Aug 22
20180
Amnesty International, Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Otpor | Canvas, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
"high-level trade union leader has spoken out exclusively to The Canary, saying what the mainstream media won’t about the latest US-backed coup attempt in Latin America."
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."
Mar 05
20130
Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Culture Destabilization Intervention Iraq Miltarism Pacifism Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs R2P Social Engineering Soft Power Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
"On one side we have US Military personnel parading in certain times in civilian clothes, driving white 4x4's and even driving civilian vehicles. We have civilian "aid workers" wearing Department of Defense ID's surrounded by armed security guards. The media meanwhile refer to soldiers and armed security personnel killed in action as humanitarians, and NGOs themselves in some cases request and accept military escorts or contracts from the Department of Defense."
Jan 28
20130
Foundations, Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, NED | National Endowment for Democracy, The Soros Network | OSI
Albert Einstein Institution CIA Destabilization Freedom House Gene Sharp George Soros International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Intervention National Endowment for Democracy NATO Open Society Institute Otpor R2P Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee The Democracy Project US Institute for Peace
"Indeed, in his fictitious autobiographical account of a revolutionary, London described how when his revolutionary movement was on the brink of launching "a sudden colossal, stunning blow" to the entire North American oligarchy, their forthcoming revolution was postponed when the oligarchy caught wind of what they planned and pre-empted them. The oligarchy did this by "deliberately manufactur" the social conditions that would precipitate an isolated and containable revolutionary uprising that could be destroyed. Back in the real world it is perfectly understandable why elites should seek to manipulate progressive social movements, now we just need to decide what actions we can take to protect our movements from such unwanted interventions."