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

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a “New Middle East”

Click here to access a current re-post on The 4th Media of a prophetic 2006 article by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, a Canadian sociologist and geopolitical analyst. 
This article first published by GR in November 2006 is of particular relevance  to an understanding of the ongoing process of destabilization and political fragmentation of Iraq.
I've always been impressed by Nazemroaya's views on geopolitical events in the Middle East, but this piece represents the best of his work.
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