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sorry but i couldnt find the joseph kony thread,so please feel free to move this one,I just thought it was a coincidence that I have been on jury service this week,and just happened to be talking to a lady,and she mentioned she used to travel to africa alot when she was younger,she used to do charity work with her church,and she mentioned uganda,I said i was reading something on the net,and before i could mention his name,she said,Joseph Kony,and I said yes.I was so suprised to think that all the people that were there and i ended up chatting to her,why I was suprised is because noone i know has heard of kony,so it was good to be able to talk to someone about him,and had seen the video,and knew about what he had done,apart from people on this site.She has helped alot in africa and her church has sent people over to help build orphanages and schools,just as she was talking about Kony though our names were called and they told us we could go home,so maybe I will get to talk to her again another day.
KONY 2012: State Propaganda for a New Generation The overnight viral sensation KONY 2012 brought worldwide awareness to the African war criminal Joseph Kony. Beneath this commendable cause, lies however an elaborate agenda that is presented in the video in a very manipulative way. We’ll look at the agenda behind KONY 2012 and how it uses reverse psychology to not only justify a military operation in Africa, but to actually have people demand it.KONY 2012 is a viral sensation that swept the entire world in less than 24 hours. Its main subject is the African rebel leader Joseph Kony, his war crimes and the clearly defined “movement” to stop him. Countless celebrities have endorsed the movement, news sources have reported it and social media is buzzing with it. While the problem of guerrilla warfare and child soldiers has plagued Africa for decades, and several documentaries have already been produced regarding the issue, this particular 29-minute video made managed to obtain mass exposure and support.KONY 2012 is less of a documentary than it is a highly efficient infomercial that is tailor-made for the Facebook generation, using state-of-the-art marketing techniques to make its point. Young people like “underground movements” and want to feel like they are changing the world. KONY 2012 taps into these needs to bring about something that is not “hip” or “underground” at all: A military operation in Uganda. Not only that, it urges the participants of the movement to order stuff, to wear bracelets that are associated with an online profile and to record their actions in social media. This makes KONY 2012 the first artificially created movement that is fully track-able, monitor-able and quantifiable by those who engendered it. In other words, what appears to be a movement “from the people” is actually a new way for the elite to advance its agenda.A Propaganda ExperimentThe video begins with an interesting statement: “The next 27 minutes are an experiment. But in order for it to work, you have to pay attention”. It is an experiment as it tests a new, groundbreaking way to get an agenda accepted by the Facebook generation. In the past, when the government needed to justify the invasion of a country, the President would sit in front of the camera and tell the public why war should be declared in this area of the world. In the case of KONY, the military agenda is disguised as grassroots activism, where the US army entering Uganda would be perceived as a “victory of the people”, effectively reversing the communications model.Towards the end of the video, an image is displayed explaining how decisions (and messages) start from the top of the pyramid (the elite) and are communicated to the masses through mass media and suchDue to the advent of social media, the above diagram has become a lot less effective to get a message across to the young generation. It is not CNN reports and the President addressing the nation anymore, it is about “liking” Facebook pages and viral YouTube videos. This is where messages now come across. Always studying, analyzing and exploiting the most effective ways to persuade public opinion, KONY 2012 appears to be an attempt to test out the effectiveness of a “viral” propaganda campaign. By creating this “movement” and making young people actually DEMAND the U.S. government intervene in Africa, the masterminds behind this campaign would manage the impossible: Reversing the propaganda model in order to make it emanate from the people. By doing so, the elite’s agenda is not only accepted by the masses, it is perceived as a victory by them."We are living in a new world" indeed. The KONY 2012 logo aptly represents how a viral video and social media can reverse the propaganda model. Don't be fooled however. Power is still not in the hands of the base of the pyramid ... far from it. It is all about appearances.When the war on Iraq was declared, a great portion of young Americans opposed the war. How is it they are now begging the government to send troops to Africa? A simple video, specifically conceived for the Facebook generation did the trick. As it is the case in most campaigns to justify a war, the first goal was to identify a bad guy.Identifying the Bad GuyBy associating Kony with Bin Laden and Hitler in this poster, KONY 2012 is promoting war.I have absolutely no intention of defending Joseph Kony or to say “he’s not that bad”. He, along with many other guerrilla factions across Africa, has committed despicable atrocities. However, the problem of child soldiers has existed for decades and there are literally hundreds of Joseph Konys across the African continent. In some cases, some of the armies are actually funded by Western countries. If we would truly go to the root of the issue, we’d discover that Africa has been plagued with the problem of warring factions and rebel guerrillas ever since Western forces “liberated” their colonies and divided the continent of Africa according to Western interests. Indeed, instead of setting the boundaries of each country according to the geographic location of the ethnic groups and tribes that live there, countries were created according to the economic needs of colonizing forces such as Great Britain, France and others. The net result is: A bunch of artificial countries that each contain several tribes, ethnic groups, languages and religions. When