Surviving Capitalism (Not) : New analysis of 40-year-old recording of Kent State shootings reveals that Ohio Guard was given an order to prepare to fire

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, May 10, 2010

New analysis of 40-year-old recording of Kent State shootings reveals that Ohio Guard was given an order to prepare to fire

from The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio. It takes 40-50 years to find out what really happened to shocking events like this. I hope I live long enough to find out more about the Kennedy and King assassinations. Unfortunately, I won't make it for the revelations regarding 9/11. See also this.