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[Fwd: [=E0=B4=95=E0=B5=87=E0=B4=B0=E0=B4=B3=E0=B4=82] Fwd: "Manufacturing D=
issent": the Anti-globalization Movement is=20
=46unded by the Corporate Elites]
=46rom: "V. Sasi Kumar"=20
To: Juan Carlos Gentile Fagundez <jucar@hipatia.net>
Date: Today 06:17:03
Perhaps, you may be interested in this article.

=2D------- Forwarded Message --------
=46rom: Venugopalan K M=20
Reply-to: keralaexchange@
Subject: [=E0=B4=95=E0=B5=87=E0=B4=B0=E0=B4=B3=E0=B4=82] Fwd: "Manufacturin=
g Dissent": the Anti-globalization
Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:33:02 +0530




=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Manufacturing Dissent": the Anti-globalization=
 Movement is
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Funded by the Corporate Elites
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The People's Movement has been Hijacked
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 By Michel Chossudovsky
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Global Research, September 20, 2010 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Everything the [Fo=
rd] Foundation did could be regarded
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 as "making the Worl=
d safe for capitalism", reducing
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 social tensions by =
helping to comfort the afflicted,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 provide safety valv=
es for the angry, and improve the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 functioning of gove=
rnment (McGeorge Bundy, National
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Security Advisor to=
 Presidents John F. Kennedy and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Lyndon Johnson (196=
1-1966), President of the Ford
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Foundation, (1966-1=
979)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "By providing the f=
unding and the policy framework to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 many concerned and =
dedicated people working within the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 non-profit sector, =
the ruling class is able to co-opt
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 leadership from gra=
ssroots communities, ... and is able
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 to make the funding=
, accounting, and evaluation
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 components of the w=
ork so time consuming and onerous
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 that social justice=
 work is virtually impossible under
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 these conditions" (=
Paul Kivel, You Call this Democracy,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Who Benefits, Who P=
ays and Who Really Decides, 2004, p.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 122 )
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Under the New Worl=
d Order, the ritual of inviting
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "civil society" lea=
ders into the inner circles of power
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 --while simultaneou=
sly repressing the rank and file--
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 serves several impo=
rtant functions. First, it says to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the World that the =
critics of globalization "must make
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 concessions" to ear=
n the right to mingle. Second, it
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 conveys the illusio=
n that while the global elites should
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 --under what is eup=
hemistically called democracy-- be
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 subject to criticis=
m, they nonetheless rule
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 legitimately. And t=
hird, it says "there is no
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 alternative" to glo=
balization: fundamental change is not
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 possible and the mo=
st we can hope is to engage with
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 these rulers in an =
ineffective "give and take".=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 While the "Globaliz=
ers" may adopt a few progressive
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 phrases to demonstr=
ate they have good intentions, their
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 fundamental goals a=
re not challenged. And what this
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "civil society ming=
ling" does is to reinforce the clutch
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 of the corporate es=
tablishment while weakening and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 dividing the protes=
t movement. An understanding of this
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 process of co-optat=
ion is important, because tens of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 thousands of the mo=
st principled young people in
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Seattle, Prague and=
 Quebec City [1999-2001] are involved
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 in the anti-globali=
zation protests because they reject
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the notion that mon=
ey is everything, because they reject
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the impoverishment =
of millions and the destruction of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 fragile Earth so th=
at a few may get richer.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 This rank and file =
and some of their leaders as well,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 are to be applauded=
=2E But we need to go further. We need
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 to challenge the ri=
ght of the "Globalizers" to rule.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 This requires that =
we rethink the strategy of protest.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Can we move to a hi=
gher plane, by launching mass
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 movements in our re=
spective countries, movements that
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 bring the message o=
f what globalization is doing, to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ordinary people? Fo=
r they are the force that must be
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 mobilized to challe=
nge those who plunder the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Globe." (Michel Cho=
ssudovsky, =C2=A0The Quebec Wall, April
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2001)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The term "manufacturing consent" was initially =
coined by Edward
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 S Herman and Noam Chomsky.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Manufacturing consent" describes a propaganda =
model used by the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 corporate media to sway public opinion and "inc=
ulcate
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 individuals with values and beliefs...": =C2=A0=
=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The mass media serve as a system for communicat=
ing messages and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 symbols to the general populace. It is their fu=
nction to amuse,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 entertain, and inform, and to inculcate individ=
uals with the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 values, beliefs, and codes of behavior that wil=
l integrate them
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 into the institutional structures of the larger=
 society. In a
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 world of concentrated wealth and major conflict=
s of class
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 interest, to fulfill this role requires systema=
tic propaganda.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman and =
Noam Chomsky)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Manufacturing consent" implies manipulating an=
d shaping public
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 opinion. It establishes conformity and acceptan=
ce to authority
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and social hierarchy. It seeks compliance to an=
 established
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 social order. "Manufacturing consent" describes=
