Dec 04
20172
Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Afghanistan Doctors Without Borders Imperialism Médecins Sans Frontières Misery Industry Social Documentary Unicef
"Starvation and malnutrition were named in a major New York Times 'news' article that appears to be more a plug for the UNICEF brand and the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières brand than any serious reportage on the hunger crisis."
Sep 18
20170
Afghanistan Angola Chile El Salvador Indonesia Iraq Libya Mozambique Nicaragua Serbia Somalia South Africa Sudan Syria
"Taking over from the classic colonial three “M”s, the “made in the US” NGOs replaced the Christian missionary complex, “merchants” became multi-nationals and the “soldiers” converted to cyber supremacy."
Oct 07
20160
Avaaz, Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Purpose [Public Relations Arm of Avaaz], The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, United Nations
Afghanistan Al Qaeda-linked Aleppo Media Center Iraq Libya Pakistan Samantha Power Somalia Syria White Helmets Yemen
"Tellingly, the White Helmet «volunteer» who was filmed commenting in the aftermath of the aid convoy attack last week has since been identified by Syrian patriots as an armed militant in one of the al Qaeda-affiliated terror brigades."
Jul 11
20161
Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Purpose Inc., Purpose [Public Relations Arm of Avaaz], The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Afghanistan Breakthrough Media Iraq Lebanon Libya Michael Weiss Molly Crabapple Pakistan Palestine Purpose Syria Turkey Ukraine Vice Yemen
"Indeed, before there can be a peace party, there must be an antiwar critique. And the “trivializing din” that Bacevich speaks of is not simply drowning out antiwar critique, it is merciless in seeking to destroy and discredit ideas such as the fact that the United States enjoys unprecedented military, economic, ideological and strategic domination over the entire world."
May 30
20160
350.org / 1Sky, Avaaz, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Purpose [Public Relations Arm of Avaaz], The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The War on Libya - There Was No Evidence
350.org Afghanistan Avaaz Democracy Now Iraq Libya Netwar Nuclear privatized activism Purpose Social Engineering social media metrics Syria
"In this aspect, privatized activism subservient to Wall Street–just like government, academia, and media--comprises organizers in it for a career, not as a duty of citizenship, who cater to the agenda of corporate philanthropic funders. This is not democracy in action; it is social tyranny."
Feb 01
20160
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Afghanistan Amnesty International Crimes against Humanity Democratic Rep. Congo Human Rights Watch International Criminal Court International Criminal Court (ICC) Iraq Libya Media Paul Kagame Propaganda Rwanda Syria Uganda Ukraine UN War Crimes Yemen Yoweri Museveni
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."
Oct 28
20150
Foundations, Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
21st Century Statecraft Afghanistan Ali Shari'ati Alliance for Affordable Internet CIA Code Pink cultural imperialism empire by invitation Enrique Dussel Force Multipliers GUSA Human Rights Watch ISAF LGBT Mandela Washington Fellowship Medea Benjamin mimesis NAFSA NATO NUSA Partners of the Americas public-private partnership USAID V.S. Naipaul WikiLeaks YALI
"Also, as Pas points out under the heading of “security feminism,” the fetishizing of oppressed women is used as an opportune asset to ideologically advance the cause of imperialist intervention: “the war becomes about her. In this process the host country is also feminized and the American heterosexual pursuit becomes about gallantly ‘saving’ the Muslim woman from Islam."
Feb 10
20150
Amnesty International, Avaaz, Foundations, Human Rights Watch, Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Afghanistan Africa Aid Amnesty International Avaaz HRW Iraq Libya NATO Nicaragua Noam Chomsky Syria
"Those of good will in the imperial cultures might like to reflect on the need to decolonise the western mind."
Jan 04
20140
Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The Occupation of Haiti, The War on Libya - There Was No Evidence, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Afghanistan Africa CIA Haiti Iraq Libya Médecins Sans Frontières MSF NATO Nigeria Pentagon’s Defense Planning Guidance Red Cross Rwanda Sarkozy Syria Typhoon Haiyan
"The most illuminating characterization of the humanitarian aid industry was made by none other than US Secretary of State Colin Powell, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs. According to the authors, in 2001 Powell stated, “Just as surely as our diplomats and military, American NGOs are out there serving and sacrificing on the front lines of freedom… NGOs are such a force multiplier for us, such an important part of our combat team” in Afghanistan."
Aug 28
20131
Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Afghanistan AFL-CIO Anna Hedgeman Black Panthers Black Workers Congress Combahee River Collective Congress on Racial Equality Democratic Party Dorothy Height Dorothy L. Robinson League of Revolutionary Black Workers March on Washington materialism Militarism NAACP National Action Network National Welfare Rights Organization Negro American Labor Council (NALC) Pakistan Pauli Murray Poor People’s Campaign Racism Somalia Southern Christian Leadership Conference Syria United Auto Workers Urban League Yemen Young Lords
" The moral and political arc of movements for social justice is also very, very long. And this is why it is important to think beyond the march, “the speech,” the spectacle. To understand August 28, 1963 is to understand the entire era. It requires following those movements that fall outside the spotlight, the movements organized and led by the very women who were excluded from the mic on that incredibly hot and humid Washington afternoon. The work of social movements is not always sexy, nor is it necessarily inspiring. But they are the engines for change and the incubators of new dreams."