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Alexander Rubinstein
Black Money, Black Flags: How USAID Paved the Way for Syria’s Militant Takeover
22 Jan 2025
The United States leverages soft power through NGOs such as USAID. In Syria, USAID operated as a channel to help maintain relations with terrorist groups and facilitate regime change through the…
John Perry
How the Human Rights Industry Manufactures Consent for “Regime Change”
08 Jan 2025
The international human rights apparatus comprises a web of organizations, task forces, committees, and the United Nations itself. What has developed into an entire industry over the last several…
Noah Hurowitz
Congress Is About to Gift Trump Sweeping Powers to Crush His Political Enemies
13 Nov 2024
The House is set to vote Tuesday on a bill that would let the administration destroy nonprofits it claims support terrorism.
Travis Ross
Imperialist feminism: Canada funds compliance from Haitian human rights groups
02 Oct 2024
Canada uses Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to exert soft power and maintain its interests in Haiti. Its "feminist" foreign policy promotes an imperialist neoliberal agenda that funnels money…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Climate Profiteers Exploit Somali Suffering
20 Dec 2023
NGOs and other climate profiteers treat Somalia as a poster child for global warming.
Mara Kardas-Nelson, Ngozi Cole, Sean Campbell
A Racial Reckoning at Doctors Without Borders
26 Sep 2021
The Nobel Peace Prize winning organization Doctors Without Borders has been accused of racist policies which privilege so-called ex-pat workers from North America and Europe over local medical