Sep 16
20160
Imperialist Wars/Occupations, United Nations, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
AFDL Burundi Central African Republic Congo Hutu Intervention Mali Paul Kagame Psyops R2P Romeo Dallaire Sierra Leone South Sudan Tutsi
"Widespread ignorance of Canada’s chequered UN history in Africa reflects a political culture that gives politicians immense latitude to pursue self-serving policies, present them as altruistic and face few questions. Unless progressives upend this culture the loud expressions of Canadian benevolence are unlikely to align with reality."
Sep 16
20160
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Africom Central African Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Hutu Joseph Kabila Kony 2012 LRA Paul Kagame Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Tutsi Uganda UN World Food Program Yoweri Museveni
"Most Westerners are far more likely to have noticed the Western press – and Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International – shrieking that there’s another Tutsi genocide pending in Burundi, even though the violence in Burundi is nowhere near as horrific as that in Beni, and many of those assassinated in Burundi have been top officials in the Hutu-led government."
Jan 18
20160
Amnesty International, Avaaz, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Purpose [Public Relations Arm of Avaaz], Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Amnesty International Avaaz Balkans Burundi Democratic Republic of Congo Great Lakes Region of Africa Hutu International Monetary Fund Maya NATO Purpose religious fascism Rwanda secular fascism tribal societies West Papuans World Bank
"If fascism is defined as a rationalization of theft through coercion, then it fits the US/EU model exercised in Central and South America, Africa and Asia, where tribal societies (i.e. Maya, Hutu, and West Papuans) are annihilated or displaced to facilitate access to their resources."
Nov 18
20151
Avaaz, Center for American Progress, Human Rights Watch, Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, NED | National Endowment for Democracy, Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
African Great Lakes region Amnesty International Avaaz Burundi Center For American Progress Congo-Kinshasa Darfur Democratic Republic of the Congo Eritrea Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Human Rights Watch Hutu International Crisis Grou International Crisis Group (ICG) International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Nickel Paul Kagame Purpose Inc. Resource Wars Rwanda Samantha Power Tom Perriello Uganda Water
So, the key question now is this: Can Burundi defy the Empire and protect its people from carpet bombing called ‘humanitarian intervention’, a terrorist invasion called ‘liberation’, a military coup called ‘transitional government’ and a possible genocide where once again the victims will be blamed?"