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, April 6, 2010

World War II and the Battle of Britain: Operation Sea Lion: Looking Back

by Dr. Frederick Clairmonte from Global Research. This is an excellent antidote to the poison of disinformation and indoctrination re events surrounding WWII that most of us have received from various capitalist guided institutions such as education and media. This revised history is an exposé of the some of the worst characteristics of the system of capitalism and the people associated with it: exploitation, domination, plunder, racism, etc.