 the submission
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 of public opinion to the mainstream media narra=
tive, to its lies
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and fabrications.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Manufacturing dissent"
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 In this article, we focus on a related concept,=
 namely the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 process of "manufacturing dissent" (rather than=
 "consent"),
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 which plays a decisive role in serving the inte=
rests of the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ruling class.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Under contemporary capitalism, the illusion of =
democracy must
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 prevail. It is in the interest of the corporate=
 elites to accept
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 dissent and protest as a feature of the system =
inasmuch as they
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 do not threaten the established social order. T=
he purpose is not
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 to repress dissent, but, on the contrary, to sh=
ape and mould the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 protest movement, to set the outer limits of di=
ssent.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 To maintain their legitimacy, the economic elit=
es favor limited
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and controlled forms of opposition, with a view=
 to preventing
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the development of radical forms of protest, wh=
ich might shake
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the very foundations and institutions of global=
 capitalism. In
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 other words, "manufacturing dissent" acts as a =
"safety valve",
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 which protects and sustains the New World Order=
=2E=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 To be effective, however, the process of "manuf=
acturing dissent"
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 must be carefully regulated and monitored by th=
ose who are the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 object of the protest movement.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Funding Dissent"
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 How is the process of manufacturing dissent ach=
ieved?=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Essentially by "funding dissent", namely by cha=
nnelling
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 financial resources from those who are the obje=
ct of the protest
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 movement to those who are involved in organizin=
g the protest
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 movement.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Co-optation is not limited to buying the favors=
 of politicians.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The economic elites --which control major found=
ations-- also
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 oversee the funding of numerous NGOs and civil =
society
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 organizations, which historically have been inv=
olved in the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 protest movement against the established econom=
ic and social
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 order. The programs of many NGOs and people's m=
ovements rely
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 heavily on both public as well as private fundi=
ng agencies
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 including the Ford, Rockefeller, McCarthy found=
ations, among
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 others.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The anti-globalization movement is opposed to W=
all Street and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the Texas oil giants controlled by Rockefeller,=
 et al. Yet the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 foundations and charities of Rockefeller et al =
will generously
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 fund progressive anti-capitalist networks as we=
ll as
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 environmentalists (opposed to Big Oil) with a v=
iew to ultimately
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 overseeing and shaping their various activities=
=2E =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The mechanisms of "manufacturing dissent" requi=
re a manipulative
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 environment, a process of arm-twisting and subt=
le cooptation of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 individuals within progressive organizations, i=
ncluding anti-war
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 coalitions, environmentalists and the anti-glob=
alization
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 movement. =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Whereas the mainstream media "manufactures cons=
ent", the complex
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 network of NGOs (including segments of the alte=
rnative media)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 are used by the corporate elites to mould and m=
anipulate the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 protest movement. =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Following the deregulation of the global financ=
ial system in the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 1990s and the rapid enrichment of the financial=
 establishment,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 funding through foundations and charities has s=
kyrocketed. In a
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 bitter irony, part of the fraudulent financial =
gains on Wall
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Street in recent years have been recycled to th=
e elites' tax
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 exempt foundations and charities. These windfal=
l financial gains
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 have not only been used to buy out politicians,=
 they have also
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 been channelled to NGOs, research institutes, c=
ommunity centres,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 church groups, environmentalists, alternative m=
edia, human
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 rights groups, etc. "Manufactured dissent" also=
 applies to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "corporate left" and "progressive media" funded=
 by NGOs or
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 directly by the foundations.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The inner objective is to "manufacture dissent"=
 and establish
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the boundaries of a "politically correct" oppos=
ition. In turn,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 many NGOs are infiltrated by =C2=A0informants o=
ften acting on behalf
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 of western intelligence agencies. Moreover, an =
increasingly
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 large segment of the progressive alternative ne=
ws media on the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 internet has become dependent on funding from c=
orporate
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 foundations and charities.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Piecemeal Activism
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The objective of the corporate elites has been =
to fragment the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 people's movement into a vast "do it yourself" =
mosaic. War and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 globalization are no longer in the forefront of=
 civil society
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 activism. Activism tends to be piecemeal. There=
 is no integrated
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 anti-globalization anti-war movement. The econo=
mic crisis is not
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 seen as having a relationship to the US led war.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Dissent has been compartmentalized. Separate "i=
ssue oriented"
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 protest movements (e.g. environment, anti-globa=
lization, peace,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 women's rights, climate change) are encouraged =
and generously
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 funded as opposed to a cohesive mass movement. =
This mosaic was
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 already prevalent in the counter G7 summits and=
 People's Summits
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 of the 1990s.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Anti-Globalization Movement
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Seattle 1999 counter-summit is invariably u=
pheld as a
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 triumph for the anti-globalization movement: "a=
 historic
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 coalition of activists shut down the World Trad=
e Organization
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 summit in Seattle, the spark that ignited a glo=
bal
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 anti-corporate movement." (See Naomi Klein, Cop=
enhagen: Seattle
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Grows Up, The Nation, November 13, 2009).=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Seattle was an indeed an important crossroads i=
n the history of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the mass movement. Over 50,000 people from dive=
rse backgrounds,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 civil society organizations, human rights, labo=
r unions,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 environmentalists had come together in a common=
 pursuit. Their
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 goal was to forecefully dismantle the neolibera=
l agenda
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 including its institutional base.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 But Seattle also marked a major reversal. With =
mounting dissent
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 from all sectors of society, the official WTO S=
ummit desperately
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 needed the token participation of civil society=
 leaders "on the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 inside", to give the appearance of being "democ=
ratic" on the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 outside.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 While thousands of people had converged on Seat=
tle, what
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 occurred behind the scenes was a de facto victo=
ry for
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 neoliberalism. A handful of civil society organ=
izations,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 formally opposed the WTO had contributed to leg=
itimizing the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 WTO's global trading architecture. Instead of c=
hallenging the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 WTO as an an illegal intergovernmental body, th=
ey agreed to a
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 pre-summit dialogue with the WTO and Western go=
vernments.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Accredited NGO participants were invited to mi=
ngle in a
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 friendly environment with ambassadors, trade mi=
nisters and Wall
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Street tycoons at several of the official event=
s including the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 numerous cocktail parties and receptions." (Mic=
hel Chossudovsky,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Seattle and Beyond: Disarming the New World Ord=
er , Covert
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Action Quarterly, November 1999, See Ten Years =
Ago:
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Manufacturing Dissent" in Seattle).=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The hidden agenda was to weaken and divide the =
protest movement
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and orient the anti-globalization movement into=
 areas that would
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 not directly threaten the interests of the busi=
ness
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 establishment. =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Funded by private foundations (including Ford, =
Rockefeller,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Rockefeller Brothers, Charles Stewart Mott, The=
 Foundation for
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Deep Ecology), these "accredited" civil society=
 organizations
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 had positioned themselves as lobby groups, acti=
ng formally on
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 behalf of the people's movement. Led by promine=
nt and committed
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 activists, their hands were tied. They ultimate=
ly contributed
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (unwittingly) to weakening the anti-globalizati=
on movement by
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 accepting the legitimacy of what was essentiall=
y an illegal
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 organization. (The 1994 Marrakech Summit agreem=
ent which led to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the creation of the WTO on January 1, 1995). (I=
bid)=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The NGO leaders were fully aware as to where th=
e money was
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 coming from. Yet within the US and European NGO=
 community, the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 foundations and charities are considered to be =
independent
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 philanthropic bodies, separate from the corpora=
tions; namely the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, for instance, =
is considered to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 be separate and distinct from the Rockefeller f=
amily empire of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 banks and oil companies.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 With salaries and operating expenses depending =
on private
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 foundations, it became an accepted routine: In =
a twisted logic,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the battle against corporate capitalism was to =
be be fought
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 using the funds from the tax exempt foundations=
 owned by
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 corporate capitalism.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The NGOs were caught in a straightjacket; their=
 very existence
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 depended on the foundations. Their activities w=
ere closely
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 monitored. In a twisted logic, the very nature =
of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 anti-capitalist activism was indirectly control=
led =C2=A0by the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 capitalists through their independent foundatio=
ns. =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Progressive Watchdogs"
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 In this evolving saga, the corporate elites who=
se interests are
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 duly served by the IMF, the World Bank and the =
WTO, will readily
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 fund (through their various foundations and cha=
rities)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 organizations which are at the forefront of the=
 protest movement
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 against the WTO and the Washington based intern=
ational financial
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 institutions.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Supported by foundation money, various "watchdo=
gs" were set up
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 by the NGOs to monitor the implementation of ne=
oliberal
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 policies, without however raising the broader i=
ssue of how the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Bretton Woods twins and the WTO, through their =
policies, had
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 contributed to the impoverishment of millions o=
