May 09
20173
Avaaz, Purpose [Public Relations Arm of Avaaz], The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria
Amal Hanano Amy Goodman David Petraeus Democracy Now Karam Foundation Lina Sergie Attar Robert Ford Tom Perriello
"Attar also serves on the board of the Syria Campaign, which was created by Avaaz/Purpose, two giants of the NGO industrial complex who are the darlings of Wall Street."
Nov 08
20160
Avaaz, Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Purpose [Public Relations Arm of Avaaz]
Amy Goodman Avaaz Democracy Now Naomi Klein Netflix Purpose White Helmets
"On this thought-provoking program, these international thought leaders from France, Canada and the US discuss how the complex has become an “apparatus to escalate conflict” against challenges to US hegemony, while maintaining a humanitarian veneer."
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."
"Authors, film-makers, poets make their way to a sanctum of liberalism bankrolled by the billionaire Patrick Lannan in the tradition of Rockefeller and Ford."
Jan 08
20140
Foundations, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Chile CIA Democracy Now Direct Action Imperialism ITT Lannan Foundation Mother Jones Salvador Allende The Nation Weather Underground
"Between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011, for example, the producers of "Democracy Now!" accepted $1.4 million in “charitable grant”/blood money from the foundation that former ITT Director and ITT stockholder Lannan established: $375,000 in 2008; $350,000 in 2009; $375,000 in 2010; and $300,000 in 2011."
Mar 19
20130
Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
"War on Terror" 911 Antiwar Movement CIA Democracy Now George Soros Splitting the Sky
"So, if you want to know why they're not saying anything it's because they'd rather have the money and shut their mouth than have no money and speak the truth. That's who I am, that's why I'm here today and we're talking to that independent media right there. We're talking to you, you're talking to me."
September 2009: "The deafening silence and hypocrisy of liberals and many so-called progressives, and the concomitant complicity by much of the left, in their tacit support for the criminal, smoke & mirror economic policies and ongoing war strategies of the Obama / Biden administration is absolutely indefensible. Moreover, those who espoused so-called “critical support” of the empire’s Barack Obama were intrinsically wrong a year ago and they are wrong now."
Sep 30
20120
Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria
Africom Corporate Media Democracy Now Iran Libya NATO Neo-liberalism Venezuela
In his critique of Western human rights practice, the African human rights scholar Makau Mutua provides an insight into the question when he asserts that human rights are fundamentally influenced by the normativity of liberal theoretical and philosophical assumptions. For the Eurocentric human rights activist, the assumption that Western society, its institutions, values, social practices and culture represent the embodiment of civilized modernity is uncontested. Therefore, Muta points out that the West as the ‘saviors’ of the innocent ‘victims’ of the evil (read non-Western) state with its savage repression and authoritarism is seen as a both a natural and desirable occurrence, when it can indeed happen. The subtext to this is that non-Western, non-liberal societies require outside intervention, at various times, to bring them up to the level of Western (read fully human) societies.
Sep 11
20127
Amnesty International, Avaaz, Change.org, Foundations, Human Rights Watch, MoveOn.org, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Avaaz Coercion Corporate Media Democracy Now Foundations psywar Social Manipulation
"When the smoke generated by phony progressives clears, all that is left is an industrial wasteland of false hope and real threats. When the betrayals of NGOs like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are known, we can finally begin to exercise our responsibilities. Until then, programs like Democracy Now remain little more than adult versions of Sesame Street for the toy Che brigades."
Jul 12
20120
Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The Soros Network | OSI
Recall that the Libyan leader was lynched on a roadside by a NATO-directed mob, and sodomised with a knife before being shot dead. It may also be recalled that "Democracy Now" gave prominent broadcasts supporting NATO’s intervention in Libya and justifying the criminal subversion of that country. Going by the latest coverage on Syria, Democracy Now is acting once again under a "progressive" cloak as a propaganda tool for US-led imperialist intervention. Given the misplaced respect among many of the public seeking independent, alternative, accurate news and analysis, this insidious role of Democracy Now is reprehensible. May it be suggested, in the name of media transparency, that the programme be aptly renamed "Imperialism Now".