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

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Al-Mayadeen reveals Turkey aware of militants crossing border to Syria

Click here to access article from Al-Akhbar.

This article furnishes the latest evidence that the Turkish section of the Empire is continuing to supply arms and aid to terrorist armies in support of the Empire's goals of destabilizing Syria and the region, and thus to bring the oil-rich region under tighter control of the Empire. 
A video published on Al-Mayadeen’s website on Tuesday revealed that up to 100 civilians and militants cross the Syrian-Turkish border daily under the surveillance of the Turkish army, which never interferes.