Just a piece of information Medha Patkar is not a Magsaysay awardee. Madhuresh
================== *National Alliance of Peoples' Movements (NAPM)* C/O 6/6 (Basement), Jangpura B, Mathura Road, New Delhi 110 014 Mobile +91 9818 905316 | 011 2437 4535 email : [email protected] <[email protected]> | [email protected] <[email protected]> Web : www.napm-india.org Read NAPM's News magazine, *Movement of India* @ * http://issuu.com/MovementOfIndia * *Follow on twitter #kmadhuresh | #napmindia * On 22 August 2011 16:03, Kavita Krishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > Just on the Magsaysay piece - You've forgotten a fourth Magsaysay awardee > in the whole Lokpal story - I think Aruna Roy is one, too? As is Medha > Patkar and also Sandeep Pande? Perhaps they too are furthering US interests. > Aruna is opposing Anna's stance on the Lokpal issue, while Medha is with > Anna. Which Magsaysay awardee here is with the US agenda, and which is not? > > I am not sure whether or not all these Magsaysay awardees are furthering US > interests, though I join you in questioning the provenance of the award. But > I do know without a shadow of doubt that foremost among those furthering US > interests is the current Indian Government! > > > On 22 August 2011 14:12, Niloufer Bhagwat <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> >> Dear Colleagues , >> >> The issue must not be approached from a simplistic >> point of view . >> >> This article is for your information , you need not accept the views >> given in this article .However a reasoned debate is on in the country >> and diverse views are a part of the dialogue, even though everyone >> accepts >> that there should be several tier authorities, as against one authority >> sitting in Delhi >> against corruption and* for ventilating public **grievances* .*The issue >> still * >> *requires careful and effective consideration**considering that the CVC >> which * >> *was earlier hailed as an answer has **not worked and neither has the Lok >> Ayukta * >> *effectively . Recently **the Lok Ayukta in Karnataka had to ask for >> protection for* >> *his report against illegal mining activity and in many provinces the >> authority* >> *has no teeth !!!!!!!* >> >> *How is a centralised 11 member body seating in New Delhi going* >> *to function for the length and breadth of the country ?????* >> ** >> *Morever the Supreme Court and High Courts required to be cushioned* >> *against threat and influence , as it is they are too timid to act in >> many cases* and >> need a separate investigative body on which sitting and retired Judges >> will function along with independent and honest authorities .*Whereas in >> * >> *appointments to the higher Judiciary the Chief Justice and Judges should >> * >> * have an adequate say in the appointment as the competence and* >> *integrity of the candidate has to be assessed if the Supreme Court and* >> *High Courts are not to be packed by a Commission working out its* >> *own agenda !!!!!* >> >> *The Preventionof Corruption Act which is basically a sound enactment >> needs * >> *very few amendments ; namely wherever there is a prima facie case even >> * >> *on a complaint by a citizen the facts shall be investigated and sanction >> for * >> *prosecution shall be given by the anti-corruption authorities to be >> established* >> *all over the country from the Talukas/Tehsils /Districts/States /New Delhi >> depending* >> *on geographical jurisdiction and the prosecution shall be before Special >> Fast Track* >> *Courts and not before the nomral civil and criminal courts * ;*moreover >> * >> * Corporate Houses , Real Estate Companies , Builders , Money lenders * >> *etc including NGOs receiving Corporate funds all require to be covered >> under * >> *this Act as well as Transnational foreign and Indian Companies etc as >> they are* >> * as well as legislators for acts done outside the legislative **bodies >> , Muncipal * >> *Councillors , Nagar Parishad members and officials of all such bodies.* >> ** >> *The Janlokpal Bill does not cover Companies , the builders and >> financiers* >> *lobby etc who in fact subvert the system at the highest levels neither >> does* >> *it cover Media Houses and NGOs funded by the Corporate Sector .* >> >> *We need several tier authorities from the Taluka , District upwards with >> * >> *the authority to direct investigation and prosecution under the >> Prevention* >> *of Corruption Act which provides that whereever assets are >> disproportionate* >> *to the source of income the individual shall be liable as provided under >> the * >> *Prevention of Corruption Act with Special Courts as per the statute.* >> >> *To say that unless a particular version of the Lokpal Bill is enacted >> someone* >> *is going to starve to death is absurd .An effective measure is required >> including* >> *protection for those who make the complaints and needs careful >> consideration*. >> >> The question as to how far in a system dominated by corporate policy >> influencing every decision and at every level, democracy can function >> effectively is in thefinal analysis a political question and that is >> the existing >> political limitation to statutory measures enacted so far to prevent >> corruption >> and those on the agenda . We have seen what has happened to the US and the >> UK .*The famous Justice Brandeis had observed that private Corporation >> would* >> *enslave societies in the same way as the African-Americans had been >> enslaved* >> *if there were no checks and balances on their economic and financial >> power .* >> ** >> *As of now with the economic and financial collapse of so many financial* >> *centres there is a desire to prey on the budgets of other societies ,in >> this* >> *context we have to be particulary careful that heads of government are >> not* >> *made or unmade from financial citadels hijacking NGOs .* >> >> *The issue has to be approached without blinkers and illusions and the* >> *attempt to manufacture individual heroes who will lead us into the* >> *promised land avoided .