Avaaz kan zonder meer gezien worden als een instrument van de VS terreurmachine, inclusief haar oorlogshond NAVO......
Zo heeft Avaaz aangedrongen een 'no-fly zone' in te stellen boven Libië, door politici, het publiek en de media continu te voeden met leugens over het bewind Khadaffi (al hadden die politici en media daar al geen moeite mee) en heeft zo meegewerkt aan de vernietiging van het eens rijkste land van Afrika.....
Libië, en land waar zo ongeveer alles gratis was en van goede kwaliteit, zoals onderwijs, medische zorg, huisvesting en de levering van energie. Wat betreft het onderwijs: jongens en meisjes mochten op kosten van de staat studeren in het buitenland, waar ook nog eens de huur en andere verblijfskosten werden betaald door de Libische staat......
Met behulp van Avaaz is Libië verworden tot zo ongeveer het armste land van Afrika, het ontbreekt de bevolking aan van alles en meisjes mogen niet meer naar school, laat staan studeren...... Tienduizenden Libiërs verloren het leven, niet alleen vanwege de NAVO bombardementen (Nederlandse F16s werden gebruikt om doelen aan te wijzen), maar ook door etnische zuiveringen..... Er worden nu zelfs openbare slavenmarkten gehouden in Libië, en de oorlog is nog steeds gaande...... Nogmaals: met dank aan Avaaz.....
De Avaaz topgraaiers hebben er voorts geen probleem mee om op de foto te gaan met oorlogsmisdadigers als Petraeus.....
Ook in Syrië heeft Avaaz een zeer kwalijke rol gespeeld en de VS agressie, beter gezegd: terreur, van A tot Z gesteund........
Mensen het is even een zit het hieronder opgenomen artikel van Cory Morningstar, eerder gepubliceerd op The Art of Innihilation, maar de schellen vallen je van de ogen, wat een smerig zootje dat Avaaz en geeft het door, laat je niet langer foppen door deze verraderlijke organisatie!!
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SYRIA: AVAAZ, PURPOSE & THE ART OF SELLING HATE FOR EMPIRE
September 17, 2014
Date: 27
Jan 2015
By: admin
“The
Ivy League bourgeoisie who sit at the helm of the non-profit
industrial complex will one day be known simply as charismatic
architects of death. Funded by the ruling class oligarchy, the role
they serve for their funders is not unlike that of corporate media.
Yet, it appears that global society is paralyzed in a collective
hypnosis – rejecting universal social interests, thus rejecting
reason, to instead fall in line with the position of the powerful
minority that has seized control, a minority that systematically
favours corporate interests.” — From
the article Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the
Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part I, Section I, Sept
10, 2012
The
organization Avaaz was instrumental in
building public approval for the No Fly Zone for the illegal invasion
of Libya in 2011. The NATO-led destabilization/illegal war in Libya
resulted in the annihilation of a formerly sovereign country that has
since descended into brutal chaos. Tens upon thousands of Libyans
died and the most savage ethnic cleansing that the mind can imagine
has been widespread. The destruction of Libya has been nothing less
than a full-scale bloodbath.
Above
image from the Avaaz website: “Libya
No-Fly Zone: As Libyan
government jets drop bombs on the civilian population,
the UN Security Council will decide in 48 hours whether to impose a
no-fly zone to keep Qaddafi’s warplanes on the ground.” [Emphasis
in original] [Further
discussion of the flag within this Avaaz image can be read in
the epilogue.]
Above
image: Avaaz takes credit for the implementation of the Libya No Fly
Zone. [Further
Reading: “Did
Libya’s Citizens Demand Foreign Intervention?” A
ridiculous question, yet according to Avaaz, the answer is yes.]
When Avaaz rolled out the same rinse, lather and repeat campaign for the seizing of Syria, the public did not fall prey as easily. The campaign failed. Below are three separate links to the Avaaz campaign calling for a no-fly zone over Syria.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/syria_the_last_straw_a/ (June
4, 2013) (Avaaz utilizing the “chemical attack” that has since
been discredited.)
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/syria_the_last_straw_0/ (June
14, 2013) (Avaaz alleges a “rape crisis” committed by soldiers of
the Syrian army – the same tactic used to incite hatred against
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi that was later discredited.)
http://web.archive.org/web/20130825092136/https://secure.avaaz.org/en/syria_no_fly_zone/ (Again,
utilizing the “chemical attack” that has since been discredited)
Of
the Avaaz campaigns pressing for a no-fly zone (air strikes) over
Syria that flourished in June of 2013, at least two employed the use
of chemical weapons to incite fear and hatred toward the Assad
government. It does not take much stretch of the imagination to
consider Avaaz had inside knowledge of the upcoming chemical attack
that would take place in outer Damascus approximately 10 weeks later.
Considering Avaaz co-founder Tom Perriello’s connection to the
Obama administration and its well known war criminals, it is entirely
plausible that Avaaz was churning out propaganda that would lead up
to and sensationalize a false
flag attack.
Photo:
Avaaz co-founder and Congressman Tom Perriello with war
criminal,
General David Petraeus (far left). Under this Flickr photo the
caption reads: “Passing the Baton, United
States Institute of Peace”
[2009]
[Photo: Jon-Phillip Sheridan | Source]
[In July, 2011, “General David Petraeus was approved as CIA
Director by both the Senate Intelligence Committee and then the full
Senate, whose vote was an astounding 94-0,
astounding because this is a man who was deeply implicated in war
crimes,
including torture.” Source]
[Welcome to the Brave New World – Brought to You by Avaaz, Sept
13, 2013]
The
August 30, 2013 article “On
the Eve of an Illegal Attack on Syria, Avaaz/350.org Board Members
Beat the Drums of War” documents Avaaz links imploring a
no-fly zone on Syria – both public links have since been removed.
