By Anthony Fenton VANCOUVER, Canada, Feb 19, 2010 (IPS) – Critics are concerned that private military contractors are positioning themselves at the centre of an emerging “shock doctrine” for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Next month, a prominent umbrella organisation for private military and logistic corporations, the International Peace Operations Association (IPOA), is co-organising a “Haiti summit” which [...]
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HAITI: Private Contractors ‘Like Vultures Coming to Grab the Loot’
Posted in Blackwater, Culture, Current Events, Friends, Government, Information, Life, Military, New World Order, News, People, Police State, Special Interest, World, tagged "Blackwater: the Rise of the World' Most Powerful Mercenary Army", "Capitalizing on Catastrophe: Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction", "Haiti summit", "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism", Afghanistan, Commission on Human Security, DACC Associates, earthquake, George W. Bush, Global Investment Summits (GIS), Haiti, International Peace Operations Association (IPOA), Iraq, Jeremy Scahill, mercenary trade association, Nandini Gunewardena, Naomi Klein, New Orleans, private military contractors, Raidon Tactics, shock doctrine, Special Forces, U.N., United Nations on Saturday, February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Learn About Agenda 21 and How it Will Affect You
Posted in Blogging, Family, Friends, Government, Information, Life, New World Order, People, Police State, Politics, Special Interest, World, tagged Agenda 21, United Nations on Friday, May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hopefully you’ve already heard or read about the Bilderbergs, the United Nations, the prison camps, and the boxcars so now you need to understand how sustainable development is going to get us all there. How sustainable development is going to take away all your freedoms. How your property and homes will be taken from you [...]
Biofuels Condemned as a Crime Against Humanity
Posted in Current Events, Information, News, Special Interest, World, tagged Biofuel, Crops, Famine, Food, Food shortages, Fuel, United Nations on Saturday, May 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From BBCNews An older article (October 2007) with a theme that doesn’t change… Biofuels ‘crime against humanity’ By Grant Ferrett BBC News A United Nations expert has condemned the growing use of crops to produce biofuels as a replacement for petrol as a crime against humanity. The UN special rapporteur on the right to food, [...]
“The Solution to Hunger” – Eat Bugs Says U.N.
Posted in Current Events, Food, Health, Information, News, People, Personal, Special Interest, World, tagged Alternate Food Source, Bugs, Insects, UN Food and Agriculture, United Nations on Sunday, February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Fox News U.N. Conference Promotes Insect-Eating for Everyone From Famine Victims to Astronauts CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Crickets, caterpillars and grubs are high in protein and minerals and could be an important food source during droughts and other emergencies, according to scientists. “I definitely think they can assist,” said German biologist V.B. Meyer-Rochow, who [...]
