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, May 12, 2012

Greece’s media crisis

Sourced from Eagainst that appears to originate among mostly Greek activists.

Clearly the Greek people are learning that control of the media is a key objective of the capitalist governing class. Where this class fails to exercise control, they shut it down and fire journalists as they have in Greece. But the Greeks are learning the important lesson of setting up their own media. This video briefly tells this story.