The article also
featured 350.org board member Van Jones calling for air strikes on
Syria. (Adding twisted irony, Van Jones also serves as co-founder and
executive director of the Ella
Baker Center for Human Rights.
The co-opting of deceased civil rights revolutionaries to advance the
goals of hegemony has become common practice within these
foundation-financed projects.)
Screenshots
of an email from co-founder of Avaaz, Ricken Patel to Avaaz
subscribers dated August 27, 2014 can be found here (1)
and here(2).
The email from Patel represented a last-ditch effort to garner
support for a no-fly zone as the US prepared to launch an attack on
Syria.
One
year earlier, in 2012 Avaaz was allegedly sponsoring
fabricated videos of
civilian massacres, to back deeper foreign intervention in Syria.
Fact-checking and videos appear to collaborate these
claims.
Jump
forward to 2014.
In
the September 8, 2014 article Pentagon
Planning Points to Possible Anti-Syria US Military Campaign,
author Stephen Gowans observes:
“Now, it appears that Washington is on the cusp of pressing ahead with its planned campaign of military action. The New York Times has reported that ‘Pentagon planners envision a military campaign’ to destroy ISIS ‘in its sanctuary inside Syria’ that could last ‘at least 36 months.’ According to The Wall Street Journal, airstrikes would support anti-Assad fighters unaligned with ISIS, who would be bankrolled by $500 million in US funding, and backed by a global coalition, including the UK and Australia, that would ‘provide a range of assistance, including humanitarian aid and weapons.’ These countries could also join the United States in an air-war over Syria.”
It
should not be considered a coincidence that at the same time, a
polished, sophisticated and highly financed “Save Syria” campaign
is being created in the board rooms of the Empire’s favourite
Harvard boys.
Where,
under the organization Avaaz, the public hasn’t acquiesced to an
air strike on Syria, the New York public relations firm Purpose
Inc. has stepped in.
Purpose
is a for-profit enterprise that is marketed to appear like a
non-profit. Their area of expertise is behavioural change.
“[Purpose] has a non-profit arm, which incubates protests and accepts donations. This is cross-subsidised by its for-profit arm, which makes money in a variety of ways. It sells consulting services to big companies such as Google and Audi, and to charities such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union.” – The Economist
GetUp,
Avaaz and Purpose co-founder Jeremy Heimans, 2010.
Purpose Inc.: The Crème de la Crème Agents of Behavioural Change
Purpose
| Avaaz Co-Founders
Vision: “Purpose is a global initiative that draws on leading technologies, political organizing and behavioral economics to build powerful, tech-savvy movements that can transform culture and influence policy.”
Avaaz
and GetUp co-founders Jeremy
Heimans (CEO)
and David Madden [2] are also founders of the New York consulting
firm, Purpose Inc.
Avaaz
was created in part by MoveOn,
a Democratic Party associated Political Action Committee (or PAC),
formed in response to the impeachment of President Clinton. Avaaz and
MoveOn are funded in part by convicted inside-trader and billionaire
hedge fund mogul, George Soros.
Avaaz
affiliate James Slezak is also identified as a co-founder and CEO of
Purpose at its inception in 2009.
The
secret behind the success of both Avaaz and Purpose is their reliance
upon and expertise in behavioural
change.
While
the behavioural change tactics used by Avaaz are on public display,
double-breasted, for-profit Purpose, with its non-profit arm, sells
their expertise behind the scenes to further the interest of hegemony
and capital. Whether it be a glossy campaign to
help facilitate yet another illegal “humanitarian intervention”
led by aggressive U.S. militarism (an oxymoron if there ever was
one), or the creation of a new global “green” economy, Purpose is
the consulting firm that the wolves of Wall Street and oligarchs
alike depend upon to make it happen.
Make
no mistake, the Yale (for example, Avaaz co-founder and former U.S.
Representative *Tom
Perriello)
and Harvard graduates that comprise the “Avaaz boys” (many having
been groomed by McKinsey
and Company)
are considered “the dream team” by the globe’s most powerful
capitalists, including those at the United Nations and the World
Bank. Avaaz co-founder Andrea Madden works for the World Bank in
Burma [Myanmar]. Her husband is Avaaz co-founder David Madden who has
taken up residence in Burma. [March
23, 2013: Western
Media Celebrates Faux Progress in Myanmar] Madden has co-founded a
marketing firm, Parami
Road in
Myanmar: “Our clients are mostly international companies entering
Myanmar and they demand an international standard of work.”
“After years of isolation, Myanmar is opening up. Opportunities abound. However international companies have little experience here and local firms have little experience working with them. Parami Road meets this need.” – Parami website
Another
key co-founder of Avaaz is none other than pro-war, pro-Israel, U.S.
Democrat Tom Perriello, former U.S. Representative (represented the
5th District of Virginia from 2008 to 2010) and founding member of
the House Majority Leader’s National Security Working Group.
As demonstrated in
the 2012 investigative report on Avaaz, Perriello’s curriculum
vitae, built upon privilege within elite circles, is quite
extensive.
