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Sep 30

2012

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Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria

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Human Rights and Humanitarian Imperialism in Syria

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.

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Sep 24

2012

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Avaaz, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The War on Libya - There Was No Evidence

Avaaz Coloured Revolutions Libya R2P

Libya: Imperial Humanists and Helpless Others

"Gratitude provides important symbolic capital, which can then be converted into actual capital: tales of success and victory in countering “genocide,” when properly mass mediated and aided by viral Internet campaigns, can be used to appeal for donations from the public, to offer paid memberships, and seek financial support from states, while retaining a dubious identity as a NGO. In the case of thanks offered to states, gratitude translates into something akin to subordinate acquiescence, offering legitimation and thus serving as a lubricant for power."

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Sep 24

2012

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Avaaz, Foundations, MoveOn.org, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Otpor | Canvas, SumOfUs, TckTckTck, The International Campaign to Destabilize Bolivia, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The Soros Network | OSI, The War on Libya - There Was No Evidence, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

Avaaz Bolivia Darfur GetUp.org.au Libya MoveOn Open Society Institute SEIU Soros Syria

Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part IV

"The silent voice behind Avaaz, that of Res Publica, is, in the public realm, essentially comprised of 3 key individuals: Tom Perriello, a pro-war (former) U.S. Representative who describes himself as a social entrepreneur, Ricken Patel, consultant to many of the most powerful entities on Earth and the long-time associate of Perriello, and Tom Pravda, a member of the UK Diplomatic Service who serves as a consultant to the U.S. State Department."

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Aug 22

2012

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Amnesty International, Foundations, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, NED | National Endowment for Democracy, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The Soros Network | OSI, The War on Libya - There Was No Evidence

Amnesty International Libya NED | National Endowment for Democracy Syria US State Department

Amnesty International is US State Department Propaganda

"Amnesty does indeed cover issues that are critical of US foreign policy, toward the bottom of their websites and at the back of their reports. Likewise, the corporate-media selectively reports issues that coincide with their interests while other issues are either under-reported or not reported at all. And it is precisely because Amnesty covers all issues, but selectively emphasizes those that are conducive to the interests of immense corporate-financiers that makes Amnesty one of the greatest impediments to genuine human rights advocacy on Earth."

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Aug 16

2012

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Human Rights Watch, Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, NED | National Endowment for Democracy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The Soros Network | OSI, USAID

ACRI Africa Bill & Melinda Gates Carnegie CIA Congo Corporate Media coup d'etat Darfur Egypt Ford Genocide Intervention Network HRW Human Rights Watch Kony2012 Libya MacArthur NATO NED | National Endowment for Democracy New America Foundation Open Society Pew Psy-Ops Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Raise Hope for Congo RESOLVE Rockefeller Rwanda Save Darfur STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur) Sudan The Aspen Institute U.S. Department of State Uganda United to End Genocide USCR Yemen

SPECIAL REPORT: EXPOSING U.S. AGENTS OF LOW-INTENSITY WARFARE IN AFRICA

"Operating behind front groups like ENOUGH and Raise Hope for Congo, John Prendergast has been long involved in supporting and covering up the western defense and intelligence sector's involvement in low-intensity conflicts in Africa. Like the so-called "non-government organizations" or "NGOs" named RESOLVE, Save Darfur, Raise Hope for Congo, STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur), United to End Genocide, the Genocide Intervention Network and many more, these groups morph and reconfigure, always drawing massive funds from specious U.S. government front organizations like the Center for American Progress."

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Jul 31

2012

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Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Humanitarian Agencies, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria

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UNDERSTANDING THE PROPAGANDA WAR AGAINST SYRIA

"Almost as important as the content of the claims, was the nature of who made them. The UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and countless other organizations which are dependent on funding from the US and its allies lent credence to such charges, providing an air of legitimacy to claims which, otherwise, would have been dismissed as little more than NATO propaganda. In this way, these organizations are complicit in the instigation of war and the devastation wrought on Libya."

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Jul 12

2012

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Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The Soros Network | OSI

Democracy Now Libya Media Syria

DEMOCRACY NOW! AND “PROGRESSIVE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA”: CHEERLEADERS FOR IMPERIALISM AND WAR

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".

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Jun 25

2012

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NED | National Endowment for Democracy, Occupy Wall Street, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The Soros Network | OSI, USAID

Afghanistan Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Arab American Institute (AAI) CIA George Soros Goldman Sachs. Government of Canada Iraq IREX Libya NED | National Endowment for Democracy Open Society Foundation (OSF) The U.S. Department of State UNESCO USAID Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) Yemen

Tawakkul Karman: A Tool for Farcical Democratic Initiatives in the Middle East

"Who is Tawakkul Karman and more importantly, how and why has this religiously-dressed Yemeni woman come to be the darling of Western-oriented democracy movements? To understand who is actually reaping the rewards of this activist, we should begin by following the money. Mrs. Karman has a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Sana’a, Yemen called Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC). However, for those of you who may not know, an NGO is not always non-governmental because many NGOs invariably receive all or most of their funding through various departments within the government."

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Jun 24

2012

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Amnesty International, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, The International Campaign to Destabilize Bolivia, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria

Amnesty International Libya NATO Syria

Amnesty in the Twilight of Human Rights and Imperialism

"If it were up to Amnesty, Syria would have been yet another country destroyed by the military power of the United States and NATO. Fortunately, China and Russia vetoed the resolution that would have opened the doors to another war. I am not naive, and therefore, I know that both countries had their hidden agendas in vetoing the resolution, but at least, as of today there are no NATO’s bombs falling on children from the sky. That's how I see it, but here is what Amnesty has to say about the veto: ..."

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May 10

2012

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Amnesty International, NED | National Endowment for Democracy, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The War on Libya - There Was No Evidence, USAID

Amnesty International Freedom House India Libya NED | National Endowment for Democracy R2P Syria USAID

Using NGOs to Coerce Nations

"The National Endowment for Democracy, closely associated with the Reagan Administration, was conceived as a tool of US foreign policy by its founder Mr Allen Weinstein, a former professor, Washington Post writer, and member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a neo-conservative think-tank whose members included Mr Henry Kissinger and Mr Zbigniew Brzezinski. The NED’s first director, Mr Carl Gershman, was candid that it was a front for the CIA. From its inception in 1983, the NED’s annual funds are approved by the US Congress as part of the United States Information Agency budget. Its activities include funding anti-Left and anti-labour movements; meddling in elections in Venezuela and Haiti; and, creating instability in countries resisting imperial America."

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