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Arundhati Roy: Things that Can’t be Said, Tamed Tigers & the Missionaries of the “New Economy”

Do "the things we can't talk about in a civilised society, if you're a good, domesticated house pet" include discussing the role of appointed "leaders" within the non-profit industrial complex, who ultimately serve to protect both capital and state? We have found that this is a critical issue that no one with far reach on "the left" will touch (Hedges, Pilger, etc.).

Arundhati Roy Debunks the Gandhi Myth

"On The Laura Flanders Show: Author/activist Arundhati Roy on the Annihilation of Caste, B.R. Ambedkar and the Western myth of Mahatma Gandhi."

On Corporate Power | On Environmental Foundations: An Interview with Cory Morningstar

"Further, an underlying, perhaps subconscious, yet very real racism (or at least a complete obliviousness to “other”) very quietly hums along beneath the entire system — resulting in the Euro-American dominated environmental “movement” acquiescing to the industrialized capitalist system. Thus the reality of those oppressed and exploited on the receiving end of the system is an inconvenient fact that is ignored at all costs by practically everyone (predominantly the privileged white) within the complex."

FLASHBACK: Arundhati Roy on NGOs

"Real political resistance offers no such short cuts. The NGO-ization of politics threatens to turn resistance into a well-mannered, reasonable, salaried, 9-to-5 job. With a few perks thrown in. Real resistance has real consequences. And no salary."

WATCH: Arundhati Roy ‘We’ ~ A Geopolitical Documentary

'We' is a fast-paced 64 minute documentary that covers the world politics of power, war, corporations, deception and exploitation. It visualizes the words of Arundhati Roy, specifically her famous Come September speech, where she spoke on such things as the war on terror, corporate globalization, justice and the growing civil unrest.

WATCH: Arundhati Roy Discussing the NGOs Detrimental Effect Upon the Feminist Movement

In the following lecture excerpt, Arundhati Roy details how the feminist liberation movement has allowed its overall goals to be controlled by the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

WATCH: Arundhati Roy Discussing Funding, Capitalism and NGOs

In this lecture excerpt, Arundhati Roy describes the intersection between foundation and corporate funding, capitalism and the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).