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, August 23, 2011

Libya, the Real Deal

This excellent 24 minute KPFA radio interview posted on Dandelion Salad, which is providing a lot of coverage on Libyan events, presents another informed, independent source of information on the current scene there and particularly the distortion of news reports in mainstream media: