Mar 16

2013

"Real movements are not the creation of and beholden to millionaires. The Progressive Movement is astroturf beholden to the rich elite, just as the Democratic millionaires and operatives of the Democracy Alliance intended. The “movement’s” funding is in the hands of a small number of super rich Democrats and union bureaucrats and advisors who run with them. Its talking points, strategies, tactics and PR campaigns are all at the service of the Democratic elite. There is no grassroots organized progressive movement with power in the United States, and none is being built."

Jan 28

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

1Sky 350.org 99 Spring Bill McKibben Code Pink Naomi Klein OWS Rainforest Action Network Ruckus Society

FLASHBACK | 350.org: Environmental Corporatism

"Yet those who flaunt the term "astroturfing" -- namely, those on the left of the spectrum -- have shown a certain reluctance to acknowledge the fact that this same method is being applied to progressive grassroots movements as well, re-concentrating disenfranchisement with the dominant institutions of power into a manageable opposition capable of acting as a voting base. This is not a recent development; it dates back to the "Progressive Era" of American political history, and it forms a central apparatus of US foreign policy abroad under the non-descript diplomacy of "democracy promotion."

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Apr 16

2012

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Carbon Markets | REDD, Conservation International, Environmental Defence Fund, Greenpeace, Nature Conservancy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Conservation International Deforestation Forest Stewardship Council FSC Greenpeace Greenwash Nature Conservancy RAN REDD WWF

How Environmental Groups Gone Bad Greenwash Logging Earth’s Last Primary Old Forests

"Primary forest logging is a crime against Earth, the human family and all life - and those doing the logging, profiting and greenwashing the ecocide are dangerous criminals - who must be stopped and brought to justice. There is a zero chance of protecting and ending first time industrial logging of primary rainforests when the NGO Old Forest Sell-Outs say it is sustainable, even desirable, and continue to greenwash FSC old growth timber markets – now to be expanded with potential REDD funding – providing crucial political cover and PR for forest ecocide through their presence in the organizations."

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Aug 30

2011

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350.org / 1Sky, Greenpeace, Indigenous Environmental Network, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Sierra Club

350.org Civil Disobedience Pacifism Tar Sands Action Ward Churchill