f people. =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Structural Adjustment Participatory Review =
Network (SAPRIN)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 was established by Development Gap, a USAID and=
 World Bank
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 funded NGO based in Washington DC.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Amply documented, the imposition of the IMF-Wor=
ld Bank
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) on developi=
ng countries
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 constitutes a blatant form of interference in t=
he internal
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 affairs of sovereign states on behalf of credit=
or institutions.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Instead of challenging the legitimacy of the IM=
=46-World Bank's
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "deadly economic medicine", SAPRIN's core organ=
ization sought to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 establish a participatory role for the NGOs, wo=
rking hand in
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 glove with USAID and the World Bank. The object=
ive was to give a
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "human face" to the neoliberal policy agenda, r=
ather than reject
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the IMF-World Bank policy framework outright: =
=C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "SAPRIN is the global civil-society network tha=
t took its name
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 from the Structural Adjustment Participatory Re=
view Initiative
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (SAPRI), which it launched with the World Bank =
and its
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 president, Jim Wolfensohn, in 1997.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 SAPRI is designed as a tripartite exercise to b=
ring together
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 organizations of civil society, their governmen=
ts and the World
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Bank in a joint review of structural adjustment=
 programs (SAPs)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and an exploration of new policy options. It is=
 legitimizing an
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 active role for civil society in economic decis=
ion-making, as it
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 is designed to indicate areas in which changes =
in economic
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 policies and in the economic-policymaking proce=
ss are required.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ( http://www.saprin.org/overview.htm =C2=A0SAPR=
IN website, emphasis
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 added)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Similarly, The Trade Observatory (formerly WTO =
Watch), operating
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 out of Geneva, is a project of the Minneapolis =
based Institute
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), which =
is generously
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 funded by Ford, Rockefeller, Charles Stewart Mo=
tt among others.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (see Table 1 below).=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Trade Observatory has a mandate to monitor =
the World Trade
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Organization (WTO), the North American Free Tra=
de Agreement
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (NAFTA and the proposed Free Trade Area of the =
Americas =C2=A0(FTAA).
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (IATP, About Trade Observatory, accessed Septem=
ber 2010). =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Trade Observatory is also to develop data a=
nd information as
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 well as foster "governance" and "accountability=
". Accountability
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 to the victims of WTO policies or accountabilit=
y to the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 protagonists of neoliberal reforms?
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Trade Observatory watchdog functions does n=
ot in any way
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 threaten the WTO. Quite the opposite: the legit=
imacy of the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 trade organizations and agreements are never qu=
estioned.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Table 1 Minneapolis Institute for Agriculture a=
nd Trade Policy
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (IATP) largest donors=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (for complete list click here)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Ford Foundation$2,612,500.001994 =E2=80=93 2006
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Rockefeller Brothers Fund$2,320,000.001995 =E2=
=80=93 2005
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Charles Stewart Mott Foundation$1,391,000.00199=
4 =E2=80=93 2005
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 McKnight Foundation$1,056,600.001995 =E2=80=93 =
2005
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Joyce Foundation$748,000.001996 =E2=80=93 2004
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Bush Foundation$610,000.002001 =E2=80=93 2006
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Bauman Family Foundation$600,000.001994 =E2=80=
=93 2006
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Great Lakes Protection Fund$580,000.001995 =E2=
=80=93 2000
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation$554=
,100.001991 =E2=80=93
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2003
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 John Merck Fund$490,000.001992 =E2=80=93 2003
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Harold K. Hochschild Foundation$486,600.001997 =
=E2=80=93 2005
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Foundation for Deep Ecology$417,500.001991 =E2=
=80=93 2001
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Jennifer Altman Foundation$366,500.001992 =E2=
=80=93 2001
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Rockefeller Foundation$344,134.002000 =E2=80=93=
 2004
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Soruce:
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
http://activistcash.com/organization_financials.cfm/o/16-institute-for-agri=
culture-and-trade-policy=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The World Economic Forum. "All Roads Lead to Da=
vos" =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The people's movement has been hijacked. Select=
ed intellectuals,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 trade union executives, and the leaders of civi=
l society
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 organizations (including Oxfam, Amnesty Interna=
tional,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Greenpeace) are routinely invited to the Davos =
World Economic
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Forum, where they mingle with the World's most =
powerful economic
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and political actors. This mingling of the Worl=
d's corporate
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 elites with hand-picked "progressives" is part =
of the ritual
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 underlying the process of =C2=A0"manufacturing =
dissent".=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The ploy is to selectively handpick civil socie=
ty leaders "whom
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 we can trust" and integrate them into a "dialog=
ue", cut them off
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 from their rank and file, make them feel that t=
hey are "global
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 citizens" acting on behalf of their fellow work=
ers but make them
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 act in a way which serves the interests of the =
corporate
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 establishment:=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "The participation of NGOs in the Annual Meetin=
g in Davos is
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 evidence of the fact that [we] purposely seek t=
o integrate a
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 broad spectrum of the major stakeholders in soc=
iety in ...
