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October 8, 2014 0

Occupy Central: Benny Tai Doesn’t Care Why You Think You Protest

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Links Occupy Central: Benny Tai Doesn’t Care Why You Think You Protest October 8, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci – LD) –  Over the past several days, there has been a certain backlash, even among Hong Kong’s "Occupy Central" supporters themselves against the now exposed, US-backed leadership of the movement . After denying, then unsuccessfully defending the fact that "Occupy Central" co-organizers including Benny Tai, Joshua Wong, Martin Lee, Anson Chan, Audrey Eu, Jimmy Lai, and Joseph Zen are all entwined with US State Department-funded organizations, movements, projects, and institutions, many "Occupy Central" supporters are now attempting to claim this leadership does not represent them, and that they remain in the streets for entirely different reasons.

October 7, 2014 0

US-style "Democracy" No Different than Beijing’s Version, US Labor Activist

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Links US-style "Democracy" No Different than Beijing’s Version, US Labor Activist October 7, 2014 (Tony Cartalucci – LD) – With the "Occupy Central" protests in Hong Kong still ongoing, the movement’s leadership has been exposed as completely backed, funded, and directed by foreign interests , particularly those of the US State Department through its National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and its subsidiary the National Democratic Institute (NDI).At the core of "Occupy Central’s" demands, as articulated by co-organizer Martin Lee during his trip to Washington D.C. with Anson Chan earlier this year , is the belief that Beijing should honor the demands made by parting British occupiers who held Hong Kong territory for nearly a century and a half. This includes the "one nation, two systems" approach that the US and British hope will allow Hong Kong to be used to "infect" mainland China with a Western controlled political orders and institutions