Politics Trully True Revolutions

Like Velvet Revolution, this is a leaderless revolution —a self-organizing movement where people are consciously taking charge of their lives. It is a clear and promising example of people growing up and taking responsibility for how their lives connect with the Earth and the future. . . . To live out of our deepest sense of purpose—integrating and balancing the inner and outer aspects of our lives—is an enormously challenging and continuously evolving process.
· Our True Values Provides Path for Change [Common Dream]

Rare Randolph ‘Ry’ Ryan: His anger against those who thwarted democracy and peace shone through.

That was the era when Bill Casey declared that the battleground against Communism had moved to Central America. Almost forgotten in the anti-Communist frenzy that followed was the extraordinary brutality of government forces during the civil war in El Salvador.
Almost forgotten, but not completely. These were things Ry would not let his readers forget. He explained how the roots of conflict grew out of years of repression and exploitation by a small number of oligarchs who profited from their abused campesinos and enjoyed the protection of the U.S. military and intelligence establishment.
· Almost Forgotten [Tom Paine]

Who Would Have Thought of This

It makes the Berlin Wall look like the work of amateurs. Israel is building a barricade in and around the occupied Palestinian West Bank which will be four times the size of communist Germany's claim to fame -- and light years ahead of it technologically.
· Wailing Curtain [Sunday Herald (Scotland)]