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Remember + Honor + Stand Together

Prologue — September 9

Intro I — NGOs Jumping the Tracks: How “the Whole World” Can be Wrong

Human-rights groups built to expose real repression started chasing headlines about free societies instead — while the worst abusers got a pass.

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September 9

Human-rights groups built to expose real repression started chasing headlines about free societies instead — while the worst abusers got a pass.

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Remember + Honor + Stand Together

Prologue — September 9

Intro I — NGOs Jumping the Tracks: How “the Whole World” Can be Wrong

Human-rights groups built to expose real repression started chasing headlines about free societies instead — while the worst abusers got a pass.

In the 1990s, human-rights organizations that had spent decades exposing real dictatorships — the Soviet Union and its allies — went through a quiet takeover.

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There's a simple rule of thumb here: the louder a country's critics complain, the less likely it is to actually be the worst offender in the room —.

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September 9

Human-rights groups built to expose real repression started chasing headlines about free societies instead — while the worst abusers got a pass.

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Sources

Readings & sources

  • NGO Monitor essay/interview: 25 years of NGO research and activism
  • “The Halo Effect and the Emperor's New Narrative”
  • “Moynihan's Law and the Failure of Information Professionals in the 21st Century”
  • + 4 more sources
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