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

Monday, April 29, 2019

Trees don’t grow on money – or why you don’t get to rebel against extinction

Click here to access article by Tim Hayward from his blog.

Hayward raises some very important questions and doubts about the seriousness of the latest movements to solve the environmental crises: movements in the USA and Britain which are backed by capitalists such as the Green New Deal and Rebellion Extinction.
A circumstantial puzzle is how an apparently spontaneous social movement of protest comes to have the energetic backing of big business interests and even to receive notable support from influential sections of the corporate media.
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