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, July 18, 2020

Posts that I especially recommend today: Saturday, July 18, 2020

  • Portland Mayor Condemns Masked Federal Agents Abducting Protesters by Alan Macleod from Internationalist 360°. (My reaction: This Democratic Mayor, because he depends on the political party funds to be re-elected, attributes this Gestapo tactic to Trump. But the Deep State, who largely governs America (except for Trump that likes to annoy them), is perfectly able to order this operation.)