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

Friday, February 26, 2021

Posts that I especially recommend for Friday, February 26, 2021

  • Capitalism and Political Violence at Home and Abroad by Rob Urie from CounterPunch. My reaction: The article requires a real knowledge of history which has been substantially removed for most people by the rewriting of history by "historians" employed by the ruling class and colluding Hollywood producers of films. I found his thesis that violence is used by the capitalist ruling class, both at home and abroad, to maintain their system is somewhat obscured by his writing style. But Urie fulfills the function of giving CounterPunch a superficial radical cachet (def).
  • Heating the Planet Through a New Cold War by Michael Klare from Tom Dispatch. (Note: I only recommend the first section that carries this title. The rest is how Joe Biden is largely responsible which is very naive. Biden is just a figurehead--the capitalist ruling class is in charge of all major policies.
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