one group takes power, the others are repressed, which leads to violence and rebellion. Add to the mix extreme poverty due to resources being siphoned out of Africa by Western countries and you’ve got a breeding ground for merciless warlords. As long as this problem exists, Joseph Konys will continue to emerge in Africa.But the video mentions none of this. All it says is that arresting Kony would “make the world better”. KONY 2012 is all about identifying a bad guy, “making him famous” and have people demand his death by U.S. forces. Fixing the true cause of problems in the third world has never been on the Agenda. But picking out a “bad guy” to justify military action has always been part of it. If in the case of Saddam Hussein, “facts” (that ultimately proved false) were given to justify the invasion of Iraq. A different technique is being used with Kony, one that originates from advertising.Any marketing specialist will tell you: “Facts don’t sell, emotions do”. The first part of KONY 2012 solely addresses emotions. It is about making the filmmaker likeable, showing gut-wrenching images of African kids in pain, in misery and in despair. Then, the turning point: Joseph Kony is the cause of all of this. Not centuries of exploitation and devastation by Western forces in Africa that lead to chaos, lawlessness and poverty. No, it’s Kony. That bastard. George Clooney is really mad at him right now. He even tweeted about it.Another marketing strategy is to appeal to the lowest common denominator. In other words, to get a message across, one must address the audience as if it was made of kids. KONY 2012 does exactly this by ridiculously oversimplifying the problem and explaining it to an actual child – who represents the viewers. This is not surprising though, as this is how the masses are perceived by the higher ups.Here's what this scene implies: "Look, dumb-ass, even this little kid gets it. So you better get it."Once the viewers had their emotions stirred, got infantilized and had the problem spelled out to them as if they were in kindergarten, the table is set for the true goal of the video: Defining the agenda.Defining the AgendaKONY 2012 is a movement backed by some of the world’s most powerful entities and has precise goals. As the movie’s intro states, it is an experiment. It is an opportunity to create a movement that can be fully trackable, quantifiable and manageable through social media whose culmination is a U.S. military intervention in Uganda. The carrying out of this mission will not only be perceived as a victory, it will restore young people’s faith in democracy. What the members of this movement might not realize is that they are helping the advancement of the elite’s agenda towards a New World Order.This poster aptly summarizes how the Illuminati works. Political parties are irrelevant as both work towards the same Agenda.The second part of the movie let’s go of emotions and describes to the viewers what the elite expects from them. U.S. troops are already in Uganda, but, according to the movie, Kony “changed his tactics”… Damnit Kony, you and your sneaky tactics. Apparently, high tech satellites, unmanned drones and all kinds of radars are not enough to catch this guy. Nope, in order to catch him, a complicated plan, involving the purchase of an “Action Kit” and the registering an ID bracelet on a website is required. Makes sense.Those who want to "Stop Kony" are required to wear a bracelet bearing a unique code which needs to be registered at a website. Of course, personal information is requested.Once the bracelet is registered, members can associate it with their Facebook account, which will keep track of all KONY-related actions. The end result is: every single member of KONY 2012 will be known, identified and easily tracked – with constantly updated information. All of this data will of course be collected, scrutinized and stored by those in charge.Furthermore, members are asked to contribute a “few dollars a month” to TRI, an organization whose ultimate goal is American military intervention in Uganda.TRI's logo is an inverted "Peace" sign. In symbolism, an inverted sign means that it stands for the opposite of the regular sign. In other words, TRI is about war. Peace does not involve "equipping" and "training" government forces to fight rebel factions. As the novel 1984 states, WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, and IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.To support the cause and to make it popular, a bunch of elite-sponsored artists and politicians have been enlisted, including Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Oprah, George Clooney, Bono, etc. Don’t be fooled, they are not there because they give a damn about child soldiers in Africa. They are pawns of the elite and used to promote its agenda. Basically, they are there to promote what the NWO wants.Am I seeing warmongering George W. Bush in here? The dude that lied to the whole country in order to attack Iraq for its oil and stuff? Hmm. Weird.After going past the celebrities and the emotions, the end result of this campaign is simple and steeped in real politik: Since the fall of rival superpower USSR, Western forces have sought to bring down and to control regional powers around the world, mostly in third countries. Uganda is part of that plan. The same way the spectre of Bin Laden was used to invade Afghanistan, Kony is being used to enter Uganda.The video clearly shows what is the goal of this "movement": U.S. troops taking charge of the Ugandan army, the same way it took charge of the Iraqi, Libyan and other armies in the past few years.In ConclusionKONY 2012 is a cleverly orchestrated campaign specifically aimed at today’s youth, the future citizens of the world. Using state-of-the-art techniques and new technologies, the campaign is a first attempt at “reverse propaganda”, where the agenda APPEARS to emanate from the people. By using emotions, irrational thoughts and superficial explanations, KONY 2012 attempts to trick well-meaning people, who desire to make a positive change in the world, to instead fuel a gigantic war machine that is controlled by the world’s elite.Is KONY 2012 trying to eradicate child-soldiers or is it attempting to create a new kind of child-soldiers?…Right.You are not allowed to view links. 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“Facts don’t sell, emotions do”.