[*Full profile on Avaaz co-founder Tom Perriello: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part II, Section I [Link]
The former Managing Director of Partnerships for “Purpose” is Marilia Bezerra. From 2006 to 2011 Bezerra held an integral position within the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) executive leadership. As Clinton Global Initiative director of commitments, Bezerra led the redesign of member engagement and commitments services into a year-round operation. From 2007 to 2008, Bezerra held the position of sponsorship manager of the Clinton Global Initiative where she directly managed five major sponsorship accounts, including Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Procter & Gamble, valued at over $2 million dollars. From 2006 to 2008, Bezerra held the position of Commitment Development Senior Manager for the Clinton Global Initiative. In 2009, Bezerra was Deputy Director of Commitments for the Clinton Global Initiative.
One
should note that in the case of many NGOs, on 990 tax forms it
appears as though those at the helm are paid minimally, if at all.
Rather than salaries, many founders of institutions make immense fees
via consulting services where their names are not identified on 990
forms. In the case of Avaaz, co-founder Ricken Patel does take a
salary (approx. $190,000.00 per year) plus consulting fees.
Consulting fees must be considered the bread and butter of many
“progressives” whose incomes rival CEOs of multinational
corporations. The salaries and incomes are incredible when one
accounts for the fact that many NGOs, such as Avaaz, rake in millions
of dollars in donations from well-intentioned and hard-working
citizens who are at or below the poverty line.
[Full
profile of Ricken Patel: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors
of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part II, Section I
[Link]
Purpose
Inc. (with its co-founders) is a favourite of high-finance websites
such as The Economist and Forbes and sells its consulting services
and branding/marketing campaigns to Google, Audi, the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU), The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and
many others that comprise the world’s most powerful corporations
and institutions. In 2012, it raised $3m from investors. “Ford
Foundation, which has given Purpose’s non-profit arm a grant,
reckons it is shaping up to be “one of the blue-chip social
organisations of the future.” [Source] Purpose,
like many other foundations, such as Rockefeller (who initially
incubated 1Sky which merged with 350.org in 2011), also serves as an
“incubator of social movements.” [Further
reading on Purpose]
Heimans,
the Avaaz front man of Purpose, is a darling of
the high-finance corporate world. “In 2011, Jeremy received the
Ford Foundation’s 75th anniversary Visionaries Award. The World
Economic Forum at Davos has named him a Young Global Leader, and the
World e-Government Forum has named Jeremy and Purpose co-founder
David Madden among the “Top 10 People Who Are Changing the World of
the Internet and Politics.” [Source]
The
New York public relations firm Purpose has
created at least four anti-Assad NGOs/campaigns: The
White Helmets, Free
Syrian Voices [3], The
Syria Campaign [4]
and March
Campaign #withSyria.
“Who are we? Three years after the peaceful uprising in Syria, politicians and the media have largely forgotten what the UN calls ‘the greatest humanitarian tragedy of our time.’ But we haven’t.” — Front page of “The Syria Campaign” and the “White Helmets / Syrian Civil Defence” website
The March Campaign #withSyria | Over 130 Partners
Purpose’s March
campaign #withSyria website (which doubles
as a hash tag for
Twitter) partners
include:
Open Society Foundation (George Soros), Amnesty International,
Christian Aid, Care, Friends of the Earth, Oxfam and
many more of the largest “humanitarian” NGOs within the
non-profit industrial complex which makes up a billion dollar
industry. [Full list of
partners: http://marchcampaign.withsyria.com/partners0].
Utilizing the consumer culture’s celebrity fetish to sell war (and
the illusory “green economy“)
is a vital marketing strategy of Purpose. In the case of #withSyria,
famed street artist Banksy has
reworked his “Young Girl” famed graffiti stencil in
support of the campaign.
On the main page of this website the behavioural change strategists
at Purpose promote a slick, emotive video of a white child (in
America) slowly becoming traumatized by the violence in Syria. No
doubt, Purpose’s marketing executives have taken this avenue
because they know that the majority of Euro-Americans with privilege
simply are not moved by images of suffering children that are
non-Caucasian. Non-White children being slaughtered by imperial
states became normalized for most Euro-American citizens long ago.
And
of course corporate
media is
not far away to promote the
cries for war peace.
Consider today, on September 17, 2014, ABC “reports“:
“What if we could reverse the explosion of a bomb? A group of 130 organizations from around the world, known collectively as the ‘With Syria’ campaign, released a video Wednesday that shows just what that would look like. The campaign hopes to bring attention to the violence in Syria. (video) Warning: Contains disturbing imagery. In the video, the act of a bomb exploding near children playing is reversed: The blood returns to their heads, the children stand back up, run in reverse and continue the game they were playing. A message says, ‘We can’t reverse what’s happened in Syria, but we can change how the story ends.'”
Indeed
Purpose is being paid to bring about the ending that the elites have
hired them to ensure.
“Even more impressive than her military, America has built the most sophisticated propaganda machinery the planet has ever seen.” – Garikai Chengu
Free
Syrian Voices partners
include Amnesty International, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights
Network, FIDH, Front Line Defenders, Human Rights Watch, Reporters
Without Borders and “other international, regional and Syrian
organizations” – which conveniently go unnamed.
Such
emotionally charged campaigns are critical tools for empire. They
have become critical (and successful) in building the acquiescence
required for “humanitarian
interventions”
(aka regime change with extensive “collateral damage” thrown in
for good measure).
