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Tagged ‘Syria‘

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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Jul 08

2014

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Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The Occupation of Haiti, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

CIDA Haiti Imperialism Libya Oxfam R2P Red Cross Syria

Unmasking the “Good Intentions” of Canadian NGOs

"The NGO-mining corporation partnerships funded by the Canadian government are the latest example of how NGOs are used to put a “human face” on the inhuman, a tall order considering the trail of dead bodies and devastated ecosystems this sector of corporate capital has left in its wake."

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Feb 22

2014

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Foundations, NED | National Endowment for Democracy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The Soros Network | OSI

CANVAS Ford Libya NATO NED | National Endowment for Democracy Otpor Russia Soros Syria Ukraine USAID

WATCH: ‘Democracy Projects’ Are Not Democratic: The Case of Ukraine & Russia

"The recent gaffe of Victoria Nuland being caught using her post in the U.S. State Department to push a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi into the presidency of Ukraine reveals a far more contemptible role being played by leading transatlantic forces, desperate to bring Eurasia under its control for its own political/economic survival."

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Feb 05

2014

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Human Rights Watch, Humanitarian Agencies, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The International Campaign to Destabilize Bolivia, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The International Campaign to Destabilize Venezuela

Bolivia Coloured Revolutions Cuba Destabilizations Egypt Eritrea Imperialism Seychelles Syria Thailand Ukraine ZIMBABWE

How the West Manufactures “Opposition Movements”

"In Venezuela, the US sponsored an aborted coup, and it directly pays for hundreds of organizations, ‘NGO’s’ and media outlets, with the direct goal of overthrowing the revolutionary process and the government."

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Jan 04

2014

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Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The Occupation of Haiti, The War on Libya - There Was No Evidence, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

Afghanistan Africa CIA Haiti Iraq Libya Médecins Sans Frontières MSF NATO Nigeria Pentagon’s Defense Planning Guidance Red Cross Rwanda Sarkozy Syria Typhoon Haiyan

The Humanitarian Industry: A “Force Multiplier” for Imperialism

"The most illuminating characterization of the humanitarian aid industry was made by none other than US Secretary of State Colin Powell, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs. According to the authors, in 2001 Powell stated, “Just as surely as our diplomats and military, American NGOs are out there serving and sacrificing on the front lines of freedom… NGOs are such a force multiplier for us, such an important part of our combat team” in Afghanistan."

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Nov 26

2013

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Foundations, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

Jeremy Scahill Just Journalism NOW Lebanon Owen Jones Stop The War Syria The Guardian The Institute for the Study of War. US State Department

Owen Jones & Mother Agnes. A Lesson on Conciliatory “Leftists”.

"The self-described “leftist” UK political commentator Owen Jones has written virtually nothing on the Syrian conflict. His understanding of events is largely based on the dominant narratives portrayed in western media. No doubt, like any self-respecting petty bourgeois leftist of London, Jones gets his information from the wests supposed liberal establishment newspapers, who in recent years have stood proudly alongside right-wing media in cheerleading for disastrous western-led wars of aggression."

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Oct 24

2013

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The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

Colonialism Friends of Syria Imperialism Syria

Friends of Syria or Friends of Imperialism?

"Six former colonial powers in a coalition with five tyrannies, telling Syrians who they can’t have as president, supporting a group of exiles who wait in the wings for the signal to traipse onto the Syrian stage as Washington’s marionette, is hardly the picture of democracy-promoters. If you believe otherwise, then democracy is nothing but a euphemism for imperialism, an emotionally appealing word tossed around as a cover for the very negation of what the Friends of Syria profess to seek."

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Sep 18

2013

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Foundations, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, MoveOn.org, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Purpose [Public Relations Arm of Avaaz], SumOfUs, The International Campaign to Destabilize Bolivia, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The Soros Network | OSI, The War on Libya - There Was No Evidence, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

AFL-CIO Avaaz Change.org Faith in Public Life Faithful America GetUp! GetUp.org.au Libya MoveOn Open Society Institute Purpose Res Publica Service Employees International Union Syria U.S. State Department World Bank

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

"For Avaaz, and indeed for the non-profit industrial complex as a whole, the psychological elements within strategic campaigns are the key vital components if "movements" are to successfully manage, and thus control, entire societies. Avaaz, at the top of a hierarchy of sister organizations, is able, with very little risk, to test what campaigns are politically palatable and what trends then develop within the consciousness of the selected members/participants."

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Sep 14

2013

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Avaaz, Foundations, Imperialist Wars/Occupations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The International Campaign to Destabilize Syria, The Soros Network | OSI, The War on Libya - There Was No Evidence, Whiteness & Aversive Racism

350.org Avaaz Center For American Progress General David Petraeus Humanitarian Interventionism Libya MoveOn R2P Ricken Patel Syria Tom Perriello Tom Pravda U.S. State Department

Welcome to the Brave New World – Brought to You by Avaaz

"Perriello no doubt believes in the myth of American exceptionalism. His patriotic views are reinforced by like-minded individuals from the Bush administration, the Obama administration, and the scores of organizations who "understand" the "need" to expand America's "democracy" and "economic prosperity" around the globe. And while these myths are pushed forward by Imperialist administrations, the non-profit industrial complex and corporate media, civil rights in America – and now Syria – are being stripped away faster than you can say fascism."

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Sep 12

2013

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350.org / 1Sky, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex

350.org Bill McKibben Keystone XL KXL North American Tar Sands Coalition Syria Tides Foundation

The Problem With Bill McKibben and John Kerry

What will happen to those who carry signs denouncing John Kerry and US war crimes to the 350.org demonstrations? Will they be told “Kerry is our friend on climate, ignore the war crimes?” and then asked to remove them from visibility? The foundation money says yes. And now that the big NGO crowd are in bed with these war criminals and this US administration, where do we take real resistance in the little time there may be left? Can we set a peoples agenda, one that is not wedded to the Democratic Party in the US?

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