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WATCH: SOFT POWER | The Partnering of Western NGOS and the US Military

"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."

Foundations for Empire: Corporate Philanthropy and US Foreign Policy

"But while the Big Three foundations may well have created strong global knowledge networks, their principal long-term achievement has simply been to undermine efforts to promote a meaningful democratic alternative to capitalism, both at home and abroad. With foundation knowledge networks being just one instrument among many that have been used to consolidate capitalism. ... As such, in this context alone, it is clear that the Rockefeller Foundations’ successes extended far beyond the creation of elite “knowledge networks”, and actually enabled the efficient slaughter and propagandising of civilians all over the world."