* >> >> >> Niloufer Bhagwat >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Niloufer Bhagwat <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] ; >> [email protected] ; matthias >> chang<[email protected]>; ial >> central <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Monday, August 22, 2011 1:22 PM >> *Subject:* Re: Lokpal and the Three (Magsaysay) Musketeers-S Faizi-21 >> August 2011 >> >> >> >> >> *Subject:* Fw: Lokpal and the Three (Magsaysay) Musketeers-S Faizi-21 >> August 2011 >> >> -- Original Message -- >> >> >> Lokpal and the Three (Magsaysay) Musketeers >> >> S Faizi >> 21 August 2011 >> >> While condemning the short detention of Anna Hazare and his colleagues, it >> is nevertheless pertinent to understand what the Magsaysay Award really is, >> especially in the wake of the United States official support to the >> anti-corruption agitation led by three Magsaysay awardees (Anna Hazare, >> Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal). >> >> Washington is a government that creates and protects systemic corporate >> corruption across the world; a military machine that is at perpetual war >> with the militarily weak countries of the global south; a regime that is at >> the root of most of the corporate loot in India; a regime that is rapidly >> making the planet uninhabitable; a regime to which Manmohan Singhs >> government is readily obedient. >> >> The game plan might look confusing - for Manmohan Singh too is Americas >> best friend - but it is simple enough if one looks at the preceding game >> plans. For example: Mossad and the CIA trained the Sri Lankan military and >> the LTTE at the same time (and called both of them monkeys). Then there was >> Americas strategy of fiercely manufacturing jihadi terrorism in Afghanistan >> to fight the USSR, and its subsequent use of the presence of the jihadis as >> an alibi for occupying and destroying the country. >> >> Now let us come straight to the three Magsaysay awardees. >> >> Late Ramon Magsaysay was a former president of The Philippines. But the >> award, though in his name and in his honour, is not an official award of The >> Philippines government, but one that is funded and run by the Rockefeller >> Foundation, out of Manila to be sure, with some local faces accommodated on >> the Board. And its youth award (given to Kejriwal) is funded by a bird of >> the same feather - the Ford Foundation. >> >> Cultivating and promoting society leaders who one way or the other stand >> up for American values and help remove the social space for those who >> challenge American hegemony that is at the root of a multitude of world >> problems, is the long term purpose of the award. It can also be used for >> short term goals, such as precipitating a domestic crisis. [The current >> face-off at Ramlila Maidan could be said to represent such a manufactured >> crisis]. >> >> Magsaysay is also given as reward to those who stand for American >> interests. As an example, consider the invaluable collection of Indias rice >> germ-plasm assiduously built at the Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, which >> was taken away by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) located >> on the banks of the beautiful Laguna lake about two hours drive from Manila. >> >> >> The Rockefeller Foundation was instrumental in establishing the IRRI for >> the western agri-business corporations, to have a firm grip on rice >> cultivation in Asia. And the man who helped IRRI deprive India of its >> precious rice germ-plasm collection was later made the head of IRRI and >> rewarded with the Magsaysay [a rich purse], and subsequently made chairman >> of the award committee. >> >> The name Ramon Magsaysay did not come to the Ford Foundation by accident. >> If it was to honour the values of freedom and commitment to the people, they >> should have gone for the name of Jose Rizal, the most revered Philipino >> leader, but they did not do that. Ramon Magsaysay steadfastly stood for >> American interests both in The Philippines and the southeast Asia region. >> The 1953 presidential election that Magsaysay won was entirely manipulated >> by the CIA to put him in that position. Nick Cullather of Stanford >> University says in his book Illusions of Influence: The Political Economy of >> United States-Philippines Relations, 1942-1960, The US flagrantly intervened >> in the 1953 election. The list of CIA dirty tricks, by one account, included >> money laundering, arson, and blackmail, but ironically these depredations >> fail to convey the scope of the interference. The election was all about the >> United States. >> >> Magsaysay was considered a great asset by America in fighting communist >> movements. He happily worked for America to set up the dangerous SEATO >> (Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty) military alliance, although it >> had hardly any takers within the region (only the kingdom of Thailand and >> the vassal state of Pakistan). >> >> America unsuccessfully used him to spoil the 1955 Bandung Conference that >> led to the birth of the Non-Alignment Movement. He refused to go Bandung >> (like his mentor John Dulles, the US Secretary of State) in deference to >> American interests, but sent a representative who argued for American >> interests, giving lone company to the US envoy there. I wonder how many of >> our civil society groups and journalists who get excited at the very mention >> of the Magsaysay Award know how Ramon had attempted to malign the image of >> Jawaharlal Nehru (and NAM) by describing the Non Aligned Movement as a >> springboard of communism, because they were angered by Nehrus criticism of >> SEATO. >> >> Ramon Magsaysay is honoured by the US for nothing but his courageous stand >> against communism in the Far East. And the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations >> award in his name is meant to promote that old purpose in a sustained and >> discrete manner. >> >> The three Magsaysay awardees, owning multiple well-funded NGOs, live up to >> the expectations of the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations; and now the US >> government has officially chipped in, though it is simultaneously trying to >> distance itself belatedly in the face of a strong official reaction from New >> Delhi. >> >> Where do we, the real people of India, the owners of the Republic and the >> authors of the Constitution, stand, thrown as we are between a US bent, >> colonialisms apologist Manmohan Singh and the Three Magsaysay musketeers? >> >> God, if there is one, save the country. >> >> >> Dr S Faizi is an ecologist specialising in international environmental >> policy; his email is [email protected] >> >> >> Treat yourself at a restaurant, spa, resort and much more with *Rediff >> Deal ho >> jaye!<http://track.rediff.com/click?url=___http://dealhojaye.rediff.com?sc_cid=mailsignature___&cmp=signature&lnk=rediffmailsignature&newservice=deals> >> * >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "humanrights movement" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Kavita Krishnan > 9560756628 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "humanrights movement" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. 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