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

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Obama's Mercenary Attacks On Syria Are Breaking The Law

Click here to access article by Bernhard from Moon of Alabama.

The author digs up clear evidence of the Empire's illegal agenda for Syria, and that the directors of the Empire are trying surreptitiously to flout national and international laws while packaging their war crimes in humanitarian wrappings to avoid opposition by their own citizens.