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

Monday, June 28, 2010

The Powers-That-Be Are Terrified of the Mass Awakening Taking Place Worldwide

from Washington's Blog. 
Oligarchs are seizing more overt control in most countries in the world, the worldwide economy is on course for another - even bigger  - train wreck, countries are cracking down on freedom and becoming more tyrannical, we are in a permanent state of war..., and companies like BP are destroying our natural resources without any checks and balances.
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