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FLASHBACK: George Clooney Paid by War Profiteers

"Clooney’s new organization, “The Sentry,” is part of The Enough Project, which is part of the Center for American Progress, which is a leading backer of “humanitarian” wars, and various other wars for that matter — and which is funded by the world’s top war profiteer, Lockheed Martin, and by number-two Boeing, among other war profiteers."

Buffett, Gates Foundation, Bono’s RED and the Dakota Access Pipeline

"I suppose you might be wondering why I’m inserting Bill Gates into the fray, but the answer’s obvious, as in herein lies the crux. It is Bill Gates who has succeeded in turning Bono’s philanthropic endeavors into pure philanthrowash of he and Buffet’s investments. After all, ONE was Gates' brainchild as much or more than it was Bono’s." ...

The Age of Humanism is Ending

"In a world set on objectifying everybody and every living thing in the name of profit, the erasure of the political by capital is the real threat. The transformation of the political into business raises the risk of the elimination of the very possibility of politics....Under such conditions, the future of progressive and future-oriented mass politics of the left is very uncertain."

Nature is Being Renamed ‘Natural Capital’ – But is it Really the Planet that Will Profit?

"The use of “natural capital” as a noun is becoming increasingly normalised in environmental governance. Recent natural capital initiatives include the World Forum on Natural Capital, described as “the world’s leading natural capital event”, ..."

Ecosystem Services for Whom?

"Language is vital. The words we use to describe things and processes constrain our thinking about the world – this is the main message of research on values and frames."

How We Were Misled About Syria: Amnesty International

"Certainly, I always trusted Amnesty International implicitly, believing I understood and shared its moral commitments. As a decades-long supporter, I never thought to check the reliability of its reporting." ...

Faceless

"Despite their best attempts to eradicate us off of the face of the earth, control us through residential schools, or break us down with the Indian Act and its racist policies we are not only still here, we are thriving and fighting back. We are prayers made flesh."

An Analysis of Women’s Marches Along Historical & Present Lines

"Over the many, many decades since the Western women's movement begin in the nineteenth century, there has been little betterment in regards to the acknowledgement that white supremacy is a reality and a part of the overall oppression of women. It hasn't happened in regards to their plight then or now."

WATCH: Gail Dines: Putting the Radical Back in Feminism

How did we get from radical feminism (liberation meaning you and me) to empowerment ("if I'm okay fuck you") in a single generation? #SocialEngineering #NonProfitIndustrialComplex #Neoliberalism

WATCH: John Pilger: The Hijacking of Feminism

A brilliant lecture by John Pilger gives much needed reflection on the recent "Women's March on Washington."