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 20, 2011

The Truth vs. Think Tankers Maloney & Takeyh

Click here to access article by Nima Shirazi from Foreign Policy Journal. 

This is a very good antidote to all the poisonous propaganda against Iran put out by mainstream media. Of particular interest are the sources of the propaganda: they represent the highest levels of US governing class's political operatives--the Brookings Institute, the Council of Foreign Relations, and the New York Times. Such sources are followed closely by leading opinion makers throughout all the major institutions in the US. This arrangement provides some insight on how the ruling capitalist class can so effectively manage the views of the American people.

Given that there is no significant evidence to the contrary, imagine being an Iranian government official, going to an interview with a US media person, and having to deny for the nth time that Iran had any interest in building a nuclear bomb.