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, May 8, 2012

Afghanistan: Permanent Occupation Planned

Click here to access article by Stephen Lendman from Progressive Radio Network.

The recent news broadcast in US mainstream media about Obama's quick trip to Afghanistan to conclude an agreement with President Karzai, the local puppet, was widely celebrated by mainstream pundits. The agreement formalizes conditions that will keep Afghanistan firmly as a colonial outpost in the Empire. The author explains this in more detail.