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, December 28, 2014

N.Y.P.D. Officers Earn Disrespect - Except One Of Them

Click here to access article by Bernhard from Moon of Alabama

Going against the direction of a herd of sheep can often be very difficult, but it has become imperative in today's world in which capitalist ruling classes are herding sheeple off the cliffs of never-ending wars, a nuclear war conflagration, and catastrophic climate destabilization. Bernhard offers a brief, but poignant lesson about this.