Aug 31
20171
biodiversity offsets Green Economy Indigenous Peoples infrastructure International Finance Corporation (IFC) mega-dams Mining monoculture plantations New Economy Patriarchy petroleum Racism World Bank
"Let us not forget that the dominant economic model, which is structurally racist and patriarchal, unloads almost all of its destruction, invasion and violence on indigenous peoples and peasant families, so as to keep exploiting, producing and accumulating profits."
Aug 10
20160
Amazon Watch, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Aguinda Amazon BIT Arbitration Chevron Chevron v. Donziger Ecuador environment Huaorani Indigenous Peoples land rights oil Ome Gompote Kiwigimoni Huaorani Ome Yasuni petroleum Tagaeri Taromenane Texaco Waorani Yasuni
" includes a discussion of the gap between promises in the law and the reality on the ground, and ways in which conservation bureaucracies and NGOs are also violating the rights the Huaorani and posing new threats to Huaorani territory and self-determination."
Jul 11
20160
Foundations, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Bank of America Exxon Goldman Sachs. Indigenous Peoples Shell United Nations
"The United Nations likewise cannot be trusted because they also cooperate with multinational mega-corporations that perpetrate systemic violence in the name of predatory capitalism."
May 17
20160
"Sustainable Capitalism" 1Sky/350.org Avaaz Bill Gates Bill McKibben Buffett COP21 Divestment Indigenous Peoples Jeremy Heimans KXL Naomi Klein New Economy NoVo privatization Purpose Tides UN Wall Street
"The funders of 350 know all this, which is why they finance 350 campaigns that don’t address the consumerism or militarism that drive fossil fuel demand. Instead, they promote the idea that Americans can continue consuming vast quantities of minerals for electricity and electronics, car and jet travel at the expense of the rest of the world."
Jan 16
20161
350.org / 1Sky, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Pacifism as Pathology, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Celebrity Fetish Divestment Indigenous Peoples neoliberalism Recognition Politics The Revenant Wallace Global Fund
"Over the past few years, King Leo has positioned himself to be seen as the social conscience of the celebrity elite. But, it is only because of this fact that the message is acceptable. It isn't the words themselves. It is only the conduit from which they are emanating. The relaying of non-anglo pain and anguish must always be filtered through the mouth of a white representative, most preferably male."
Jun 23
20156
Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
ALBA Amazon Watch Avaaz Fundación Pachamama GetUp.org.au Indigenous Peoples MoveOn.org Pachamama Alliance R2P Res Publica Service Employees International Union (SEIU) The Climate Group U.S. State Department World Bank
"As resource accumulation necessitated the global transference of the principles of the Powell memo, NGOs are used as an integral soft power component of multinational corporate dominance that has now dwarfed any and all nation states in influence and control across the Earth."
Jul 22
20140
Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Assimilation Co-optation Ford Indigenous Peoples People's Climate March Rockefeller World Conference on Indigenous Peoples World Summit on Indigenous Philanthropy
"Wall Street’s vertical integration of controlling consciousness is based on five components: ownership of media, fabrication of news, integration of advertising with state propaganda, financing of foundations and brokerages, and co-option of NGOs. While many well-meaning people are channeled into the latter by the concerted collaboration of all the former, the corporate agenda that determines the policies, practices and projects of these NGOs is anything but benign."
"Given the devastating cultural, spiritual, economic, linguistic and political impacts of colonialism on Indigenous people in Canada, any serious attempt by non-natives at allying with Indigenous struggles must entail solidarity in the fight against colonization."
Apr 26
20130
Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Association of Property Owners of the Port Madison Area (APORPMA) Bellingham CERA CERF Citizens Equal Rights Alliance Citizens Equal Rights Foundation Indigenous Peoples Racism Washington State
"For Brendale, however, the term “moderate living” provides a “weapon” to be wielded against tribal communities: “We have at our disposal what we need – the weapon, the means, the opportunity and the financial support to take these tribes down. What do we get for our trouble: the opportunity to strike a most devastating psychological blow to Northwest tribes’ pride and their sense of well-being.”
Mar 25
20131
Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, United Nations, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
First Nations Indigenous Peoples Oppression philanthropic colonization Social Engineering United Nations Whiteness & Aversive Racism
"Unfortunately, for those who have become trapped in the parallel world of NGOdom, engaging constructively with governing authorities and institutions is contrary to the orthodoxy of radicalism they have internalized as part of their identity. Whether they are pious poseurs positioning themselves for foundation funding, or ideologues posturing for recognition by their peers, their confusion about their role vis a vis good governance constricts their effectiveness."