Surviving Capitalism (Not) : CIA torture whistleblower faces trial

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

Monday, July 9, 2012

CIA torture whistleblower faces trial

Click here to access article by Vladimir Gladkov from The Voice of Russia.

This is just another illustration of a basic and critically important truth:

...whoever is the president of the United States, the White House will continue to hide unpleasant truth from the public and will fight anyone who dares to stand in its way.

This is true simply because it doesn't matter whom the ruling class put into the White House, the real decision-makers always stay hidden behind the facade of official government.