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 defining and advancing the global agenda ... We=
 believe the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 [Davos] World Economic Forum provides the busin=
ess community
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 with the ideal framework for engaging in collab=
orative efforts
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 with the other principal stakeholders [NGOs] of=
 the global
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 economy to "improve the state of the world," wh=
ich is the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Forum's mission. (World Economic Forum, Press R=
elease 5 January
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2001)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The WEF does not represent the broader business=
 community. It is
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 an elitist gathering: Its members are giant glo=
bal corporations
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (with a minimum $5 billion annual turnover). Th=
e selected
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are viewe=
d as partner
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "stakeholders" as well as a convenient "mouthpi=
ece for the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 voiceless who are often left out of decision-ma=
king
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 processes." (World Economic Forum - Non-Governm=
ental
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Organizations, 2010)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "They [the NGOs] play a variety of roles in par=
tnering with the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Forum to improve the state of the world, includ=
ing serving as a
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 bridge between business, government and civil s=
ociety,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 connecting the policy makers to the grassroots,=
 bringing
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 practical solutions to the table..." (Ibid)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Civil society "partnering" with global corporat=
ions on behalf of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "the voiceless", who are "left out"?=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Trade union executives are also co-opted to the=
 detriment of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 workers' rights. =C2=A0The leaders of the Inter=
national Federation of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Trade Unions (IFTU), the AFL-CIO, the European =
Trade Union
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Confederation, the Canadian Labour Congress (CL=
C), among others,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 are routinely invited to attend both the annual=
 WEF meetings in
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Davos, Switzerland as well as to the regional s=
ummits. They also
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 participate in the WEF's Labour Leaders Communi=
ty which focuses
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 on mutually acceptable patterns of behavior for=
 the labor
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 movement. The WEF "believes that the voice of L=
abour is
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 important to dynamic dialogue on issues of glob=
alisation,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 economic justice, transparency and accountabili=
ty, and ensuring
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 a healthy global financial system." =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Ensuring a healthy global financial system" wr=
ought by fraud
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and corruption? The issue of workers' rights is=
 not mentioned.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (World Economic Forum - Labour Leaders, 2010).=
=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The World Social Forum: "Another World Is Possi=
ble"
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The 1999 Seattle counter-summit in many regards=
 laid the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 foundations for the development of the World So=
cial Forum.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The first gathering of the World Social Forum t=
ook place in
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 January 2001, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. This int=
ernational
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 gathering involved the participation of =C2=A0t=
ens of thousands of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 activists from grass-roots organizations and NG=
Os. =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The WSF =C2=A0gathering of NGOs and progressive=
 organizations is held
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 simultaneously with the Davos World Economic Fo=
rum (WEF). It was
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 intended to voice opposition and dissent to the=
 World Economic
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Forum of corporate leaders and finance minister=
s. =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The WSF at the outset was an initiative of Fran=
ce's ATTAC and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 several Brazilian NGOs':=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "... In February 2000, Bernard Cassen, the head=
 of a French NGO
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 platform ATTAC, Oded Grajew, head of a Brazilia=
n employers'
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 organisation, and Francisco Whitaker, head of a=
n association of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Brazilian NGOs, met to discuss a proposal for a=
 "world civil
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 society event"; by March 2000, they formally se=
cured the support
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 of the municipal government of Porto Alegre and=
 the state
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 government of Rio Grande do Sul, both controlle=
d at the time by
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT).... A group o=
f French NGOs,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 including ATTAC, Friends of L'Humanit=C3=A9, an=
d Friends of Le Monde
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Diplomatique, sponsored an Alternative Social F=
orum in Paris
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 titled "One Year after Seattle", in order to pr=
epare an agenda
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 for the protests to be staged at the upcoming E=
uropean Union
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 summit at Nice. The speakers called for "reorie=
nting certain
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 international institutions such as the IMF, Wor=
ld Bank, WTO...
