The Green Economy as a Continuation of War by Other Means
"War is complex and the green economy is advancing land acquisition and displacement, claiming to fight environmental degradation, while simultaneously advancing it."
Bob Geldof and the Aid Industry: “Do They Know it’s Imperialism?”
"Celebrity activists cannot be relied upon in searching for such solutions; as embedded within capitalist networks of power, they tend to be amongst those few individuals least likely to engage in such a rational approach to problem solving."
The Work of Revelations: Snowden, the Torture Report, and the Diminishing Returns of Info-Spectacles
"The truth alone might not set us free. Powerful entities are working to see it does nothing, or even make us less free in the end."
Water is More Valuable than Gold
As the report concludes, mining projects often perpetuate global inequalities, with companies from the “Global North” extracting resources from the “Global South.”
Jan 25
20160
Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria
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."
Junk Food Journalism: Why Annabel Crabb’s Kitchen Cabinet Is Toxic
"This is certainly the case in Indigenous affairs, where solutions that are more palatable to white journalists are privileged over the solutions put forward by Aboriginal people themselves. The black voices of those who tell white people what they want to hear are accepted by non-Indigenous journalists because it mirrors their own experiences. "
Palawan: Stop Blaming Indigenous Peoples’ Farming Practices (Kaingin) for Deforestation
"Meanwhile, in the short term, it would wise if journalists and their 'zealous' conservationist allies refrain from publishing images that uncritically depict upland dwellers as 'environmental criminals', putting the blame of deforestation on those who suffers from it most."
‘Trespassing’, Collecting Honey Among Charges Against Nagarahole Tribal People
"Between 2001 and 2011, as many as 192 cases were registered against tribal communities living in and around Nagarahole National Park. But their “offences”, which include trespassing forest land, collecting honey and growing ginger in the forest, are, in fact, their rights enshrined in the Forest Rights Act."
Apr 30
20140
Foundations, NED | National Endowment for Democracy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Matthew McClearn of the Canadian Business Magazine Attacks Eritrea – White Washes Slavery
"They are the manufacturers of the evidence and the disseminators of the lies about a nation a people they have chosen to betray for a few pieces of silver. Nothing worse than having racist and condescending self-serving western groups denigrating the people of Eritrea and their courageous stance on nation building, but is made worse by the few mentally enslaved Eritreans, who are repeating the insults against their own brethren."
Oct 28
20130
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, NED | National Endowment for Democracy, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Emasculation of the African with Awards, Grants and Prizes
"In addition to mercenary individuals and co-opted regional organizations, the west uses its own national agencies as well as international “NGOs” such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ), the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and other related organizations, as well as the UN’s tentacle organizations such as the World Food Organization (WFO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB), various policy crafting think tanks, foundations etc. to advance foreign policy agendas vis-a-vis Africa, Asia and the Middle East."