“In the IC Magazine publication Communications in Conflict, is noted a new form of psychological warfare termed ‘false hope.’ False hope, as a tool for subverting social movements, is unparalleled in its effectiveness. What once was crudely accomplished through political repression, censorship, educational indoctrination and misleading propaganda, is now supplemented, if not surpassed, through vertical integration of the non-profit industrial complex. Where Wall Street once had to rely on threats and bribery to intimidate or corrupt social movements, it now has a vast army of neoliberal foundations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social media at its disposal.” — Jay Taber, False Hope, September 6, 2014
It
is important to note that Purpose is a for-profit business
strategically presented as though it is a non-profit (similar to the
Change.org petition site). This begs the question of who is financing
the Syrian campaigns. The fact that a group of wealthy elites from
Harvard living privileged lifestyles in New York City (and abroad)
decide, via glossy marketing campaigns, who will live or die on the
other side of the world is the ultimate representation of whitism and
racism – an egregious affront to people everywhere. [Further
reading on Purpose]
“If there is any doubt concerning the nefarious undertones of subversiveness in these NGO dealings, [National Endowment for Democracy] NED founder reportedly said the following in the 1990s: ‘A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA.’ What was once done at night under the cloak of ‘imperialism’ is now done during the day under the guise of ‘humanitarianism.'” — WKOG 30-point Primer
The
many facets of Purpose:
1) Purpose (tax
identification number 68-0607622) is a for-profit certified
B-corporation “that uses an innovative model to pool some of the
world’s leading experts and practitioners in order to fund, launch
and accelerate the growth of new social movement organizations.”
2) Purpose
Action (tax
identification number 45-2451509), the non-profit
arm of
Purpose, is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit advocacy organization “focused on
changing policy.” Purpose Action Board of Directors includes Brett
Solomon,
executive director of Access, former campaigns director at Avaaz,
former executive director of GetUp! [5]
3) Purpose
Foundation (tax
identification number 27-3106760) is a 501(c)(3) charitable
organization “focused on education and changing culture.” [6]
4) Purpose
Campaign (tax
identification number 68-0607622) “Develops social and consumer
movements.”
US
Military Utilize NGOs to Induce Pacification & Advance Western
Ideologies on Iraqi Citizens
The
video below captures highlights from the 2004 Princeton Colloquium on
Public and International Affairs and should that be at the Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs – The Role of
NGOs in Global Governance and Society. Attention to the title is key:
“NON-governmental
organizations in global GOVERNANCE.”
[Note the use of the term “guerrilla” (4:13)
in describing any citizen/person resisting the occupation/assault by
US military on Iraq soil.] Since the filming of this video,
accelerating regime change operations are being conducted by Western
militaries, hand in hand with Western NGOs throughout the globe.
[See
more: http://www.interventionism.info/en/Re…].
In essence, NGOs have become an indispensable instrument of
destabilization and regime change for imperial states and hegemonic
interests. NGOs also serve as the primary agents to implant
neoliberal policies and western ideologies in targeted states to
advance and protect the interests of the NGOs’ funders.
The June, 2012, Avaaz “Good Versus Evil” campaign for the Rio Summit. Above: A downloadable poster as found on the Avaaz Press Centre published in the Financial Times. Vilification: Note the dark cast/ugly sky behind the leaders Avaaz would wish you to believe are “evil,” versus the light and sun shining through over the Imperialist, obstructionist “leaders” that Avaaz is attempting to convince you are “good.”
“‘You have to investigate the supply of hatred,’ Glaeser continues. ‘Who has the incentive and the ability to induce group hatred? This pushes us toward the crux of the model: politicians or anyone else will supply hatred when hatred is a complement to their policies.'” — The Behavioural Economics of Hatred
Heiman’s
work been recognized in publications like The New York Times and The
Economist.
In The Economist, Heiman states he chose his career path when “in
2001, a college student named Eli Pariser created an online
petition calling
for a multilateral response to the ‘9/11 terrorist attacks.'” Over
a decade on, with civilian deaths that amount to millions, I’m sure
the Iraqis are most grateful. It must be noted that Eli Pariser, too,
is a co-founder of Avaaz and Co-Founder and Executive Director of
MoveOn.org (Avaaz founder) PAC.
Above:
The Syria Campaign, Non-profit Organization, created by Purpose,
launched March 7, 2014.
“We were afraid the regime would fire another rocket, as they always come back to the area of attack when people come to rescue to bomb them, so we started evacuating people in a hurry so no more lives would be lost. This picture was taken then! That boy holding my neck like that was one of the moments in which I knew why I am a civil defender!” — Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm
Purpose
Inc. strategically employs images, carefully worded text and slick
video that provoke intense emotion. Key language includes children,
refugees, regime, and their work “in the most dangerous place in
the world.”
“A year ago today, the Syrian government used Sarin gas against its own people killing over a thousand, many of them children. The world was outraged and demanded Assad destroy his stockpile of chemical weapons. Today chlorine gas is still being used on civilian neighbourhoods, rolled out the back of helicopters in rusty ‘barrel bombs.’” — Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm, Image by Designer : FaDi zyada whose work is also featured on the Heinrich Von Arabien Foundation website. This same website features an absurd photo of Syrians holding up a poster that features a “thumbs up” illustration for USA and the UN.