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 so as to create a globalization from below" and=
 "building an
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 international citizens' movement, not to destro=
y the IMF but to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 reorient its missions." (Research Unit For Poli=
tical Economy,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Economics and Politics of the World Social =
=46orum, Global
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Research, January 20, 2004)=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 From the outset in 2001, the WSF was supported =
by core funding
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 from the Ford Foundation, which is known to hav=
e ties to the CIA
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 going back to the 1950s: "The CIA uses philanth=
ropic foundations
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 as the most effective conduit to channel large =
sums of money to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Agency projects without alerting the recipients=
 to their
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 source." (James Petras, The Ford Foundation and=
 the CIA, Global
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Research, September 18, 2002) =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The same procedure of donor funded counter-summ=
its or people's
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 summits which characterized the 1990s People's =
Summits was
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 embodied in the World Social Forum (WSF): =C2=
=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "... other WSF funders (or `partners', as they =
are referred to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 in WSF terminology) included the Ford Foundatio=
n, -- suffice it
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 to say here that it has always operated in the =
closest
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 collaboration with the US Central Intelligence =
Agency and US
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 overall strategic interests; the Heinrich Boll =
=46oundation, which
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 is controlled by the German Greens party, a par=
tner in the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 present [2003] German government and a supporte=
r of the wars on
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Yugoslavia and Afghanistan (its leader Joschka =
=46ischer is the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 [former] German foreign minister); and major fu=
nding agencies
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 such as Oxfam (UK), Novib (Netherlands), Action=
Aid (UK), and so
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 on.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Remarkably, an International Council member of =
the WSF reports
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 that the "considerable funds" received from the=
se agencies have
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "not hitherto awakened any significant debates =
[in the WSF
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 bodies] on the possible relations of dependence=
 it could
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 generate." Yet he admits that "in order to get =
funding from the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Ford Foundation, the organisers had to convince=
 the foundation
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 that the Workers Party was not involved in the =
process." Two
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 points are worth noting here. First, this estab=
lishes that the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 funders were able to twist arms and determine t=
he role of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 different forces in the WSF -- they needed to b=
e `convinced' of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the credentials of those who would be involved.=
 Secondly, if the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 funders objected to the participation of the th=
oroughly
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 domesticated Workers Party, they would all the =
more strenuously
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 object to prominence being given to genuinely a=
nti-imperialist
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 forces. That they did so object will be become =
clear as we
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 describe who was included and who excluded from=
 the second and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 third meets of the WSF....
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ... The question of funding [of the WSF] does n=
ot even figure in
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the charter of principles of the WSF, adopted i=
n June 2001.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Marxists, being materialists, would point out t=
hat one should
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 look at the material base of the forum to grasp=
 its nature. (One
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 indeed does not have to be a Marxist to underst=
and that "he who
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 pays the piper calls the tune".) But the WSF do=
es not agree. It
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 can draw funds from imperialist institutions li=
ke Ford
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Foundation while fighting "domination of the wo=
rld by capital
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and any form of imperialism" (Research Unit For=
 Political
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Economy, The Economics and Politics of the Worl=
d Social Forum,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Global Research, January 20, 2004)=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Ford Foundation provided core support to th=
e WSF, with
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 indirect contributions to participating "partne=
r organizations"
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 from the McArthur Foundation, the Charles Stewa=
rt Mott
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Foundation, The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the W=
=2E Alton Jones
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Foundation, =C2=A0the European Commission, seve=
ral European
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 governments (including the Labour government of=
 Tony Blair), the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Canadian government, as well as a number of UN =
bodies (including
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, ILO and the FAO) .(Ibid).=
=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 In addition to initial core support from the Fo=
rd Foundation,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 many of the participating civil society organiz=
ations receive
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 funding from major foundations and charities. I=
n turn, the US
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and European based NGOs often operate as second=
ary funding
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 agencies channelling Ford and Rockefeller money=
 towards partner
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 organizations in developing countries, includin=
g grassroots
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 peasant and human rights movements.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The International Council (IC) of the WSF is ma=
de up of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 representatives from NGOs, trade unions, altern=
ative media
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 organizations, research institutes, many of whi=
ch are heavily
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 funded by foundations as well as governments. (=
See =C2=A0F=C3=B3rum Social
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Mundial). The same trade unions, which are rout=
inely invited to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 mingle with Wall Street CEOs at the Davos World=
 Economic Forum
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (WSF) including the AFL-CIO, the European Trade=
 Union
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Confederation and the =C2=A0Canadian Labor Cong=
ress (CLC) also sit on
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the WSF's International Council (IC). Among NGO=
s funded by major
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 foundations sitting on the WSF's IC is the Inst=
itute for
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) (see our an=
