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4. Its like using USAID and NGO type groups as a front for CIA activities has backfired somehow!

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Apr 19, 2013, 03:05 PM

Apr 2013

Venezuela: WikiLeaks shows US use 'NGOs' to cover intervention
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/53825

Yes, i'm sure the US State Department is very very concerned about human rights and "civil society", when they can use those issues as a cudgel against countries who aren't friendly enough for US business interests.

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US Report Decries World Crackdown On Civil Society [View all] Purveyor Apr 2013 OP

But not to Medicare for All. nt valerief Apr 2013 #1

Yeah like the federally orchestrated crackdown on peaceful protesters at occupy? n/t fasttense Apr 2013 #2

Not in any way equivalent. Civil disobedience means taking your lumps according to legitimate law. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2013 #3

Of course it's equivalent. fasttense Apr 2013 #16

Its like using USAID and NGO type groups as a front for CIA activities has backfired somehow! killbotfactory Apr 2013 #4

Kerry SamKnause Apr 2013 #5

irony alert Doctor_J Apr 2013 #6

Its, OK to crackdown on whistle blowers. bahrbearian Apr 2013 #7

my hypocrisy meter just melted n/t Kelvin Mace Apr 2013 #8

The irony here, of course, will be lost on no one. closeupready Apr 2013 #9

Occupy anyone? Bradley Manning and how many others? The hypocrisy of this report is astounding. idwiyo Apr 2013 #10

Perhaps foreign countries are considering the human rights activists "suspected militants"? n/t hughee99 Apr 2013 #11

Ohh...I get it. It's a joke.....pot and kettle and all that. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #12

Where is the Rest Of The World's report on the US crackdown on... Amonester Apr 2013 #13

... Fumesucker Apr 2013 #14

Of course nary a soul dare mention the israeli/palestine apartheid issue that the US supports Purveyor Apr 2013 #15

Colombia didn't make the list? BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #17