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Other stories included Chossudovsky's report that the [[World Trade Organization]] was an "illegal institution" due to its agreement having been negotiated behind closed doors: "even the heads of the delegations involved in the agreement were not completely informed of the statutes it contained." (2001);<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/13-the-world-trade-organization-is-an-illegal-institution/ 13. The World Trade Organization is an Illegal Institution]</ref> US attempts to integrate the Canadian military into a single North American command structure, [[NORTHCOM]] (2005);<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/16-us-plans-for-hemispheric-integration-include-canada/ 16. U.S. Plans for Hemispheric Integration Include Canada]</ref> US-backed destabilization of [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]'s [[Haiti]] (2005);<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/12-the-destabilization-of-haiti/ 12. The Destabilization of Haiti]</ref> two US executive orders permitting the seizure of anti-war protestors' assets (2008);<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/5-seizing-war-protesters-assets/ # 5 Seizing War Protesters’ Assets]</ref> and CDC's exaggeration of the [[H1N1]] threat for the benefit of the pharmaceutical industry: "The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ... created and used data to grossly exaggerate the need for an expensive and unnecessary vaccine aimed at creating profits for the pharmaceutical industry" (2010).<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/the-h1n1-swine-flu-pandemic-11-manipulating-data-to-enrich-drug-companies/ 11. The H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating Data to Enrich Drug Companies]</ref> Chossudovsky's work featured most recently in 2013, on the US supporting the Syrian opposition in the [[Syrian civil war]].<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/12-us-joins-forces-with-al-qaeda-in-syria/ 12. US Joins Forces with al-Qaeda in Syria]</ref>
Other stories included Chossudovsky's report that the [[World Trade Organization]] was an "illegal institution" due to its agreement having been negotiated behind closed doors: "even the heads of the delegations involved in the agreement were not completely informed of the statutes it contained." (2001);<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/13-the-world-trade-organization-is-an-illegal-institution/ 13. The World Trade Organization is an Illegal Institution]</ref> US attempts to integrate the Canadian military into a single North American command structure, [[NORTHCOM]] (2005);<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/16-us-plans-for-hemispheric-integration-include-canada/ 16. U.S. Plans for Hemispheric Integration Include Canada]</ref> US-backed destabilization of [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]'s [[Haiti]] (2005);<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/12-the-destabilization-of-haiti/ 12. The Destabilization of Haiti]</ref> two US executive orders permitting the seizure of anti-war protestors' assets (2008);<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/5-seizing-war-protesters-assets/ # 5 Seizing War Protesters’ Assets]</ref> and CDC's exaggeration of the [[H1N1]] threat for the benefit of the pharmaceutical industry: "The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ... created and used data to grossly exaggerate the need for an expensive and unnecessary vaccine aimed at creating profits for the pharmaceutical industry" (2010).<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/the-h1n1-swine-flu-pandemic-11-manipulating-data-to-enrich-drug-companies/ 11. The H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating Data to Enrich Drug Companies]</ref> Chossudovsky's work featured most recently in 2013, on the US supporting the Syrian opposition in the [[Syrian civil war]].<ref>[[Project Censored]], [http://www.projectcensored.org/12-us-joins-forces-with-al-qaeda-in-syria/ 12. US Joins Forces with al-Qaeda in Syria]</ref>

==Criticism==
In Mike Karadjis' 2000 book ''Bosnia, Kosova, and the West'', Chossudovsky is referred to as a "pro-[[Slobodan Milošević|Milošević]] leftist", as well as accused of "systematically distorting events in [[Albania]] and the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s".<ref>{{cite book|last=Karadjis|title=Bosnia, Kosova, and the West|year=2000|pages=172–178, 207}}</ref>

A 2005 article in ''[[The Jewish Tribune (Canada)|The Jewish Tribune]]'' criticized GlobalResearch.ca as "rife with [[anti-Semitism|anti-Jewish]] conspiracy theory and [[Holocaust denial]]." [[B'nai Brith Canada]] had complained that there were comments on a forum that questioned how many Jews died in the [[Holocaust]]. Website editor Michel Chossudovsky responded that there was a disclaimer that the website was not to be held responsible for the views expressed in the forum, and he had the comment removed. He also said that he was of Jewish heritage and would be one of the last people to condone antisemitic views.<ref name="JT+Chossudovsky">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110429193700/http://www.jewishtribune.ca/tribune/jt-050825-05.html|title=Conspiracy web site by Ottawa Professor sets dangerous examples for students|date=2005-08-25|publisher=Jewish Tribune Canada}}</ref> The same article also reported that B'nai Brith Canada wrote a letter to the [[University of Ottawa]] (Chossudovsky's former employer) asking for the university "to conduct its own investigation of this propagandist site."<ref name="JT+Chossudovsky"/>