Quote“Facts don’t sell, emotions do”. If only we could remind ourselves of this each time another "OMG it's so terrible" campaign is washed ahore.The fact that I heard first about this video in TV news sealed it for me.Plant a new key word and then search the web for it - cluster the results and put them into context.Millions are still falling each day into the spider's claws and truly believe it is meant for the better.If they only would READ first and KNOW and then WRITE. Child soldiers are paid by Western interests since decades. Worldwide Child labor serves our "cheap, cheaper, the cheapest - I made a deal" interests.Konys will be rebuilt each generation as long as this serves Western money making interests.That's the truth nobody wants to hear. Start with the one in the mirror.Paula, are there any chances we could clone you?
In 2009, Invisible Children began a movement called “We Want Obama.” The organization created a Citizens Arrest Warrant for Joseph Kony, which was subsequently signed by 259,472 people. This warrant called on President Obama to take action against the LRA. Invisible Children came up with the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009. The purpose of this law is:“Stopping the LRA, by mandating President Obama to devise an interagency strategy to prevent LRA violence, which should include a multilateral plan to apprehend top LRA leaders, encourage defections of rebel commanders, demobilize child soldiers, and protect civilians from rebel attacks; and investing in sustainable peace, by targeting US assistance to recovery and reconciliation efforts in northern Uganda, which are essential to rebuilding and healing war-affected communities and preventing future conflicts” (“LRA”).There were three separate campaigns involved in the movement. The first was called “How it Ends.” On June 22 and 23, 2009, nearly two thousand people traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with their elected officials. They joined over four hundred lobbying meetings to request that Congress pass the bill. As a result of this campaign, sixty-six Representatives and seventeen Senators co-sponsored the bill. The next phase was called “Hometown Shakedown.” On November 18, 2009, thousands of activists made phone calls to their Senators and Representatives, again attempting to persuade them to pass the bill. As a result, seven Senators and six Representatives co-sponsored, including Majority Leader Harry Reid and Foreign Relations Committee Chair John Kerry. The support of these two men led to the Senate’s first vote on the bill in December 2009. The fight for the bill went on for the next six months (“LRA”).The third step of the movement was called “Dr. Coburn: Please Say Yes.” On December 19, 2009, Senator Coburn blocked the bill from passing in the Senate; his reasoning was that he had concerns about the source of funding for recovery and rehabilitation of Uganda. Over fifty activists pledged to stand outside Coburn’s office for twenty-four hours a day until the block was lifted. Eleven days later, Coburn finally pledged his support. The next day, the bill passed unanimously in the Senate. By the end of the “We Want Obama” movement, the bill had a record-breaking amount of support from Congress: two hundred sixty-seven members of Congress cosponsored the bill. Due to the incredible amount of public support, President Obama held a public signing ceremony for the bill and released the first statement by any administration outlining the United States government’s commitment to ending the threat of the LRA (“LRA”).Invisible Children, Inc. publicized the “We Want Obama” campaign through their blog and through online videos imploring supporters to help. The success of this campaign is a great example of how the organization operates through films and videos. The videos are shorter, more commercialized, and focus on whatever specific campaign is happening at the moment, or advertising for upcoming tours and events. The films are about bigger issues; Rough Cut is about exposing the plight of the children and raising awareness about the atrocities of the LRA. One form of media is not more or less effective than the other; both have specific purposes and both carry out their purposes quite successfully. The organization does not have huge distribution deals for their films; they have to rely almost exclusively on their own resources, and their success in promoting themselves has earned Bobby, Laren, and Jason appearances on popular television talk shows like Oprah and Larry King Live, in magazines like Rolling Stone and GQ, and endorsements by celebrities such as Pete Wentz and Kristen Bell (invisiblechildren.com). Invisible Children, Inc.’s goal is not to make as much money as they can, or become famous. Their purpose is to expose the situation in northern Uganda to as many people as possible and provoke a reaction from their audiences.
Invisible Voices [typo?] has faced criticism over its finances. Of more than £6 million it spent in 2001, less than £2.3 million was for activities helping people on the ground. The rest went on “awareness programmes and products”, management, media and others.
"I served for thirty years and four months in one of the most combative units of the American armed forces: Marine Corps." I have the feeling of having acted during this time of highly qualified Bandit in the service of the big business of Wall Street and its bankers. In a Word, I have been a rakeeter in the service of capitalism. [...] I was rewarded with honors, medals and promotions. But when I look back I think that he could have given some advice to Al Capone. He, like gangster, operated in three districts of a city. "I, as a marine, operé on three continents [...] the flag following the dollar, and soldiers follow the flag."
"Young Turks" in newsroom background. Why were they announcing/promoting (or chosen to) Kony 2012?You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Read about the Armenian Holocaust, 1 and a half million mostly Christian.In fact ALL the internet, google, wikipedia, facebook, and much is run by Israel, Jews. They control what the world reads and thinks.You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