[***Reference
list for deconstructing
the myth that
Syrian army + “dictator” used chemical weapons in August 2013 by
SusanDirgham: http://australiansforreconciliationinsyria.org/reference-list-chemical-attack-in-damascus-august-2013/]
Exploiting
the death of Syrian children to provoke air strikes and military
aggression demonstrates that such agencies go to any extreme to
further American foreign policy. Note that the very carnage described
above: “killing
over a thousand, many of them children” is
par for the course for the U.S. military, which carries out such
atrocities on innocent civilians, including children, on a daily
basis, all over the world. But don’t expect an Avaaz or Purpose
campaign against the Obama Regime any time soon. They will be too
busy under the guise of their NGO MoveOn, working on his re-election.
The
following quote represents the real purpose of Purpose:
“The media may have turned away from what’s unfolding daily in Syria but today we all have the tools to tell the world the truth. Please share widely and remember the children of Syria in your thoughts today.”
The
lapdog media have not turned away, but much of the public has. It’s
the job of Purpose to employ netwar methods (“a form of low
intensity conflict, crime, and activism waged by actors using social
networking services”
according to Wikipedia) on the public (targeting Euro-Americans) that
will instill hatred toward the
democratically elected Bashar
al-Assad.
“It’s
past time for President Obama to present a plan for dealing with the
humanitarian crisis in Syria.” — Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm
“Today we remember the more than 1,300 who lost their lives in the Ghouta chemical weapons attacks. Let’s also remember those +150,000 who face torture and death while being detained.” — Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm
Let’s
not mention Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib
and a mile long list of the Obama administration’s involvement in
torture, shall we? Syria certainly demonstrates that the first
casualty of war (in this case a destabilization effort) is truth. The
following excerpt is from the article Foley
& Sotloff’s Reporting Show Why the US Should Stop Its
Proxy War on Syria, which
lays bare that “both journalists documented the reality
of Free Syria Army”:
“While in Turkey Sotloff broadcast news of Syrian rebels being found and arrested with chemical weapon Sarin gas. He used Twitter to send out the Turkish news report. That was in May, three months before the August 21 2013 chemical weapons deaths in outer Damascus. The Syrian rebels were arrested by Turkish police but quickly released, giving evidence to claims of Turkish government support for Nusra. Sotloff was puzzled why the mainstream media was not giving this event coverage.”
“This
Thursday marks the one year anniversary of the chemical weapons
attack that took the lives of over 1,000 Syrians. Since then tens of
thousands more have been killed by different methods. Starvation is
one. But the
international media and world leaders still haven’t come together
to put an end to it.”
— Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm
Above
image: Another call for “world
leaders” to “come together to put an end to it.” Yet
while Purpose may cry crocodile tears over the starvation of Syrians,
Avaaz has asked for tough
sanctions against
Syria. Purpose and Avaaz want to “have their cake and eat it too”
– while Syrian lives are destroyed by the oligarchs that both
Purpose and Avaaz serve.
The
High Gloss Veneer
The
following video highlights human rights investigator and
award-winning journalist, Keith Harmon Snow, detailing the corrupt
NGOs and their portrayal of Africa in order to illicit funds. Snow
must be considered one of our finest Western reporters for obtaining
true independent, grassroots news from the continent of Africa.
Within the lecture, Snow discusses the psyops/propaganda
strategically orchestrated behind the “Save Darfur”
campaigns/movements which, in 2004, began to saturate the populace.
At the helm of this “movement” was “The Center for American
Progress.”
The Center for American Progress is closely connected with the same players that founded and financed Avaaz. Today, with Avaaz at the forefront, the non-profit industrial complex has been appointed trusted messenger of a grotesque and disturbing ideology; nothing less than a complete reflection and validation of the U.S. administration’s rhetoric intended to justify the annihilation and occupation of sovereign states under the false pretense of “humanitarian intervention” and “responsibility to protect.” [7]
“The
Syrian government has been dropping ‘barrel bombs’ on civilian
areas despite
a UN order to stop, targeting
schools and hospitals. Those
too poor to flee their homes can only hope that if the bomb drops,
the White Helmets will be there to help get them out.…
Let’s tell the world about the White Helmets and help get them the
support they need.” — Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm
“Know multiple languages? We need you! Help us get as many eyeballs on the Miracle Baby video by translating the subtitles into as many languages possible here: http://bit.ly/1tKSmrz” — Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm
Firms
and agencies such as Purpose write and develop the scripts and design
the sets. They bring the stories to life, strategically exploit and
manipulate our emotions, ultimately ensuring we come to accept and
partake in their politically acceptable means of discourse –
discourse sanctioned (and financed) by the empire.
“Syrians welcome Iraq’s Yazidi refugees into their country with warm meals, giving them their clothes and in some cases opening up their homes.” – Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm
The
above quote is representative of perhaps one too many spin doctors,
for who is allowing Iraq’s Yazidi refugees into Syria, if not the
Assad government? Indeed, Assad’s government has accepted more
refugees per capita than any other country in the Middle East.
“In the wake of Robin Williams’ death, the people of Idlib remember the actor/comedian with a quote on freedom.” — Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm
This
image takes absurdity to a new level. Recap: In the midst of being
bombed, starved, and rained on by chemical weapons, Syrians take time
to pay homage to an American actor/comedian (because the love of the
America that is destroying the Middle East is so great), by quoting a
line from a genie in a bottle from a scene in an animated Disney
movie and creating a banner in the English language.
“Understand what this infographic says, and you’ll understand why The Syria Campaign exists. And why you and your friends need to join. http://bit.ly/VlYOsi” — Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm
In
the infographic above, Purpose deliberately keeps the stats limited
to 2014. Otherwise they would have to visualize the millions of Iraqi
citizens who have been murdered due to the U.S. illegal war and
occupation in Iraq. Further, Purpose gives no attention to the deaths
in Ukraine, Honduras, Libya, Haiti, Congo (millions) and all of the
other countries being decimated by Imperialism and foreign
interference.
