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

Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Democratic Party and Blanche Lincoln

by Glenn Greenwald from Salon. This is a must-read for all of those people who continue to think that the Democratic party in the US represents some kind of choice or alternative. His report illustrates that it is all political theater by the ruling class to maintain the illusion of choice or "democracy". 

"It's time for progressives to grow up!"--Frances Moore Lappé
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