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Inconvenient Truths About Tar Sands Action

"Quite the opposite, Tar Sands Action was a sophisticated, extremely well-funded model for creating the illusion of movement building, complete with mass civil disobedience, but the real goal, mirroring its cousin, “The 99 Spring,” was (and is) to hammer Republicans and fire up grassroots enthusiasm for Barack Obama’s re-election campaign."

Keystone XL Theatre | Why did Obama Choose NRDC Founder John Bryson as his Commerce Secretary?

"As 350.org/1Sky/Tar Sands Action Coalition continue to fill the self-proclaimed "progressive media" airwaves with self-congratulatory articles of strategic grassroots efforts and so-called victories, many are aware of the fact that a key player collaborating with the "Tar Sands Action" coalition is the NRDC (Natural Resources Defence Council). Forgetting for a moment the beginnings and correlation between 350.org/1Sky, the Rockefellers, the Clintons and big business, what other ties to the very industry and administration could these "environmental groups" such as NRDC behold?"

When Will Environmentalists Ever Wake Up? The Great Pipeline Scam

January 19, 2012 counterpunch by MICHAEL LEONARDI In another ridiculous moment of...

Little Scraps of Humanity | The Keystone XL “Victory”

Little Scraps of Humanity By Press Action January 18, 2012 “I have...

“STOP THE MACHINE” OR HOW TO DEMORALIZE A MOVEMENT

About the author: John Murphy was the independent candidate for House of...

Tar Sands Action & the Paralysis of a Movement [PART III OF AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT] [Unravelling the Deception of a False Movement]

Published September 23, 2011 by Political Context: http://bit.ly/n8KiGL and Canadians for Action...

Tar Sands Action & the Paralysis of a Movement [PART I OF AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT]

  Published September 15, 2011 by Political Context: http://bit.ly/oxDG33 and Canadians for...

“The Biggest Environmental Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of”

"The Biggest Environmental Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of" September 5, 2011 Wit’s...

350.org/LeadNow: Leadership or Sabotage?

By Lorna Salzman September 2nd, 2011 Dear depressed frustrated American environmental activists:...

Eyes Wide Shut | The Tar Sands Action Protest & The Paralysis of a Movement – Excerpt

Eyes Wide Shut | The Tar Sands Action Protest & The Paralysis...