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Showing Original Post only (View all)Corporate Interests Behind Ukraine Putsch: [View all]
According to his SigmaBleyzer profile, Williams started his work regarding Ukraine in 1992 and has since advised American agribusinesses investing in the former Soviet Union. As an experienced fixer for Big Ag, he must be fairly friendly with the folks on the Executive Committee.
Big Ag Luminaries
And what a committee it is its a veritable whos who of Big Ag. Among the luminaries working tirelessly and no doubt selflessly for a better, freer Ukraine are:
Melissa Agustin, Director, International Government Affairs & Trade for Monsanto
Brigitte Dias Ferreira, Counsel, International Affairs for John Deere
Steven Nadherny, Director, Institutional Relations for agriculture equipment-maker CNH Industrial
Jeff Rowe, Regional Director for DuPont Pioneer
John F. Steele, Director, International Affairs for Eli Lilly & Company
And, of course, Cargills Van A. Yeutter. But Cargill isnt alone in their warm feelings toward Ukraine. As Reuters reported in May 2013, Monsanto the largest seed company in the world plans to build a $140 million non-GM (genetically modified) corn seed plant in Ukraine.
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Morgan Williams is at the nexus of Big Ags alliance with U.S. foreign policy. To wit, SigmaBleyzer touts Mr. Williams work with various agencies of the U.S. government, members of Congress, congressional committees, the Embassy of Ukraine to the U.S., international financial institutions, think tanks and other organizations on U.S.-Ukraine business, trade, investment and economic development issues.
As President of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council, Williams has access to Council cohort David Kramer, President of Freedom House. Officially a non-governmental organization, it has been linked with overt and covert democracy efforts in places where the door isnt open to American interests a.k.a. U.S. corporations.
Freedom House, the National Endowment for Democracy and National Democratic Institute helped fund and support the Ukrainian Orange Revolution in 2004. Freedom House is funded directly by the U.S. Government, the National Endowment for Democracy and the U.S. Department of State.
David Kramer is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and, according to his Freedom House bio page, formerly a Senior Fellow at the Project for the New American Century.
Nulands Role
That puts Kramer and, by one degree of separation, Big Ag fixer Morgan Williams in the company of PNAC co-founder Robert Kagan who, as coincidence would have it, is married to Victoria F*ck the EU Nuland, the current Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.
Interestingly enough, Ms. Nuland spoke to the U.S.-Ukrainian Foundation last Dec. 13, extolling the virtues of the Euromaidan movement as the embodiment of the principles and values that are the cornerstones for all free democracies.
Nuland also told the group that the United States had invested more than $5 billion in support of Ukraines European aspirations, meaning pulling Ukraine away from Russia. She made her remarks on a dais featuring a backdrop emblazoned with a Chevron logo.
Also, her colleague and phone call buddy U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt helped Chevron cook up their 50-year shale gas deal right in Russias kitchen.
Although Chevron sponsored that event, it is not listed as a supporter of the Foundation. But the Foundation does list the Coca-Cola Company, ExxonMobil and Raytheon as major sponsors. And, to close the circle of influence, the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council is also listed as a supporter.
Which brings the story back to Big Ags fixer Morgan Williams.
http://consortiumnews.com/2014/03/16/corporate-interests-behind-ukraine-putsch/
Yeah, I'm done with it. Ukraine seems to be nothing more than a push for helping oligarchic corporations (Gas, Banking, Agribusiness) expand their power at our expense.
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You mean the government that rejected austerity and 1.5 billion from the EU in favor of
grahamhgreen
Mar 2014
#5
I hate how these creeps cloak themselves in these groups with "freedom" and "democracy" in the name.
reformist2
Mar 2014
#4
red flag should go up for all of us whenever "The New Freedom & Democracy Project" is involved
2banon
Mar 2014
#7
Of course. Consider, when democracy results in outcomes US interests don't like,
closeupready
Mar 2014
#13