Sep 18

2013

"Now the rule has become this: If you have staff and are an environmental organization in North America, you are funded and directed by foundations who see “saving capitalism from itself” as the goal of environmentalism today. So what are we left with? Unfortunately, more of the same. South of the border, Bill McKibben’s outfit, 350.org, is a new face of this game. If only they were not."

Sep 12

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex

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The Problem With Bill McKibben and John Kerry

What will happen to those who carry signs denouncing John Kerry and US war crimes to the 350.org demonstrations? Will they be told “Kerry is our friend on climate, ignore the war crimes?” and then asked to remove them from visibility? The foundation money says yes. And now that the big NGO crowd are in bed with these war criminals and this US administration, where do we take real resistance in the little time there may be left? Can we set a peoples agenda, one that is not wedded to the Democratic Party in the US?

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Jul 22

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

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New on WKOG: “It’s a White Man’s World” – Your Exclusive Daily Dose of Reality. Raw. Unedited. Uncomfortable.

"The arc of history doesn't bend towards justice. This is a fallacy to allow those on top to believe they can kick the can down the road and it will one day be taken care of by the next generation who will have learned from our mistakes. Well, the next generation is HERE for climate change. There is no more tomorrow or room for stating of the problem from the leaders with no mention of the solution. The ultimate goal is ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS. Period. This can either be done by CHOICE or by FORCE. Yet, everyday that people like McKibben and the horde of false green prophets continue to lie to the masses, that choice is QUICKLY turning into what will ultimately be done by force. Simple as that."

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Jun 09

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Greenpeace, Natural Resources Defense Council, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Sierra Club

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Under Empire, All Life is Imperiled

So we cannot look to the State for meaningful assistance in the struggle to overturn the trends which are delivering humanity and Earth’s systems into ruin—as John Holloway notes rightly, the State is “their organization,” referring to the capitalist class. What of the putative non-governmental organizations which espouse environmental concerns? Clearly, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and company rightly merit the label of “Gang Green,” in light of their toxic incrementalism and their related willingness to accommodate the very structures which are perpetuating environmental destruction.

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Jan 28

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

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FLASHBACK | 350.org: Environmental Corporatism

"Yet those who flaunt the term "astroturfing" -- namely, those on the left of the spectrum -- have shown a certain reluctance to acknowledge the fact that this same method is being applied to progressive grassroots movements as well, re-concentrating disenfranchisement with the dominant institutions of power into a manageable opposition capable of acting as a voting base. This is not a recent development; it dates back to the "Progressive Era" of American political history, and it forms a central apparatus of US foreign policy abroad under the non-descript diplomacy of "democracy promotion."

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Aug 18

2012

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350.org / 1Sky

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