Many are familiar with the adage, "When the people lead, the leaders will follow." But what happens when people enable leaders to follow the dictates of the powerful? These days, the answers are arriving in the form of a news drumbeat that's apt to seem like a dirge. From Afghanistan to Wall Street to the Gulf of Mexico, policies of military action and regulatory inaction are exacting terrible costs: in human life, economic resources and irreplaceable nature.
Norman Solomon: When The Leaders Lead, The People Have Sorrow
Norman Solomon, Huffington Post: Politics
Mon, 05/24/2010 - 6:40am
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