"From France to Israel, South Africa to Brazil, the film was banned precisely because of its ethical endorsement of guerrilla war against occupying forces and repressive, Western-backed dictatorships. In profound ways, this has arguably been the central and enduring legacy of the film about what constitutes “terrorism” and legitimate resistance, conventional war and asymmetric guerrilla warfare."
Aug 24
20231
Pacifism as Pathology, Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Angola Burkina Faso Colonialism Frantz Fanon Guinea-Bissau Imperialism Liberia Mozambique Pacifism as Patholgy Palestine Self Defense Tanzania ZIMBABWE
"Concerning Violence is a 2014 documentary film written and directed by Göran Olsson. It is based on Frantz Fanon's essay, Concerning Violence, from his 1961 book The Wretched of the Earth."
Aug 10
20210
Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
ALBA Bolivia Cuba Imperialism Iraq Lebanon media and psychological warfare Nicaragua Palestine Soft Coups Syria Venezuela Yemen
"The moral right of the ALBA countries to their resistance is undeniable and so too is the formidable political strength, unity and resilience they have mobilized to defend their cause against relentless economic, diplomatic, media and psychological warfare, domestic terror and even military attack."
Jul 11
20161
Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Purpose Inc., Purpose [Public Relations Arm of Avaaz], The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Afghanistan Breakthrough Media Iraq Lebanon Libya Michael Weiss Molly Crabapple Pakistan Palestine Purpose Syria Turkey Ukraine Vice Yemen
"Indeed, before there can be a peace party, there must be an antiwar critique. And the “trivializing din” that Bacevich speaks of is not simply drowning out antiwar critique, it is merciless in seeking to destroy and discredit ideas such as the fact that the United States enjoys unprecedented military, economic, ideological and strategic domination over the entire world."
Dec 19
20150
Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Al Qaeda AQAP Boko Haram DAESH FSA Grey Wolves Imperialism ISIS Jabhat al Nusra Khorasan Media Nigeria Palestine Psyops Scramble for Africa Shias US neo-colonialism
"We no longer honour the true heroes, we honour an illusion called power and greed. The state media apparatuses serve only to keep historic Fitna (sedition) wounds festering and the 'NGO complex' pied piper plays the tune of stake-holding in human suffering, created in advance by the Empire’s composers of death."
"Millions of signatures later, the organisation publishes a congratulatory message on its website to maintain its community and Avaaz remains at the helm, retaining its duplicitous role as alleged activist and collaborator in imperialist oppression."
"NGOs are increasingly motivated by self interest, they need money, they need to pay themselves in their jobs and in order to get those contracts they have to keep quiet about what’s going on and that’s really shitty to see."
"Already living in an occupied land which is both restrictive and prescriptive, Palestinians have to deal with “Do Gooders”, the entourage of “internationalists”, NGOs and the likes of USAID, when what Ruthven’s film shows is that what they want is the right to self determination, to work out between themselves how to improve their lives on a daily basis and look to the future."
Dec 05
20140
Non-Profit Industrial Complex, USAID
Chavismo CIA Glenn Greenwald Israel Nigeria Palestine Pierre Omidyar Psyops Ukraine USAID Venezuela
"So there it lies. A calculation that seeks to alleviate a suffering tacitly accepts the endurability of that suffering and ultimately prolongs it. The Israeli ruling class is, like most imperialists, not stupid; it knows that humanitarian NGOs pose zero threat, and so it tolerates them."
Jan 30
20130
Foundations, Human Rights Watch, Humanitarian Agencies, NED | National Endowment for Democracy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, USAID
AFL-CIO Center for International Private Enterprise Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Ford Foundation George Soros Helsinki Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) International League for Human Rights International Republican Institute Media National Democratic Institute National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Palestine United States Institute for Peace (USIP) urope and Central Asia Advisory Committee USAID Yugoslavia
"Indeed, HRW was created in 1978 as the Helsinki Watch (which later became HRW's Europe and Central Asia Advisory Committee) "at the instigation of Arthur Goldberg" with the start-up costs covered by a $400,000 from the Ford Foundation. Furthermore, as Bruce Montgomery (2002) observes their establishment credentials were fortified by Robert L. Bernstein (the founder of HRW) who "began by recruiting the establishment elite to give the cause clout and visibility."