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Aug 08

2018

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Avaaz, Human Rights Watch, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Oxfam, Purpose [Public Relations Arm of Avaaz], Social Engineering, The International Campaign to Destabilize Bolivia, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The International Campaign to Destabilize Venezuela, United Nations, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

"wewashing" #MeToo 92nd Street Y Avaaz/Purpose Avispero Concordia Summit Darfur DarfurGenocide.org Facebook Henry Timms Latin America Meetup More In Common MoveOn Movilizatorio New Power Nicaragua Open Society Institute (OSI) Oxfam Res Publica Social Good Summit SocialGood The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation Tim Dixon United Nations USAID Venezuela World Bank

Purpose Goes to Latin America

Purpose Goes to Latin America

The world is on fire. Latin America is no exception. From Haiti, to Venezuela, to Honduras, to Brazil, to Paraguay, to Argentina, Ecuador, to Nicaragua, to Cuba, socialist or left leaning governments of sovereign states that resist foreign interference and persevere in their lawful right to self-determination have been relentlessly targeted for destabilization and coups by empire.

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Jul 31

2018

0

Avaaz, Ford Foundation, Foundations

AccessNow AllOut (Purpose) Avaaz Brett Solomon Ford Google MoveOn Netflix Nick Gaw Open Society Foundations Open Society Institute Purpose Save The Internet SecDev thisisnetneutrality.org

Moment of Truth – the Fight for Hard Net Neutrality Regulation

"Internet activism is an industry; “digital prostitutes” who will lend their support to corporate inspired causes are available for hire; and net neutrality activism receives hundreds of millions of dollars of support from corporate and foundation funders intent on protecting their financial portfolios and business models."

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Jul 30

2018

1

350.org / 1Sky, Avaaz, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace

'Carmichael Rail Project' 'OffTrack' report Birri carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) Climateworks Foundation Friends of the Earth Galilee Basin GetUp! Global Change Institute Greenpeace Australia Pacific Indigenous land use agreements (ILUAs) Jannga John Podesta Juru Market Forces North Galilee Basin rail project North Galilee Basin Rail Project (NGBR) Sandler Foundation StopAdani Coalition Sunrise Project Wangan and Jagalingou Family Council (W&J FC)

Reinforcing False Narratives in the Galilee Basin Coal Complex: A Double Book Review

"The best metaphor I can find for the way highly networked philanthropy works is the American football concept to 'run inference'. At the heart of offensive strategy is the use of offensive team members to create opportunities for the ball carrier to score touch downs by interfering with defending players to create an unimpeded path to the end zone."

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Jul 25

2018

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Social Engineering, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The International Campaign to Destabilize Venezuela, The War on Libya - There Was No Evidence, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

ALBA Capitalism Color Revolutions Cuba Ecuador European Left Imperialism Media Nicaragua Open Society Foundation Pact of Westphalia Sao Paulo Forum Venezuela

The Left is Consumed by Propaganda

"This is not, shall we say, a victim’s complaint, but rather a call for reflection, above all to the intellectual Left, which seems to look at the world as if we were in1950 instead of 2018, in a moment when time is rushing on, and while it may be a more perilous time, it is also a marvelous time."

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Jul 24

2018

1

Avaaz, Purpose [Public Relations Arm of Avaaz]

Syria White Helmets

Whitewashing the White Helmets – Peter Ford, Former UK Ambassador to Syria Responds to UK Government Statement

"Former Ambassador to Syria 2003 – 2006, Peter Ford responds to the UK Government statement by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt on “exceptional” Israeli evacuation of the UK/US Coalition intelligence construct, the White Helmets."

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Jul 23

2018

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Social Engineering

Athabaskan people Bakken Fields Red Line Salish Sea

Politics of Fear

"Protesting the institutionalization of fascism and the outlawing of tribal sovereignty is most effective when combined with exposure of the individuals and organizations supporting one’s opposition. By following the money, leaders can learn what they don’t know, starting with what they do. Following the money, however, requires research."

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Jul 23

2018

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Amnesty International

CELAG Destabilization Friedrich Ebert Foundation Imperialism Latin America Nicaragua Oxfam

Nicaragua Defeats The Not-So-Soft Coup

A massive rally on July 19th celebrated the coup's defeat and a categorical vindication of President Daniel Ortega's Sandinista government's efforts for peace in Nicaragua.

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Jul 23

2018

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Social Engineering

Non-profit Industrial Complex

Non-Profit Organizations as Buffers Against Systemic Change

"The Non-Profit Industrial Complex is a relationship between the Private Power, the State, foundations, the non-profit/NGO, social service agencies and sometimes social justice organizations. These relationships often result in the surveillance, control, derailment, and everyday management of political movements."

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Jul 23

2018

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Whiteness & Aversive Racism

Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) Earth Justice Galilee Basin Global Change Institute Stop Adani coalition Wangan Jagalingou

The lies and prevarications of Quiggin et al

"Spotlighting casts all others into shadow. It is a passive strategy that supports the wider narrative of the project funder and other stakeholders like Earth Justice who are allied with Stop Adani coalition leaders the Australian Conservation Foundation."

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Jul 05

2018

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Whiteness & Aversive Racism

With Progressives Like These, Who Needs Conservatives?

"Across social-media platforms, and progressive convenings that stretch from one end of the Americas to the other, the most radical progressives and activists of color are beginning to question — in increasingly strident terms — the commitment, judgment and even the motivation of more mainstream leftists — mostly white."

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