What a Wonderful World – US Saviour Complex
"Taking over from the classic colonial three “M”s, the “made in the US” NGOs replaced the Christian missionary complex, “merchants” became multi-nationals and the “soldiers” converted to cyber supremacy."
Sep 18
20170
Afghanistan Angola Chile El Salvador Indonesia Iraq Libya Mozambique Nicaragua Serbia Somalia South Africa Sudan Syria
"Taking over from the classic colonial three “M”s, the “made in the US” NGOs replaced the Christian missionary complex, “merchants” became multi-nationals and the “soldiers” converted to cyber supremacy."
Oct 03
20160
Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
#RhodesMustFall anti-colonial struggle Chris Hani decolonisation Hector Zolile Peterson Mbuyisa Makhubu Pretoria Girls High School Robert Sobukwe South Africa Soweto uprising Steven Bantu Biko
"Refusing to bow down to long held notions of European beauty standards and African inferiority, the girls, approximately 13 years old, asserted that their humanity was not negotiable. With afros and dignity intact, Black girls from the Pretoria High School raised their brave little fists under the South African sky and shook the world."
Oct 24
20131
Conservation International, Nature Conservancy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, USAID, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Aceh (Indonesia) American Forest and Paper Association AMISCONDE biocolonialism Biodiversity bioprospecting Biotechnology Bolivia BP Brazil CAPISE Cemex Chiapas Chimane Chiquita Citigroup Coca-Cola Colombia Congo Basin Forest partnership Conservation International Energy and Biodiversity Initiative (EBI) Exxon Mobil Foundation Fauna & Flora International Ford GAP Green Imperialism Guyana International Cooperative Biodiversity Group (ICBG) International Paper J P Morgan Chase and Co. Keystone Foods Madagascar McDonalds Mesoamerican Biological Corridor project Mesoamerican Coral Corridor monoculture Monsanto Moxeno multinational conservation Neocolonialism Nestlé Novartis Palawan (Philippines) Papua New Guinea Peru Rio Tinto Selva Lacandona Shell Smithsonian Institution Sony South Africa Starbucks Statoil Surinam The Nature Conservancy The World Conservation Union (IUCN) United Airlines USAID Wai Wai Walt Disney Wapishana West Papua World Bank World Wide Fund for Nature Zapatistas
"The terms “greenwash” and “corporate front group” seem inadequate to describe Conservation International. Perhaps, as the Papua New Guinean critique puts it, Conservation International is “no more and no less a ‘non government' organisation than is General Electric or Microsoft.” Perhaps it is time to consider a global campaign to expose this ‘green' giant's true colours and put a stop to its operations."