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

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Murky Special Ops Have Become Corporate Bonanza, Says Report

Click here to access article by Ryan Gallagher from The Intercept.
The U.S. government is paying private contractors billions of dollars to support secretive military units with drones, surveillance technology, and “psychological operations,” according to new research.
This article is essentially a summary of, and an introduction to, a research report issued by Remote Control Project, a British organization specializing in the examination of a new form of warfare using drones. This new type of warfare is not only controversial because it circumvents international norms and national constitutions, but it also illustrates the fascist component that is driving the Empire's new form of warfare. Fascism is the unvarnished form of capitalist rule which uses corporations, its engines of wealth production, as an integral part of its operations. Fascism is capitalist rule shorn of its decorative covering known as the "rule of law" to reveal the naked fist of violence or the threat of violence against any target that gets in its way toward power and wealth accumulation. 

Also, along the same lines, you might be interested in this article entitled "Obama’s ISIS War: Profit for Military Contractors" by Kurt Nimmo. 
The Pentagon has converted Iraq with its violent sectarian rivalries into a lucrative business opportunity for a burgeoning mercenary and contractor industry that has blossomed in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Obama’s ISIS war arrives at an opportune time for contractors.