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 26, 2020

Posts that I especially recommend today: Monday, October 26, 2020

General note: There was only one post, the first post, that I found today. (Note: I have added a post at 11:48 AM CT.) But, together with several posts from as recent as Friday that I didn't get to, my recommendations for today are the following:

  • Scott Atlas: I’m disgusted and dismayed. This post features a video interview with Dr. Scott Atlas, recently appointed as senior advisor to the President, posted on the Unherd website that is based in Britain. I thought we should hear from this prominent figure regarding the pandemic.
  • Washington’s Long War on Syria: An Update by Stephen Gowans, a Canadian, from his weblog What's Left. (I've posted two articles--see above--by Gowans because I believe he is a top geopolitical analyst. I've neglected the international scene due to the shenanigans regarding the pandemic going on in the USA and throughout the Empire.)