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

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The Wall Street Cartel

Click here to access article by Pam Martens from Wall Street on Parade.

This writer who spent 21 years of her life working in Wall Street knows of what she writes--although she appears to be rather naive about changing things. Here we learn how the major ruling class investment/banking institutions have carved out their own legal space, which insulates them from official government criminal processes, to facilitate their own criminal activities.
The financial crimes you can’t see are the ones that can really hurt you.
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