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

Friday, June 19, 2015

Saudis to Offer Putin a Deal He Can’t Refuse?

Click here to access article by Ulson Gunnar from New Eastern Outlook.

Directors of the US Empire have long supported the most despicable nations and leaders that will collude with them to maintain the Empire hegemony in the world. Gunnar supports this argument and that the Saudi's current and past efforts to find favor with other nations is a lost cause because of their past crimes. There is just too much evidence that Saudi Arabia has been dealing and supporting terrorist armies on behalf of Empire interests and in collusion with Empire directors. They have become an international pariah.

Saudi Prince Bandar "Bush" confers with George W. Bush
at his ranch in Crawford, Texas 

 ...Bandar’s gloating about Riyadh’s role in creating and controlling some of the most vicious terrorist organizations on Earth confirms what has been reported elsewhere across both the alternative and even mainstream press. It also confirms that while Washington, London and Brussels disingenuously wring their hands about the threat of “Islamists,” they are allied closest with the very nation responsible for this very threat.

Also see this, this, this, and this.