December 22, 2015

New World OrderSame Old Crimes

by Jay Taber

In terms of relevance to the indigenous nations often referred to as the Fourth World, the rollouts
from the COP21 gathering of UN member states, Wall Street-funded NGOs, and the global
financial elite resemble colonial initiatives undertaken as a result of similar 19th Century
gatherings to carve up the world for capitalism. Then, as now, indigenous territories and
resources were targeted for expropriation through coercion, with Africa being a prime target.
As statements emanating from COP21 by Wall Street-driven entities like the World Business
Council for Sustainable Development and the Breakthrough Energy Coalition were tailored to
seduce the nave into believing that First World consumption of indigenous territories and
resources for luxury goods could continue unabated under the pretext of saving the planet, the
agenda of the financial elite at Paris was to subsume human rights to the all-encompassing clean
energy/New Economy regime.
A look at the clean energy Ponzi scheme led by magnate Bill Gates, and promoted by Havas
reveals two key attributes of the plan are 1. Expanding nuclear power development and 2.
Privatizing public process and policy. Indeed, privatization of the planet, which led to the
indigenous revolution in Bolivia and elsewhere, is a core component of the Natural Infrastructure
for Business launched at COP21.
While the allure of the clean energy chimera is appealing to First World consumers of
electronics and energy storage devices such as electric car batteries, the Fourth World reality in
Africa, Asia and South America where resources for these technologies are mined is one of
utter devastation. Indeed, it has been convincingly argued that the recent misadventures of

AFRICOM, NATO, and the UN in Libya, Mali and the Great Lakes region of Africa are aimed at
securing these minerals for the US and the EU.
The NGOs and PR firms behind the social engineering used to drum up support for Wall Streets
privatization plan Avaaz, Havas, Purpose and 350 are key to saving the planet for the
financial elite. While their choreography of the climate drama has resulted in lots of moral
theatrics, the failure of 21 years of lobbying and protesting suggests something more serious is
needed. Organizing for political power requires challenging these Wall Street-funded fronts.
Civil society does not equal NGO.

FURTHER READING
BREAKTHROUGH BOONDOGGLE http://publicgood.org/2015/12/breakthrough-boondoggle/
CLEAN ENERGY PONZI SCHEME http://publicgood.org/2015/12/clean-energy-ponzi-scheme/
COP21: SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE http://www.wrongkindofgreen.org/2015/12/13/cop21society-of-the-spectacle/
MARCHING FOR MONSANTO http://publicgood.org/2015/11/marching-for-monsanto/
PRIVATIZATION STRATEGY http://publicgood.org/2015/12/privatization-strategy/
RAVE NEW WORLD http://publicgood.org/2015/11/rave-new-world/
WANTED FOR DESTROYING OUR FUTURE: AVAAZ
http://www.wrongkindofgreen.org/2015/12/15/poster-series-wanted-for-destroying-our-futureavaaz/
Jay Thomas Taber is an associate scholar of the Center for World Indigenous Studies, a
correspondent to Forum for Global Exchange, and a contributing editor of Fourth World
Journal. Since 1994, he has served as communications director at Public Good Project, a
volunteer network of researchers, analysts and activists engaged in defending democracy. As a
consultant, he has assisted indigenous peoples in the European Court of Human Rights and at
the United Nations. Email: tbarj [at] yahoo.com Website:www.jaytaber.com
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