Aug 31
20220
Pacifism as Pathology, Social Engineering
Activism Capitalism class consciousness Communism fascism film Heinrich Heine pragmatism Social Engineering trade unions
"Périot starts a dialogue between the past and the present by confronting the future of the revolution that has been laid to rest by youthful cynicism, censorship and the bourgeois constructs of modernity."
Aug 31
20220
"Net Zero" Activism BigGreen discourse carbon capture and storage carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) climate activism energy sector frontline action psywar reforms
"CO2 has, for decades, been viewed by the fossil fuel industry as a waste product that could be transformed into a valuable feed stock. This is precisely what is being deployed by virtually every major fossil fuel company on the planet."
Jun 30
20190
Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Social Engineering
Activism Behavourial Change Capitalism Climate Change Sustainability
"In his bundled essays "Confessions of a recovering environmentalist" (2017) he describes how some weak-kneed accountants of this world hollowed out the green movement from the inside and exchanged the barricades for ties and conference tables."
Mar 13
20160
Ford Foundation, Foundations, Pacifism as Pathology, Rockefeller Foundation, Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
#BlackLivesMatter Activism Civil Rights Ferguson Malcolm X nonviolence Revolution riots Selma
In a contemporaneous interview, the Muslim leader elaborated “I don’t go for any organization — be it civil-rights or any other kind — that has to compromise with the power structure and has to rely on certain elements within the power structure for their financing, which puts them in a position to be influenced and controlled all over again by the power structure itself.”
Nov 16
20130
"Thanks to a combination of the global Occupy movement and ever-evolving social media, our every radical move is being documented in real time and damn, it’s intoxicating. A whole new breed of virtual hero is being spawned—measured by Facebook likes, Twitter followers, and donation page tallies."
Oct 07
20114
350.org / 1Sky, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Occupy Wall Street
Activism Pacifism Resistance Stop the Machine Tar Sands Action
About the author: John Murphy was the independent candidate for House of...
Oct 07
20110
My Jakarta: Sari, Ex-Activist Maria Yuniar | October 06, 2011 ‘The Longer...
Revolution: The Commercial by Cindy Sheehan & Gregory Vickrey Cue the ....
22 February 2011 by Clive Hamilton Never has an effective environment movement...
Jul 29
20102
Activism Capitalism Civil Rights Ford Michael Barker Non-profit Industrial Complex Revolution Rockefeller Foundation Soros Foundation World Social Forum
Readings for the Social Forum: The Counter-Insurgent Function of Non-Profits By Michael...