[[Terry Glavin]] has criticized his 'mouthing [[Baathist]] propaganda on behalf of the regime in Damascus' and 'his outrageous services to police states.' in reference to Chossudovsky's quotation on the Syria protests in August 2011.<ref>national post 23 August 2011 [http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/08/23/terry-glavin-ottawas-gaddafi-fans-find-their-world-crumbling/ ottawas gaddafi fans]</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==

Revision as of 01:34, 22 June 2014

Michel Chossudovsky (born 1946) is a Canadian economist. A professor of economics (emeritus) at the University of Ottawa, Chossudovsky has been a visiting professor internationally, and has been an adviser to governments of developing countries. In 1999, Chossudovsky joined the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research as an adviser.[1] He is the author of The Globalization of Poverty and The New World Order (2003) and America's "War on Terrorism" (2005) and Towards a World War III Scenario: The Dangers of Nuclear War (2011).[1][2][3]

Biography

Chossudovsky is the son of a Russian émigré, the career United Nations diplomat and academic Evgeny Chossudovsky (1914–2006).[4]

Chossudovsky joined the University of Ottawa in 1968.[5] He was a visiting professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile during the 1970-1973 government of Salvador Allende, and it was the effects of General Augusto Pinochet's post-coup policies which sparked his interest in "economic repression".[5] Pinochet's government among other measures quadrupled the price of bread, and Chossudovsky set out to examine the social effects, concluding that the government was engaging not merely in conventional political repression, but also in "economic repression". Chossudovsky subsequently examined these types of economic policies in a wide range of countries, often associated with International Monetary Fund and/or World Bank programs. One of Chossudovsky's policy conclusions was the corrosive effect of tax havens, which he argued in a world of increasingly mobile capital had facilitated the "criminalization" of the global economy through movements of large amounts of drug money and other illegal finance: "This critical drain of billions of dollars in capital flight dramatically reduces state tax revenues, paralyses social programs, drives up budget deficits and spurs the accumulation of large public debts."[5]

In 2001, Chossudovsky founded the Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG), located in Montreal, Canada, becoming its editor and director. It is "committed to curbing the tide of globalisation and disarming the new world order".[6] CRG maintains websites in several languages, including the English-language GlobalResearch.ca, which are critical of United States foreign policy and NATO as well as the official explanation of the September 11 attacks in 2001 and the war on terror. They are also concerned with media disinformation,[how?] poverty and social inequality, the global economic crisis, and politics and religion.[citation needed] He said that the Free Syrian Army was created by NATO.[7] Chossudovsky also claimed that deaths of protesters in Maidan Square in Kiev were "triggered by Neo-Nazi elements", used "to break the legitimacy of a duly elected government."[8] He is a favoured commentator at Russia Today.[9] His opinion is regularly asked for by Press TV.[4][5][6]

Project Censored highlights

Chossudovsky's work has repeatedly featured in Project Censored's "Top 25 Most Censored Stories of the Year". Four early appearances concerned US intervention in the Balkans: US and German support for the Kosovo Liberation Army (2000);[10] the contributions of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to the economic tensions which contributed to the break-up of Yugoslavia (2000);[11] the links between the IMF and World Bank and the new Yugoslav government (2001);[12] and CIA intervention in the Republic of Macedonia: "The CIA destabilized the political balance in Macedonia to allow easier access for a US-British owned oil pipeline, and to prevent Macedonia from entering the European Union (EU), thereby strengthening the US dollar in a German deutschmark dominated region." (2002).[13]

Other stories included Chossudovsky's report that the World Trade Organization was an "illegal institution" due to its agreement having been negotiated behind closed doors: "even the heads of the delegations involved in the agreement were not completely informed of the statutes it contained." (2001);[14] US attempts to integrate the Canadian military into a single North American command structure, NORTHCOM (2005);[15] US-backed destabilization of Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Haiti (2005);[16] two US executive orders permitting the seizure of anti-war protestors' assets (2008);[17] and CDC's exaggeration of the H1N1 threat for the benefit of the pharmaceutical industry: "The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ... created and used data to grossly exaggerate the need for an expensive and unnecessary vaccine aimed at creating profits for the pharmaceutical industry" (2010).[18] Chossudovsky's work featured most recently in 2013, on the US supporting the Syrian opposition in the Syrian civil war.[19]

Criticism

In Mike Karadjis' 2000 book Bosnia, Kosova, and the West, Chossudovsky is referred to as a "pro-Milošević leftist", as well as accused of "systematically distorting events in Albania and the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s".[20]

