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

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Recommended articles for 11/5/2017

  • Forced recession as a tool of social war against the 99% by Ramin Mazaheri from A bird's eye view of the Vineyard.  Note: I found this article very challenging. I think it is because of its conversational style and the author's casual references to many economic topics which I am unfamiliar. 
At this point I ran out of time and energy to look for more interesting articles.