alysis above)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 which oversees the Geneva based Trade Observato=
ry. =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Funders Network on Trade and Globalization =
(FTNG), which has
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 observer status on the WSF International Counci=
l plays a key
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 role. While channelling financial support to th=
e WSF, it acts as
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 a clearing house for major foundations. The FTN=
G describes
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 itself as "an alliance of grant makers committe=
d to building
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 just and sustainable communities around the wor=
ld". Members of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 this alliance are Ford Foundation, Rockefeller =
Brothers,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Heinrich Boell, C. S. Mott, Merck Family Founda=
tion, Open
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Society Institute, Tides, among others. (For a =
complete list of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 FTNG funding agencies see FNTG: Funders). FTNG =
acts as a fund
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 raising entity on behalf of the WSF. =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Western Governments Fund the Counter-Summits an=
d Repress the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Protest Movement
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 In a bitter irony, governments including the Eu=
ropean Union
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 grant money to fund progressive groups (includi=
ng the WSF)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 involved in organizing protests against the ver=
y same
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 governments which finance their activities:=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Governments, too, have been significant financ=
iers of protest
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 groups. The European Commission, for example, f=
unded two groups
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 who mobilised large numbers of people to protes=
t at EU summits
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 at Gothenburg and Nice. Britain's national lott=
ery, which is
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 overseen by the government, helped fund a group=
 at the heart of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the British contingent at both protests." (Jame=
s Harding,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Counter-capitalism, FT.com, October 15 2001)=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 We are dealing with a diabolical process: The h=
ost government
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 finances the official summit as well as the NGO=
s actively
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 involved in the Counter-Summit. It also funds t=
he anti-riot
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 police operation which has a mandate to repress=
 the grassroots
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 participants of the Counter-Summit, including m=
embers of NGOs
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 direcly funded by the government. . =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The purpose of these combined operations, inclu=
ding violent
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 actions of vandalism committed by undercover co=
ps (Toronto G20,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2010) dressed up as activists, is to discredit =
the protest
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 movement and intimidate its participants. The b=
roader objective
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 is to transform the counter-summit into a ritua=
l of dissent,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 which serves to uphold the interests of the off=
icial summit and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the host government. This logic has prevailed i=
n numerous
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 counter summits since the 1990s.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 At the 2001 Summit of the America in Quebec Cit=
y, funding from
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the Canadian federal government to mainstream N=
GOs and trade
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 unions was granted under certain conditions. A =
large segment of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the protest movement was de facto excluded from=
 the People's
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Summit. This in itself led a second parallel ve=
nue, which some
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 observers described as a "a counter-People's Su=
mmit. In turn,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 with both the provincial and federal authoritie=
s that the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 protest march would be move towards a remote lo=
cation some 10 km
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 out of town, rather than towards the historical=
 downtown area
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 were the official FTAA summit was being held be=
hind a heavily
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 guarded "security perimeter".=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Rather than marching toward the perimeter fenc=
e and the Summit
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 of the Americas meetings, march organizers chos=
e a route that
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 marched from the People's Summit away from the =
fence, through
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 largely empty residential areas to the parking =
lot of a stadium
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 in a vacant area several miles away. Henri Mass=
e, the president
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 of the Federation des travailleurs et travaille=
uses du Quebec
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (FTQ), explained, "I deplore that we are so far=
 from the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 center-city.... But it was a question of securi=
ty." One thousand
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 marshals from the FTQ kept very tight control o=
ver the march.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 When the march came to the point where some act=
ivists planned to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 split off and go up the hill to the fence, FTQ =
marshals
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 signalled the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) conti=
ngent walking
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 behind CUPE to sit down and stop the march so t=
hat FTQ marshals
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 could lock arms and prevent others from leaving=
 the official
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 march route." (Katherine Dwyer, =C2=A0Lessons o=
f Quebec City,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 International Socialist Review, June/July 2001)=
=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The Summit of the Americas was held inside a fo=
ur kilometer=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "bunker" made of concrete and galvanized steel =
fencing. The=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 10 feet high "Quebec Wall" encircled part of th=
e historic city=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 center including the parliamentary compound of =
the National=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Assembly, hotels and shopping areas.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 NGO Leaders versus their Grassroots
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The establishment of the World Social Forum (WS=
=46) in 2001 was
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 unquestionably a historical landmark, bringing =
together tens of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 thousands of committed activists. It was an imp=
ortant venue
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 which allowed for the exchange of ideas and the=
 establishment of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ties of solidarity.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 What is at stake is the ambivalent role of the =
leaders of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 progressive organizations. Their cozy and polit=
e relationship to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the inner circles of power, to corporate and go=
vernment funding,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 aid agencies, the World Bank, etc, undermines t=