“Tell Obama we need a plan set forth to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in Syria. bit.ly/1nITTtO” — Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm
The
message is clear. Purpose wants the green light for military
intervention in Syria, well-cloaked under the guise of
humanitarianism – an oxymoron if there ever was one.
“How were you to know you were approving posts from one of the world’s most violent dictators? A man who’s ordered the dropping of bombs on hospitals and primary schools?” — Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm
“Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has been re-elected and he can thank Facebook for being a propaganda platform.” — Purpose Inc. Marketing Firm
“It
is critical to note that the imperialist powers (inclusive of the UN)
do not criticize or demonize or withdraw their support from such
leaders on any ethical or moral ground. Denunciation of state leaders
and emotive language is merely theatre. Rather, the imperialist
states strategically set out to destroy any state leader that is
unwilling to be controlled by US interests and foreign policy. A case
in point is unwavering support of the Saudi royal family responsible
for atrocious human rights violations to which the imperialist
countries turn a blind eye.” (from Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of
Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War
| Part
I, Section I)
The
Behavioural Change Dream Team:
·
Full profile of Jeremy Heimans: Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part II, Section II [link]
Full profile of Jeremy Heimans: Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part II, Section II [link]
·
Full profile of David Madden: Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part II, Section II [link]
Full profile of David Madden: Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part II, Section II [link]
·
Full profile of James Slezak: Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part II, Section III [link]
Full profile of James Slezak: Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part II, Section III [link]
Further reading on behavioural change: Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part II, Section II [link]
Further reading on Avaaz and Purpose: This Changes Nothing. Why the People’s Climate March Guarantees Climate Catastrophe
+++
Epilogue
Consider
that the colour of the national flag of the Libyan Jamahiriya (from
1977 to 2011; The Great
Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
was pure green in colour. Unlike the one featured in the Avaaz
campaign. The green colour traditionally symbolizes Islam. In Libya,
green was also a colour traditionally used to represent
the Tripolitania region
(commonly referred to as Tripoli) that NATO forces fought to seize.
The iconic green flag was chosen by Libyan leader/brother Muammar
Gaddafi to symbolize his political philosophy (after his
revolutionary Green
Book).
On 10 March 2011, France was the first state to recognize the council
as the official government of Libya, as well as the first to allow
the Libyan embassy staff to raise the red, black, green and white
flag that would replace the green flag of the Libyan Jamahiriya. On
21 March, the “new” flag was flown by the Permanent Mission of
Libya to the United Nations and appeared on their official website …
this flag, which reigned prior to the Libyan Jamahiriya, is now the
only flag used by the United Nations to represent Libya. According to
the following UN statement: “Following the adoption by the General
Assembly of resolution 66/1, the Permanent Mission of Libya to the
United Nations formally notified the United Nations of a Declaration
by the National Transitional Council of 3 August 2011 changing the
official name of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to “Libya” as well as
a decision to change Libya’s national flag to the original.”
[Wikipedia]
On August 24, 2011 it is reported by yet another mouthpiece for empire that:
“As Libyan rebels take over, embassies worldwide have been replacing the old Libyan flag with a new one…. But starting in February, a new flag – red, black, and green with a white star and crescent in the center – has been hoisted at Libyan embassies around the world, from Switzerland to Bangladesh. It is the same flag being flown by the jubilant rebels themselves as they descend on Tripoli.”
In
the article, the words “U.S. funded mercenaries” have been
replaced with “the jubilant rebels.” It would be well worth
investigating who ordered, manufactured and paid for thousands of
these new flags (prior to or commencing in February of 2011) and
ensured they would replace the national flag of the Libyan Jamahiriya
that flourished from 1977 to 2011.
Further
Reading:
·
SPEAKING TRUTH: A Profound Message to Avaaz from Poet Gabriel
Impaglione of Argentina, March
12, 2012
· Argentine Journalist Stella Calloni Denounces Avaaz | Latin American Unions Follow Her Lead, March 12, 2012
· Avaaz: Empire Propaganda Mill Masquerading as Grassroots Activism, June 9, 2012
· Avaaz’s War on Syria: Soros Sponsored Sorrow Pleads for Foreign Intervention, June 14, 2012
· Rio Summit “Good Versus Evil” Advert Displays Blatant Racism and Imperialism at Core of Avaaz, June 22, 2012
· Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part I, Section I, Sept 24, 2012
· Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part I, Section II, Sept 24, 2012
· Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part I, Section III, Sept 24, 2012
· Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted Facilitators of War | Part II, Section I, Sept 24, 2012
·
Avaaz: Imperialist Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy,
Trusted Facilitators of War | Part II, Section II, Nov
1, 2012
· Welcome to the Brave New World – Brought to You by Avaaz, Sept 13, 2013
Endnotes:
[1]
Jeremy Heimans on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremyheimans
[2]
David Madden on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidmadden
[3]
Job Detail for Social Media Intern, Syrian
Voices Movement Job
Location: Purpose
Inc, New York, NY,
10176: http://jobs.climber.com/jobs/Media-Communication/New-York-NY-10176/Social-Media-Intern-Syrian-Voices-Movement/55687863
[4]
Purpose is hiring: Join the Syria
Campaign: http://www.purpose.com/were-staffing-up-on-the-syria-campaign/]
[5]
Purpose Action Board of Directors: Jon
Huggett,
founding chair of Social Innovation Exchange, former partner at The
Bridgespan Group and Bain & Company; Rashad
Robinson,
executive director of ColorOfChange.org and former senior director of
media programs at GLAAD; Brett
Solomon,
executive director of Access, former campaigns director at Avaaz,
former executive director of GetUp!; Douglas
Atkin,
director of community at Airbnb, former chief community officer of
Meetup, author of The Culting of Brands; Andre
Banks,
executive director of Purpose Foundation, former strategy director at
Purpose and former deputy director of ColorOfChange.org; Jeremy
Heimans,
co-founder & CEO of Purpose, co-founder of Avaaz and co-founder
of GetUp! [Source]
[6]
Purpose Foundation Board of Directors: Carla
Sutherland,
research scholar at Columbia University’s Gender and Sexuality Law
Center’s Engaging Tradition Project, former program officer at Ford
Foundation and Arcus Foundation; Jeremy
Heimans,
co-founder & CEO of Purpose, co-founder of Avaaz and co-founder
of GetUp!; Michael
Evans,
president of Moynihan Station Development Corporation and former
chief of staff to the Lieutenant Governor of New York State.
