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, November 18, 2015

TTIP: capitalism on steroids

Click here to access article by Mathilde Dahl from Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century (rs21) [Britain].  

Dahl contributes some new information about the proposed TTIP agreement and what is being done in Europe to oppose it.
It is clear that TTIP is not about trade – it’s about giving multinational corporations more power and it poses a massive threat to our democracy [sic].

But there is good news – the campaign against TTIP is growing and TTIP has become the most toxic acronym in Europe.
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