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The International Campaign to Destabilize Venezuela

Bolivia VP Alvaro Garcia Linera on the ebbing Latin American tide

"In cultural terms, there is a determined effort by the media, by NGOs, by organic right-wing intellectuals, to devalue, to call in question, and discredit the idea and the project of change and revolution. They are targeting what can be considered the golden, virtuous Latin American decade."

Is Venezuela on the Verge of a Another Coup?

"The growing divide between the Venezuelan grassroots and global left is not only discouraging but systematically intentional."

Seven Steps of Highly Effective Manipulators | White Helmets, Avaaz, Nicholas Kristof & Syria No Fly Zone

"The manipulators depend on their audience not asking questions or investigating on their own. In these times of rapid spread of visual and text information via social media, the potential for deceit is huge."

Argentina: la CIA y el Mossad en un intento de “golpe blando”

"Además de golpear a Argentina en el mismo momento en que se acrecienta el golpismo en Venezuela contra el presidente Nicolás Maduro, intentan debilitar a los organismos de unidad e integración que se consolidan en América Latina."

As Empire Froths at the Mouth, Avaaz Eyes Venezuela

"Evasive is the Avaaz petition itself which deliberately omits the economic warfare, economic sanctions, and an ongoing coup attempt waged upon the Maduro Government, all led by the United States Government."

Allende was Wrong: Neoliberalism, Venezuela’s Student Right and the Answer from the Left

"Here we are confronted by the stone-cold realization that there is nothing inherently revolutionary about young people, or students for that matter. Sadly, we are forced to concede that Salvador Allende, who famously said, “to be young and not revolutionary is a biological contradiction,” was wrong."

Social Media Coup? The Vile Virality of Venezuela’s Opposition

"“The focus on youth has been a long running strategy, while the social media element is a more recent (and cheaper) instrument of soft power..."

Pimping for Destabilizations: Shepard Fairey for Venezuela (USAID) | Banksy for Syria (Purpose Inc.)

"Exploited youth are the sacrificial lambs of the ruling classes in the 21st century. Art and corporate culture as a weapon for destabilization."

The Blankest Canvas: On Art, Opportunism, Erasure & Whiteness

"How does Crabapple use her art to stake a claim to the authority vested in whiteness? In her most recent work, Scenes from Daily Life in the de Facto Capital of ISIS published yesterday in Vanity Fair, Crabapple inserts herself as the authority and interlocutor between her audience and a Syrian’s own experience and art."

CONFORMITY IS UNITY [DOWNLOAD the POSTER]

September 26, 2014   Poster courtesy of Mark Gould conformity-is-unity2