[Source]|
Purpose Foundation’s organizational documents and annual reports on
Form 990 can be found here.
[7]
December 29, 2004: “Over two days in early December approximately
three-dozen religious activists met at the Washington office of the
Center for American Progress, a recently formed think tank headed by
former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta. The Res Publica-driven
agenda for the closed-door gathering included sessions on “building
the movement infrastructure” and “objectives, strategies and core
issues.” Res Publica was founded by Tom Perriello, Ricken Patel and
Tom Pravda. Avaaz was founded by Res Publica, MoveOn.org, Executive
Director Ricken Patel, Tom Perriello, Tom Pravda, Eli Pariser (MoveOn
Executive Director), Andrea Woodhouse (consultant to the World Bank)
Jeremy Heimans (co-founder of GetUp! and Purpose), and Australian
entrepreneur David Madden (co-founder of GetUp and Purpose). Avaaz
co-founder Tom Perriello is now President and CEO of Center for
American Progress. Perriello and Patel also co-founded and
co-directed DarfurGenocide.org which officially launched in 2004.
“DarfurGenocide.org is a project of Res Publica, a group of public sector professionals dedicated to promoting good governance and virtuous civic cultures.” Today, this organization is now known as “Darfurian Voices”: “Darfurian Voices is a project of 24 Hours for Darfur.” The U.S. Department of State and the Open Society Institute were just two of the organizations funders and collaborating partners. Other Darfurian Voices partners include Avaaz, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), International Centre for Transitional Justice, Darfur Rehabilitation Project, Humanity United, Darfur People’s Association of New York, Genocide Intervention, Witness, Yale Law School, The Sigrid Rausing Trust and the Bridgeway Foundation. Despite the carefully crafted language and images that tug at your emotions, such NGOs were created for and exist for one primary purpose — to protect and further American policy and interests, under the guise of philanthropy and humanitarianism. Of all the listed partners of DarfurGenocide.org, with exception of one located in London England, all of the entities involved are American and based on US soil.
“DarfurGenocide.org is a project of Res Publica, a group of public sector professionals dedicated to promoting good governance and virtuous civic cultures.” Today, this organization is now known as “Darfurian Voices”: “Darfurian Voices is a project of 24 Hours for Darfur.” The U.S. Department of State and the Open Society Institute were just two of the organizations funders and collaborating partners. Other Darfurian Voices partners include Avaaz, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), International Centre for Transitional Justice, Darfur Rehabilitation Project, Humanity United, Darfur People’s Association of New York, Genocide Intervention, Witness, Yale Law School, The Sigrid Rausing Trust and the Bridgeway Foundation. Despite the carefully crafted language and images that tug at your emotions, such NGOs were created for and exist for one primary purpose — to protect and further American policy and interests, under the guise of philanthropy and humanitarianism. Of all the listed partners of DarfurGenocide.org, with exception of one located in London England, all of the entities involved are American and based on US soil.
CLARIFICATION (August
10, 2018): In an earlier version of this article, a sentence reads
“Avaaz co-founder James Slezak is also identified as a co-founder
and CEO of Purpose at its inception in 2009.” This was intended to
read as it reads now: “Avaaz affiliate James
Slezak is also identified as a co-founder and CEO of Purpose at its
inception in 2009.” The article references the original researched
bio of Slezak: “Full profile of James Slezak: Avaaz: Imperialist
Pimps of Militarism, Protectors of the Oligarchy, Trusted
Facilitators of War | Part II, Section III [link]”.
The original research does not list Slezak as an Avaaz co-founder. We
regret the error was not caught in the editing process. Further
clarification Slezak co-foundered “Win Back Respect” with Avaaz
co-founders Andrea Woodhouse (World Bank), spouse, David Madden
(World Bank) and Jeremy Heimans (co-founder of MoveOn and GetUp!).
Win Back Respect was supported/funded by MoveOn (co-founder of Avaaz)
and Soros Fund Management. Soros Open Society Institute provided
the original seed money for Avaaz. The fifth co-founder of Win Back
Respect was Brian Vogt, Senior Advisor to the Partnership for a
Secure America.
