Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Obama defends police state spying

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, January 18, 2014

Obama defends police state spying

Click here to access article by Eric London and Barry Grey from World Socialist Web Site.

The chief public relations officer of the US, often referred to as the "President", addressed the nation to calm the fears of its citizens about being spied upon by agencies of his employer, the One Percent and their government. According to Obama...

“The folks at the NSA are our neighbors, they’re our friends and family,” Obama said. “Our intelligence community follows the law and is staffed by patriots,” he added, declaring that NSA operatives “follow protocols designed to protect the privacy of ordinary people.”