heir relationship
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and responsibilities to their rank and file. Th=
e objective of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 manufactured dissent is precisely that: to dist=
ance the leaders
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 from their rank and file as a means to effectiv=
ely silencing and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 weakening grassroots actions.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Funding dissent is also a means infiltrating th=
e NGOs as well as
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 acquiring inside information on strategies of p=
rotest and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 resistance of grass-roots movements.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Most of the grassroots participating organizati=
ons in the World
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Social Forum including peasant, workers' and st=
udent
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 organizations, firmly committed to combating ne=
oliberalism were
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 unaware of the WSF International Council's rela=
tionship to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 corporate funding, negotiated behind their back=
s by a handful of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 NGO leaders with ties to both official and priv=
ate funding
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 agencies.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Funding to progressive organizations is not unc=
onditional. Its
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 purpose is to "pacify" and manipulate the prote=
st movement.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Precise conditionalities are set by the funding=
 agencies. If
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 they are not met, the disbursements are discont=
inued and the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 recipient NGO is driven into de facto bankruptc=
y due to lack of
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 funds. =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The WSF defines itself =C2=A0as "an open meetin=
g place for reflective
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 thinking, democratic debate of ideas, formulati=
on of proposals,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 free exchange of experiences and inter-linking =
for effective
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 action, by groups and movements of civil societ=
y that are
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 opposed to neo-liberalism and to domination of =
the world by
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 capital and any form of imperialism, and are co=
mmitted to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 building a society centred on the human person"=
=2E (See F=C3=B3rum
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Social Mundial, accessed 2010).=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The WSF is a mosaic of individual initiatives w=
hich does not
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 directly threaten or challenge the legitimacy o=
f global
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 capitalism and its institutions. It meets annua=
lly. It is
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 characterised by a multitude of sessions and wo=
rkshops. In this
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 regard, one of the features of the WSF was to r=
etain the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "do-it-yourself" framework, characteristic of t=
he donor funded
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 counter G7 People's Summits of the 1990s.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 This apparent disorganized structure is deliber=
ate. While
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 favoring debate on a number of individual topic=
s, the WSF
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 framework is not conducive to the articulation =
of a cohesive
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 common platform and plan of action directed glo=
bal capitalism.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Moreover, the US led war in the Middle East and=
 Central Asia,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 which broke out a few months after the inaugura=
l WSF venue in
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Porto Alegre in January 2001, has not been a ce=
ntral issue in
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 forum discussions.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 What prevails is a vast and intricate network o=
f organizations.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The recipient grassroots organizations in devel=
oping countries
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 are invariably unaware that their partner NGOs =
in the United
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 States or the European Union, which are providi=
ng them with
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 financial support, are themselves funded by maj=
or foundations.
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The money trickles down, setting constraints on=
 grassroots
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 actions. Many of these NGO leaders are committe=
d and well
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 meaning individuals acting within a framework w=
hich sets the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 boundaries of dissent. The leaders of these mov=
ements are often
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 co-opted, without even realizing that as a resu=
lt of corporate
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 funding their hands are tied.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Global capitalism finances anti-capitalism: an =
absurd and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 contradictory relationship.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Another World is Possible", but it cannot be m=
eaningfully
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 achieved under the present arrangement.=20
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 A shake-up of the World Social Forum, of its or=
ganizational
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 structure, its funding arrangements and leaders=
hip is
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 required. =C2=A0 =C2=A0
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 There can be no meaningful mass movement when d=
issent is
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 generously funded by those same corporate inter=
ests which are
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the target of the protest movement. In the word=
s of McGeorge
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Bundy, president of the Ford Foundation (1966-1=
979),"Everything
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the [Ford] Foundation did could be regarded as =
'making the World
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 safe for capitalism'".





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On Monday 27 September 2010, Marcos Germ=C3=A1n Guglielmetti wrote:
   |Expulsados, declaracion publica de Solar / juntada de firmas
   |
   |Los abajo firmantes repudiamos las recientes expulsiones de la lista
   |solar-publica, efectuadas sin comunicacion fehaciente a ninguno de los
   |sancionados, sin proceso conocido, sin que se sepa quien tomo la
   |medida y fundamentalmente sin derecho a al defensa.
   |
   |Estas nuevas expulsiones se dan en el marco de un proceso creciente de
   |verticalizacion de la ong que utiliza el nombre de solar y que se
   |apropio del sitio de dicho movimiento. Este proceso incluye la censura
   |en el sitio, la expulsion "manu  passwd" de administradores
   |disidentes, el cambio de servidor, la aceptacion de renuncias en forma
   |ilegal, la aprobacion de reglamentos luego de ejecutar los hechos, la
   |eliminacion de mecanismos y reglamentos participativos que dieron
   |origen a la organizacion, el abandono de la dirigencia del sector
   |burocratico de las listas de participacion masiva, la proscripcion de
   |las listas opositoras, la caida de los mandatos de su comisi=C3=B3n
   |directiva suspendiendo los procesos electorales, etc.
   |
   |Exigimos la reincorporacion de los expulsados y la normalizacion
   |participativa de la ong solar.
   |
   |Diego Saravia
   |Pablo Manuel Rizzo
   |Marcos Guglielmetti
   |
   |
   |Para ordenar la cosa, el texto est=C3=A1 publicado ac=C3=A1:
   |
   |http://softwarelibre.org.ar/?q=3Dnode/155
   |
   |
   |(se pueden dejar las firmas en los comentarios)



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