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About
the Author
Cory
Morningstar is an independent investigative journalist, writer and
environmental activist, focusing on global ecological collapse and
political analysis of the non-profit industrial complex. She resides
in Canada. Her recent writings can be found on Wrong Kind of Green,
The Art of Annihilation, Political Context, Counterpunch, Canadians
for Action on Climate Change and Countercurrents.
Opvallend de gelijkenis met Pax Christie, of zoals het tegenwoordig wordt genoemd: 'PAX'. Ook deze organisatie die zogenaamd de wereldvrede wil bevorderen, heeft meermaals opgeroepen tot oorlog, dit nam een aanvang onder voorzitterschap van oorlogshitser Mient Jan Faber.......
Zie ook:
'White Helmets oprichter 'vermoord door' vredesactivisten en kritische alternatieve media' (voor meer berichten over Avaaz en de White Helmets, klik op de betreffende links in dat bericht)
'Avaaz valt met fake news en desinformatie 'fake news en desinformatie' aan.....'
'De VS heeft Syrië volgepropt met 'jihadisten' en wapens'
'Bolsonaro, de fascistische nieuwe president van Brazilië, werd volgens Avaaz en fake news brengers als de NYT gekozen door manipulatie via WhatsApp'
'Esmond Bradley Martin, anti-ivoorhandel activist vermoord...........'
'Avaaz haalt 1 miljoen op voor terreurorganisatie Witte Helmen.... ha! ha! ha! Nu nog een inzameling voor ISIS!!!'
'BBC: terreuraanslag Aleppo werk van anti-regeringsrebellen' ('gekleurde berichtgeving', ofwel manipulatie van publiek...)
'VS heeft opstand en daarmee de oorlog in Syrië georganiseerd, zo toont WikiLeaks ten overvloede nog eens aan.......'
'Gifgasaanval Douma: OPCW rapport maakt korte metten met de westerse beschuldiging aan adres Syrië, waar de NOS een meer dan levensgrote bok schoot'
'Gifgasaanval Idlib: de komende 'kindslachtoffers' worden getraind door terreurgroep White Helmets.........'
''False flag terror' bestaat wel degelijk: bekentenissen en feiten over heel smerige zaken..........'
'Al Jazeera filmde een onderdeel van de 'gifgasshow' in Kahn Sheikhoun...........'
'Vlaamse pater roept op niet langer de westerse anti-Syrië propaganda te geloven!'
'Syrische nonnen spreken zich uit tegen de oorlogspropaganda van westerse mogendheden en de reguliere westerse (massa-) media'
'CNN en andere media met doorzichtige oorlogspropaganda tegen de Syrische regering'
'VS geeft toe dat er geen bewijs is voor het gebruik van gifgas 'door Assad', ofwel: alweer 'fake news' van de massamedia doorgeprikt!'
'Voorbeeld BBC en AD propaganda inzake Idlib (Syrië)'
'Assad heeft geen gifgas gebruikt tegen de Syrische bevolking!'
'Oost-Ghouta, wat je niet wordt verteld'
'BBC World Service en BNR met 'fake news' over Ghouta........'
'Syrië: nieuwe gifgasaanval als 'false flag' operatie tegen Syrisch bewind in voorbereiding........'
'Ghouta: een gifgas false flag en VS chef Guterres eist staakt het vuren van pro-Syrische strijdgroepen op Oost-Ghouta......'
'Gifgasaanval Douma: OPCW rapport maakt korte metten met de westerse beschuldiging aan adres Syrië, waar de NOS een meer dan levensgrote bok schoot'
'Gifgasaanval Idlib: de komende 'kindslachtoffers' worden getraind door terreurgroep White Helmets.........'
''False flag terror' bestaat wel degelijk: bekentenissen en feiten over heel smerige zaken..........'
'Al Jazeera filmde een onderdeel van de 'gifgasshow' in Kahn Sheikhoun...........'
'Vlaamse pater roept op niet langer de westerse anti-Syrië propaganda te geloven!'
'Syrische nonnen spreken zich uit tegen de oorlogspropaganda van westerse mogendheden en de reguliere westerse (massa-) media'
'CNN en andere media met doorzichtige oorlogspropaganda tegen de Syrische regering'
'VS geeft toe dat er geen bewijs is voor het gebruik van gifgas 'door Assad', ofwel: alweer 'fake news' van de massamedia doorgeprikt!'
'Voorbeeld BBC en AD propaganda inzake Idlib (Syrië)'
'Assad heeft geen gifgas gebruikt tegen de Syrische bevolking!'
'Oost-Ghouta, wat je niet wordt verteld'
'BBC World Service en BNR met 'fake news' over Ghouta........'
'Syrië: nieuwe gifgasaanval als 'false flag' operatie tegen Syrisch bewind in voorbereiding........'
'Ghouta: een gifgas false flag en VS chef Guterres eist staakt het vuren van pro-Syrische strijdgroepen op Oost-Ghouta......'
'Sico van der Meer ('deskundige' Clingendael) weet niet, dat Israël en Egypte grote hoeveelheden gifgas maken en op voorraad hebben..........'
'Rutte: raketaanval VS tegen Syrische basis was begrijpelijk en proportioneel, ook al is er geen bewijs voor Syrische schuld........'
'Koenders (PvdA BuZa): Assad is schuldig aan gifgasaanval en is een 'criminele recidivist......' ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!'
'Esther de Lange (CDA): het afschieten door de VS van raketten op een Syrische basis 'was even nodig...........''
'VS bereid tot militair ingrijpen tegen de regering Assad >> aanleiding: gifgas leugens van o.a. de VS zelf.......'
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