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

Sunday, February 20, 2011

How to Save Ourselves From the 'Save PBS' Routine

from Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

I think the author of this piece is on to something. His/her argument is that the current attacks on PBS and NPR (public TV and radio in the US) are a ploy to move their content ever further to the right. Read this, this, and this.