Maybe a subconscious influence but I think I first became familiar with that turn of phrase from jazz/blues, 'When love comes to town' is a classic. That McKinsey book is on one of my reading lists though.
Obviously there is no Foreign Agent legislation in South Africa? It would be interesting to see how much money from foreign sources all these listed S.A. organizations who cooperate and coordinate with NED. Looking at the list provided, it is striking how many of these heroic names and organizations we, from a distance, associate with the Anti-Apartheid movement are now part of the NED network. Is it any surprise South Africa is in a political and economic morass 30 years after the end of Apartheid?
Also know (if you don't already) that Youtube is owned by Google (is Very Evil) which is owned by Alphabet Inc. which is a front company for the Authoritarian Parasitic Capitalist Fascist (Global Terrorist) CIA.
A matter of Fact is that Google (is Very Evil) was from it's inception a "Deep State" (CIA) Project, created and funded by the CIA; who also paid for Larry Page and Sergey Brin ("the founders" of Google is Evil) college education.
Years ago, I could have worked with Google but I turned down the position 'cause I knew even back then how Evil Google was; and they are even far more Evil now.
It's negligent or mischievous to position Roscoe Palmer as objective, when he is on the payroll of Iqbal Surve, who in turn has close ties to the Chinese government and uses his publications to advance Chinese influence in SA. So many of your points are way off beam, too. Brkic is fervently anti-American due to the bombing of Serbia, for example, while the President doesn't control NED, Congress does.
I didn't say Roscoe Palmer was objective: I said his write-up was good, which it is. (Similarly, the Chinese government is obviously biased but the analysis I linked to is based on public, largely undisputed sources and therefore its veracity is fairly easy to establish).
I have criticised Surve elsewhere but I have little to say about him here because he has no meaningful influence these days and the more powerful actors in the media and 'civil society' space have written reams of critical analysis of him and IOL. Brkic is definitely not anti-American and I will get around to a detailed write-up of Daily Maverick's positioning under his watch in due course.
You are correct that *in principle* NED is controlled by Congress [officially at least, because if it was controlled covertly that would be...covert]. However, that does not in any way ameliorate concerns about its actual priorities and intentions. In fact, it just confirms that NED would never do anything that goes against the interests of US national security agendas, which history shows have very little to do with genuinely supporting other countries' sovereignty and democracy. Moreover, on national security matters the President has a great deal of sway and Trump has signalled clear intent to exert unprecedented control over Congress and is currently on track to do so.
NED is a CIA cutout that was exposed by The Gray Zone via Max Blumenthal. It is used to subvert democratic reform in countries that the US infiltrates.
I always thought Brkic was a CIA plant. No reasons other than instinctual ones...
wow a heavy story I would have never thought about. Thank you
Is the title borrowed from "When McKinsey comes to town"?
Maybe a subconscious influence but I think I first became familiar with that turn of phrase from jazz/blues, 'When love comes to town' is a classic. That McKinsey book is on one of my reading lists though.
Obviously there is no Foreign Agent legislation in South Africa? It would be interesting to see how much money from foreign sources all these listed S.A. organizations who cooperate and coordinate with NED. Looking at the list provided, it is striking how many of these heroic names and organizations we, from a distance, associate with the Anti-Apartheid movement are now part of the NED network. Is it any surprise South Africa is in a political and economic morass 30 years after the end of Apartheid?
Also know (if you don't already) that Youtube is owned by Google (is Very Evil) which is owned by Alphabet Inc. which is a front company for the Authoritarian Parasitic Capitalist Fascist (Global Terrorist) CIA.
A matter of Fact is that Google (is Very Evil) was from it's inception a "Deep State" (CIA) Project, created and funded by the CIA; who also paid for Larry Page and Sergey Brin ("the founders" of Google is Evil) college education.
Years ago, I could have worked with Google but I turned down the position 'cause I knew even back then how Evil Google was; and they are even far more Evil now.
It's negligent or mischievous to position Roscoe Palmer as objective, when he is on the payroll of Iqbal Surve, who in turn has close ties to the Chinese government and uses his publications to advance Chinese influence in SA. So many of your points are way off beam, too. Brkic is fervently anti-American due to the bombing of Serbia, for example, while the President doesn't control NED, Congress does.
I didn't say Roscoe Palmer was objective: I said his write-up was good, which it is. (Similarly, the Chinese government is obviously biased but the analysis I linked to is based on public, largely undisputed sources and therefore its veracity is fairly easy to establish).
I have criticised Surve elsewhere but I have little to say about him here because he has no meaningful influence these days and the more powerful actors in the media and 'civil society' space have written reams of critical analysis of him and IOL. Brkic is definitely not anti-American and I will get around to a detailed write-up of Daily Maverick's positioning under his watch in due course.
You are correct that *in principle* NED is controlled by Congress [officially at least, because if it was controlled covertly that would be...covert]. However, that does not in any way ameliorate concerns about its actual priorities and intentions. In fact, it just confirms that NED would never do anything that goes against the interests of US national security agendas, which history shows have very little to do with genuinely supporting other countries' sovereignty and democracy. Moreover, on national security matters the President has a great deal of sway and Trump has signalled clear intent to exert unprecedented control over Congress and is currently on track to do so.
NED is a CIA cutout that was exposed by The Gray Zone via Max Blumenthal. It is used to subvert democratic reform in countries that the US infiltrates.