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, October 7, 2019

Posts I recommend for today: Monday, October 7, 2019

  • Udo Ulfkotte: Bought Journalists. Terje Maloy, a Norwegian, translated into English 49 minutes of the 136 minute lecture delivered to a German audience in 2015 by former German journalist Udo Ulfkotte. Maloy then posted it on his website which occasionally includes posts in English.