A 2005 article in The Jewish Tribune criticized GlobalResearch.ca as "rife with anti-Jewish conspiracy theory and Holocaust denial." B'nai Brith Canada had complained that there were comments on a forum that questioned how many Jews died in the Holocaust. Website editor Michel Chossudovsky responded that there was a disclaimer that the website was not to be held responsible for the views expressed in the forum, and he had the comment removed. He also said that he was of Jewish heritage and would be one of the last people to condone antisemitic views.[21] The same article also reported that B'nai Brith Canada wrote a letter to the University of Ottawa (Chossudovsky's former employer) asking for the university "to conduct its own investigation of this propagandist site."[21]

Terry Glavin has criticized his 'mouthing Baathist propaganda on behalf of the regime in Damascus' and 'his outrageous services to police states.' in reference to Chossudovsky's quotation on the Syria protests in August 2011.[22]

Bibliography

  • With Fred Caloren and Paul Gingrich, Is the Canadian Economy Closing Down? (Montreal: Black Rose, 1978) ISBN 0-919618-80-4
  • Towards Capitalist Restoration? Chinese Socialism After Mao (New York: St Martin's, 1986 and London: Macmillan, 1986) ISBN 0-333-38441-5
  • The Globalization of Poverty: Impacts of IMF and World Bank Reforms, (Penang: Third World Network, 1997) and (London: Zed, 1997) ISBN 81-85569-34-7 and ISBN 1-85649-402-0
  • Exporting Apartheid to Sub-Saharan Africa (New Delhi: Madhyam, 1997) ISBN 81-86816-06-2
  • 'Washington's New World Order Weapons Can Trigger Climate Change', (November 26, 2000)
  • War and Globalization: The Truth Behind September 11 (Global Outlook and the Centre for Research on Globalization, 2002)[23]
    • in French as: Guerres et Mondialisation: A Qui Profite Le 11 Septembre? (Serpent a Plume, 2002) ISBN 2-84261-387-2
  • The Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order (Oro, Ontario: Global Outlook, 2003) ISBN 0-9731109-1-0 – Excerpt.
  • America's "War on Terrorism" (Pincourt, Quebec: Global Research, 2005) ISBN 0-9737147-1-9[24]
  • (with Andrew Gavin Marshall, eds) The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century (Global Research Publishers, 2010)
  • Towards a World War III Scenario. The Dangers of Nuclear War (2012)[25]

References

  1. ^ a b "TFF Associates". The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research.
  2. ^ Scott A. Bessenecker (October 31, 2006). The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World's Poor. IVP Books. p. 156.
  3. ^ Michel Chossudovsky – Department of Economics. Socialsciences.uottawa.ca. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.
  4. ^ Irish Times, 28 January 2006, Evgeny Chossudovsky: Writer with a distinguished UN career; also at highbeam.com
  5. ^ a b c Juliet ONeill, Ottawa Citizen, 5 January 1998, Battling Mainstream Economics
  6. ^ "Globalization Links: Anti-Establishmentarians on the Web". The University of Iowa Center for International Finance and Development. June 2002. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
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  10. ^ Project Censored, 22. U.S. and Germany Trained and Developed the KLA
  11. ^ Project Censored, 20. IMF and World Bank Contributed to Economic Tensions in the Balkans
  12. ^ Project Censored, 17. IMF and World Bank Staff Tightly Connected to New Yugoslav Government
  13. ^ Project Censored, 10. CIA Double Deals In Macedonia
  14. ^ Project Censored, 13. The World Trade Organization is an Illegal Institution
  15. ^ Project Censored, 16. U.S. Plans for Hemispheric Integration Include Canada
  16. ^ Project Censored, 12. The Destabilization of Haiti
  17. ^ Project Censored, # 5 Seizing War Protesters’ Assets
  18. ^ Project Censored, 11. The H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating Data to Enrich Drug Companies
  19. ^ Project Censored, 12. US Joins Forces with al-Qaeda in Syria
  20. ^ Karadjis (2000). Bosnia, Kosova, and the West. pp. 172–178, 207.
  21. ^ a b "Conspiracy web site by Ottawa Professor sets dangerous examples for students". Jewish Tribune Canada. 2005-08-25.
  22. ^ national post 23 August 2011 ottawas gaddafi fans
  23. ^ Scott Loughrey, Baltimore Chronicle, 9 November 2002, MEDIA BOOK REVIEW: War and Globalization by Michel Chossudovsky
  24. ^ Stephen Lendman, Atlantic Free Press, 19 June 2007, Michel Chossudovsky's - America's War on Terrorism - Book Review by Stephen Lendman
  25. ^ Sherwood Ross, Scoop, 26 April 2012, Review of Michel Chossudovsky's book on nuclear war
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