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

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Social Media "Tactical Intelligence Collection": Spying and Propaganda using Facebook, Twitter

Click here to access article by Julie Lévesque from Global Research. 

Activists should realize that the benefits of social connectivity provided by these new forms of gadgets and software are a two-way street. They also can be used by the One Percent against us--in fact, this article clearly shows that this is happening today. Many useful links are provided to support this claim.