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

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Targeting of Christian Syrians and Black Libyans: The "Clash of Civilizations" is on the march

Click here to access article by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya from Voltaire.

This Canadian sociologist and independent journalist has assembled a complex, but compelling view of the grand strategy that informs the Empire's policies in the MENA region.
What is unfolding amongst the Arab peoples is naturally a mixed package. Insurgency is part of this package as is opportunism. Where there is revolution, there is always counter-revolution too.
Clearly the Empire is influenced by the principle which states, "never let a crisis go to waste".