible. Sharpening the technologies of death and applying them at home as well as abroad shapes the tenor of the times. I fear that the democratic space for such positive change is drastically and rapidly closing.