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

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Sports, Osama, and the new normal

Click here to access article by Dave Zirin from Al Jazeera.
After 9/11, American sports have exploited the hunt for Osama bin Laden, promoting a culture of war.
It's clear that full spectrum dominance is not just a military concept--it's also about dominating the minds of its citizens. An essential aspect of the Empire's strategy of "full spectrum dominance" is the use of all available cultural elements to promote the Empire's agenda in the minds of its citizens.
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