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

Thursday, December 31, 2015

2015: Just Another Year for Empire

Click here to access article by Maximilian Forte and others at Zero Anthropology.

This professor of anthropology at Concordia University (Canada) and associates who write for this website have recommended a number of best articles for 2015--as if we didn't have enough to read already ;-)! Still they are very good ones, and you might survey them to see if you haven't missed any, especially those that pique your particular interests. They fall under six categories: Canada in Africa, Anthropology and Empire, Humanitarian Imperialism, Economic Imperialism & US Financial Hegemony, Military Imperialism, and Cultural Imperialism.   
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