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Aug 23

2014

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Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex

behavior Capitalism Co-optation OWS Pacifism protests

FLASHBACK | Untimely Meditations for Silencing the Drum Circles

"How can a movement be energized by off-the-rack hedonism, fanatical non-violence, spirited gestures, crippling consensus, the playful banging of pots and pans, and communication by means of Twitter? This kind of behavior is presented as the innovative practice of freedom, despite the fact that this kind of freedom is abundant in slave societies and is hardly of any use for assaulting the Winter Palace. But who wants, and worse yet, who is capable of assaulting a center of power today? The only thing these protests are asking for is dialogue and participation."

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Jul 22

2014

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Ceres, Uncategorized

CANVAS Capitalism Foundations Gene Sharp Non-profit Industrial Complex Otpor OWS

WHAT IS THE “NON-PROFIT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX”?

"This is an excellent outline to understand a phenomenon within the US which is the internal component of the Gene Sharp/NGO model of ‘Human Rights’ Imperialism abroad, as discussed in our article Gene Sharp: From Berlin Wall to Arab Spring or The Politics of Counter-Revolution – JV Capone"

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Jul 19

2014

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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

Social Movements Need To Be Aware of Corporate Influence & Opportunists [#OWS]

"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."

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Jul 16

2014

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Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism

Amnesty International Branding Clinton FEMEN Feminism Guantanamo Bay Human Rights Watch Imperialism Libya Marketing misogyny Molly Crabapple MSNBC NATO neoliberalism Odessa Oppression OWS Patriarchy Pussy Riot Racism Russia Syria Ukraine VISE

The Weaponized Naked Girl

"While women who stand against oppression and imperialism are often excluded from public platform, or labeled as “crazy” otherwise, when standing for imperialism, misogyny, racism, and capitalism, women are seen as strong and independent-minded. When their representations of the aforementioned are attacked, these otherwise “modern” women simply melt back into stereotypical gender roles, and are posited as victims. I will present three case studies for this phenomenon that will seek to make this connection between feminism, traditional gender roles, agency and imperial aggression."

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Dec 05

2013

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Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex

Alliance of Youth Movements Arab Spring AYM Clinton communicative capitalism Egypt Google neoliberalism OWS Social Media

WATCH: The Limits of the Web in an Age of Communicative Capitalism

Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies December 5, 2013 n association with the...

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Jan 28

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

1Sky 350.org 99 Spring Bill McKibben Code Pink Naomi Klein OWS Rainforest Action Network Ruckus Society

FLASHBACK | 350.org: Environmental Corporatism

"Yet those who flaunt the term "astroturfing" -- namely, those on the left of the spectrum -- have shown a certain reluctance to acknowledge the fact that this same method is being applied to progressive grassroots movements as well, re-concentrating disenfranchisement with the dominant institutions of power into a manageable opposition capable of acting as a voting base. This is not a recent development; it dates back to the "Progressive Era" of American political history, and it forms a central apparatus of US foreign policy abroad under the non-descript diplomacy of "democracy promotion."

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Jan 14

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Avaaz, Foundations, NED | National Endowment for Democracy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Occupy Wall Street, Otpor | Canvas, The International Campaign to Destabilize Venezuela, The Soros Network | OSI

350.org Avaaz CANVAS Chavez Destabilization National Endowment for Democracy NED | National Endowment for Democracy Otpor OWS Venezuela

Desperate for Destabilization in Venezuela, US Funded OTPOR Rears It’s Ugly Head

""The tranquility prevailing in Tachira, Venezuela, was interrupted a few days ago by violent right wing youth groups that are sponsored by foreign NGOs. The so-called "white hands" that do not recognize the government and the vice president, Nicolas Maduro, as well as the decision by the Supreme Court of Justice allowing President Chavez to take oath before this judicial institution. COPEI Party, the Popular Will Party and the first justice party are encouraging sabotage and terrorism in the state of Tachira. They are wishing for a person to die or be injured, but we will not allow it."

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Sep 18

2012

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Avaaz, Foundations, MoveOn.org, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Occupy Wall Street, Purpose [Public Relations Arm of Avaaz], SumOfUs, The Soros Network | OSI, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

Avaaz MoveOn Obedience OWS Purpose Social Engineering Soros Subservience Whitism

Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part III

Rather than subjecting themselves to extreme scrutiny and torrents of backlash from an outraged citizenry, the US has now successfully enlisted NGOs such as Avaaz, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International as the retailers of war, the hustlers – the pimps. They package it beautifully with slick videos that play on one's emotions: "Try it on, you'll like it. We'll make you feel good."Rather than subjecting themselves to extreme scrutiny and torrents of backlash from an outraged citizenry, the US has now successfully enlisted NGOs such as Avaaz, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International as the retailers of war, the hustlers – the pimps. They package it beautifully with slick videos that play on one's emotions: "Try it on, you'll like it. We'll make you feel good."Rather than subjecting themselves to extreme scrutiny and torrents of backlash from an outraged citizenry, the US has now successfully enlisted NGOs such as Avaaz, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International as the retailers of war, the hustlers – the pimps. They package it beautifully with slick videos that play on one's emotions: "Try it on, you'll like it. We'll make you feel good."

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Sep 11

2012

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Avaaz, Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, MoveOn.org, NED | National Endowment for Democracy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Otpor | Canvas, TckTckTck

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Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part II

"If one looks closely, we can witness a steady transformation, well underway within the meticulously maintained, well-greased gears of the propaganda machine – a machine that continues to be refined. The blurring of lines between corporate power, the corporate media complex, the non-profit industrial complex, and the United Nations continues to accelerate, while simultaneously the veil begins to lift."

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May 02

2012

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NED | National Endowment for Democracy, The Soros Network | OSI, USAID

Albert Einstein Institution Arab Spring CANVAS CIA Colour Revolutions Ford Foundation Gene Shar International Center for Nonviolent Conflict Otpor OWS Pacifism US Institute of Peace

Why the CIA Funds Nonviolence Training

"This is a strategy Frances Stonor Saunders outlines in her pivotal Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters. According to Sanders, right wing corporate-backed foundations and the CIA have been funding the non-communist left since the late sixties, in the hope of drowning out and marginalizing the voice of more militant leftists. It’s also noteworthy that the governing and advisory board of both AEI and ICNC have been consistently dominated by individuals with either a military/intelligence background or a history of prior involvement with CIA “pass-through” foundations, such as NED and USAID."

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