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EMPIRE TARGETS BURUNDI: “Humanitarian” NGOs Escalate Momentum in Beating the Drums of War

"As Empire targets Burundi, force multipliers at the helm of the non-profit industrial complex such as Avaaz, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch beat the drums of war. NGOs, perhaps now the most instrumental tools in the West's war chest, are financed by (and in many cases created by) the world's most powerful oligarchs and institutions."

Burundi: Nkurunziza Refuses to Bow to Samantha Power’s Demands

"The Burundian government was no doubt encouraged by remarks of the Russian and Chinese ambassadors on the importance of protecting Burundi’s national sovereignty. U.N. Ambassador to the U.S. Samantha Power expressed her disappointment."

Western Aggression: The Highest Form of Terrorism

During the period leading up to the U.S.-UK attack on Iraq, HRW head Kenneth Roth had an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal entitled “Indict Saddam” (March 22, 2002). Thus beyond failing to oppose the imminent war of aggression, this human rights group leader was providing a public relations cover for the "supreme international crime."

FLASHBACK: The Responsibility of the Intellectuals: Cuba, the U.S. and Human Rights

"Their political conceptions, the yardsticks they pull out to condemn or approve of any political activity, exists nowhere except in their heads, in their congenial, progressive, university settings where they enjoy all the privileges of capitalist freedom and none of the risks which Third World revolutionaries have to defend themselves against."

Don’t Lose Your Head

"Saudi Arabia heading the UN Human Rights Council is the greatest mindfuck since Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2009 for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”, then in July 2010 lifted the U.S. funding ban for Kopassus, the notorious Indonesian death squads."

WATCH: Edward S. Herman on “Humanitarian Imperialism”

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WATCH: Edward S. Herman: “Where the Hell Was the Left?”

"So, anyway, we criticized them. And Noam Chomsky hates ad hominem, or he doesn't like fighting on the left. But I believe in it. I think it's very important to criticize the left. I think a very important part of the problem of the world is the extent to which the conservative forces struggling allegedly for human rights have neutralized or even captured some of the left."

Rwanda, the Enduring Lies: A Project Censored Interview with Professor Ed Herman

"...the United States and its allies are trying for regime change in Burundi, just as they did in Rwanda. They wanted to get rid of the Habyarimana government, a social democratic government in Rwanda. They don’t like the social democratic government in Burundi and they’re trying to get rid of it."

Meet the Two Brothers Making Millions Off the Refugee Crisis in Scandinavia

"For 2015, Hero Norway expects revenue of $63 million, with profits of 3.5 percent... only one for-profit is larger than the Adolfsens’ operation, ORS Services, a Swiss company that in 2014 generated $99 million in profit caring for refugees in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany."

George Soros: Anti -Syria Campaign Impresario

"The yellow brick road leads to Soros and the BBC is off to see the Wizard. If only they were on a quest for heart, courage and brains."