Feb 13
20150
"We paid for those lessons in our literal blood, and they shouldn’t be abandoned because of some unexamined kneejerk squeamishness in confronting our Sacred Cow “allies” of the “left” like the civil rights lawyers’ guilds."
Jan 14
20152
350.org / 1Sky, Avaaz, Ceres, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
350.org Avaaz Campaign for America’s Future (CAF) Ceres Mindy Lubber Naomi Klein New Economy Occupy Ricken Patel rogressive Democrats of America (PDA)
"Presaging the new economy of progressive fascists like 350’s Naomi Klein, CERES’ Mindy Lubber and Avaaz’ Ricken Patel, was the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), that emerged in 2004, and the affiliated Campaign for America’s Future (CAF). It was a horrifying development, leading to the appointment of Reaganite U.S. Senator Barack Obama, as keynote speaker at the 2006 Democratic National Convention."
Jul 19
20143
Avaaz, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Occupy Wall Street
Adbusters Avaaz Boutique Activist Consultancy CANVAS Capitalism Co-optation Democratic Party GetUp! Google Corporation Micah White Occupy Opportunism Otpor OWS Purpose Slobodon Milosovic
"The situation reeks not only of opportunism, but of Google's long arm now attempting to embed a pro-corporate, pro-capitalist, and positive surveillance state narrative (with a first person point of view) into the Occupy movement - a narrative that suggests that multinational corporations like Google support peoples' struggles against injustice and that we can have real social change alongside the profit motive of the capitalist system."
Nov 16
20130
"Thanks to a combination of the global Occupy movement and ever-evolving social media, our every radical move is being documented in real time and damn, it’s intoxicating. A whole new breed of virtual hero is being spawned—measured by Facebook likes, Twitter followers, and donation page tallies."
Nov 14
20120
350.org / 1Sky, Avaaz, MoveOn.org
1Sky/350.org 99 Spring Democratic Party Do the Math Hegemony Imperialism Movement Strategy Center MoveOn Occupy Rebuild the Dream
"The tools of imperialism have come home to the core of the empire, as they always do. This time, like the many times before, it’s in the form of “consensual domination” on the part of citizens who partake in “activism” that’s nothing more than freshly installed astroturf for the Democratic Party disguised as “democracy promotion.'"