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, February 18, 2013

From Cheerleader to Enemy of the State

Click here to access article by William T. Hathaway from Dissident Voice.

The author interviews a public school teacher who was fired because she strayed a little too far from acceptable government propaganda. I wish I had had a teacher like her when I went to school--except that she probably would have been fired also. In the US they don't kill you for telling the truth, they just take away your means of support.