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

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Back in the (Great) Game: The Revenge of Eurasian Land Powers

Click here to access article by Pepe Escobar from ConsortiumNews. 

This highly educated and informed Brazilian journalist has been following and touting China's Belt and Road Initiative for quite some time. In this article he provides an historical background on the Western European powers to thwart the rise of China on the world scene, and the subsequent reaction by the Chinese Communist Party, Russia, and other Eurasian nations who are taking the Westphalian principles, that are enshrined in the United Nations Charter, seriously unlike the Empire's complete disregard of them. 

The article is well-documented, but one reference was neglected for less educated Americans: the reference to the "end of history".
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