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, November 30, 2019

Posts that I especially recommend today: Saturday, November 30, 2019

  • How the U.S. Caused the Breakup of the Soviet Union: after an introduction by Sean Gervasi and Dennis Riches, a Sean Gervasi 1992 lecture captured on 1:31:14 hour video (via YouTube) posted on Global Research. (I recommend following the transcript provided at the bottom of the article while listening to the lecture on YouTube.)

Thursday, November 28, 2019

Posts that I especially recommend today: Thursday, November 28, 2019

Bolivia:
Other articles:

Tuesday, November 26, 2019