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

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Tailored for Sharks

Click here to access article by Mary Louise Malig from the Transnational Institute.

This is the introduction and content directory from the linked-to PDF document which succinctly reports on everything that ordinary people need to know about the World Trade Organization. The introduction lists the key questions that the report aims to answer. 

Although the PDF document indicates that it is 24 pages in length, in reality the script is much shorter due to charts, blank pages, references, and other formatting.