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

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Greece: Pensioner commits suicide on Athens Syntagma Square, the 2nd suicide within 14 hours

Click here to access article from Eagainst. 

Capitalism claims another desperate victim in Greece, but most Greeks are able and willing to fight back. 
...demonstrations are called all over the country and the slogan “We won’t let Capitalism kill us” is being raised everywhere.