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, May 10, 2012

World powers rush to plunge Syria into war

Click here to access article by Pepe Escobar from Asia Times Online.

I am always a bit reluctant to post satire articles because in these Orwellian times, when the political operatives of the Empire have only lies to offer, satire is too easy. But Escobar does it so well, and this is one of his best.