Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Syria, sectarianism and the threat of wider war

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, August 27, 2012

Syria, sectarianism and the threat of wider war

Click here to access article by Chris Nineham from CounterFire (Britain).

There are clear signs that the strengthening of the sectarian dynamic in Syria is destabilising the region, argues Chris Nineham

Guess who is "strengthening the sectarian dynamic in Syria"?

Western imperialists are once again creating chaos in the Mid-East and risking a major conflagration.

For a deeper, class analysis of Empire intervention in the Mid-East, I recommend a lengthy piece by John Rees entitled "Empire and revolution - Syria and the critics of the anti-war movement" from the same source.