Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Oliver Stone's New Documentary Explains Progressive Governments in Latin America, Exposes Adversarial Media Bias

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, June 22, 2010

Oliver Stone's New Documentary Explains Progressive Governments in Latin America, Exposes Adversarial Media Bias

from Upside Down World. Looks like an interesting film that provides some real insights on developments in South America.

...viewers are provided two starkly different portraits of Latin American contemporary history as it unfolds. He does this by juxtaposing two diametrically opposed viewpoints: that of private media outlets in both the U.S. and in Latin America and those of leaders in the region, those responsible for creating the "pink-tide."