Gregory Elich
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 Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: The Project for a New American Humanitarianism |
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Swans
August 25, 2008
The Project For A New American Humanitarianism
Olympian Ambitions from Darfur to Tibet and Beijing
by Michael Barker
(Swans - August 25, 2008) This essay examines the role of the Project for
a New American Humanitarianism in the ongoing human rights offensive that is
currently being waged against China. While there is some awareness, in
progressive circles, of the work of antidemocratic think tank and
neoconservative Project for a New American Century (PNAC) the majority of
the public remain in the dark about its machinations. Another equally
sinister, but highly visible group that obtains little critical coverage --
in even the alternative media -- is a coalition that might be loosely
referred to as the Project for a New American Humanitarianism (PNAH). Both
groups promote America's imperial interests, but their activities differ in
critical respects. PNAC favours military domination, or militaristic
imperialism, which has been zealously promoted by a three-part coalition
comprised of "aggressive nationalists..., Christian Zionists of the
religious Right, and Israel-centred neo-conservatives." In contrast, the
loose collection of concerned activists that coalesce within the Project for
a New American Humanitarianism help sustain imperialism by both providing it
with "moral cover, and sanctioning the abandonment of the rule of law in the
purported interest of human rights." Ironically PNAH, like PNAC, is well
supported by neo-conservatives.
Full article at:
http://www.swans.com/library/art14/barker04.html |
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