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, February 28, 2010

Greece: Theives [sic] fall out, workers suffer

from Green Left Online (abridged from MR Zine). The article uncovers some details of the raid on the Greek economy (specifically, on the economy of the working people of Greece) that mainstream media doesn't want you to know about--an illustration of how, under capitalism, the strong prey on the weak.