My Publications

On May 15, 2009, Michael Barker “rejected” his PhD thesis at Griffith University, Australia. For full details see “About.”

Corporate Social Responsibility or Constraining Social Revolutions?, Corporate Watch Magazine (UK), Issue 43, June 2009.

Buying the Environment to Save Capitalism, Swans Commentary, June 29, 2009.

Dreams of Social Responsibility: Rio Tinto, Capitalism, and Indigenous Rights, Swans Commentary, June 15, 2009.

Greenwashing Eden: The Uses and Abuses of Biodiversity, Swans Commentary, June 1, 2009.

General Electric: War Corporation, Liberal Hangout, or Both?, Swans Commentary, May 18, 2009.

Sustainable Population Australia and the Population-National Security Complex, Swans Commentary, May 4, 2009.

International Crusaders for Global Governance, Swans Commentary, April 20, 2009. (Critique of the International Crisis Group)

Who Wants A One World Government?, Swans Commentary, April 6, 2009.

Blame the Media, Swans Commentary, March 23, 2009. (Critique of Professor William Domhoff’s article “Stop Blaming the Media!”)

Global Media Managers, Swans Commentary, March 9, 2009.

Alternative Dispute Resolution or Revolution, State of Nature, March 1, 2009.

Hollywood’s Corporate Conservation Collaborators, Swans Commentary, February 23, 2009.

Engineering Human Rights In The Israel-Palestine Conflict, Swans Commentary, February 9, 2009. (Examines links to the NED and Ford Foundation)

When Environmentalists Legitimize Plunder, Swans Commentary, January 26, 2009. (Critique of Conservation International)

Jane Goodall’s Elite Monkey Business, Swans Commentary, January 12, 2009.

Noam Chomsky and the Power of Letters, Swans Commentary, December 15, 2008.

Progressive Social Change in the ‘Ivory Tower’? A Critical Reflection on the Evolution of Activist Orientated Research in Universities, Swans Commentary, December 1, 2008.

Co-opting Intellectual Aggressors: The “Progressive” Face of the CIA, Swans Commentary, November 17, 2008.

WWF’s Eco Imperialism: Corporate Power and Mining in Mongolia, Znet , November 4, 2008.

The Philanthropic Roots of Corporate Environmentalism, Swans Commentary, November 3, 2008.

(Article referred to on the “This Week in Philanthropy” section of the Council on Foundations’ website.)

The New York Times “Reports” on the National Endowment for Democracy, Swans Commentary, October 20, 2008.

Imperial Media Manipulators: The Center for International Media Assistance, Swans Commentary, October 6, 2008.

Sustainable Population Australia and the Population-National Security Complex, Green Left Weekly, Forthcoming.

The Project For A New American Humanitarianism: Olympian Ambitions from Darfur to Tibet and Beijing, Swans Commentary, August 25, 2008. (Article examines links between neoconservatives, Zionists, and human rights activism.)

Waging Democracy On China: Human Rights and an Endowment for Democracy, Swans Commentary, July 28, 2008.

Liberal Philanthropy and the “Birth” of Population Control Environmentalism, MRZine, July 23, 2008.

Bill Gates, Philanthropy, and Social Engineering? (Part 2 & 3), Znet, July 16, 2008. (Based on a refereed conference paper.)

The Soros Media ‘Empire’: The Power of Philanthropy to Engineer Consent, Swans Commentary, July 14, 2008. (Based on a refereed conference paper.)

Social Engineering, Progressive Media, and the Benton Foundation, Center for Research on Globalization, Submitted (Based on a refereed conference paper.)

Who Funds the Progressive Media?, Center for Research on Globalization, July 7, 2008. (Article was removed from their website the same day, but has been reposted here, here in Spanish, and has been linked to by the editor of Open Media Boston.)

Instrumentalizing Press Freedom: ‘Independent’ Journalism Organizations and the National Endowment for Democracy, The Fanonite, July 5, 2008.

Sharp Reflection Warranted: Nonviolence in the Service of Imperialism, Swans Commentary, June 30, 2008.

The Liberal Foundations of Media Reform? Creating Sustainable Funding Opportunities for Radical Media Reform, Center for Research on Globalization, June 3, 2008. (Fully referenced journal article)

Pacifying Civil Society: The Uses and Abuses of ‘Charity’, Green Left Weekly, May 23, 2008. (Reposted with extra links)

Capital-driven Civil Society, State of Nature, May 19, 2008. (Reposted with extra links)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the Democracy Manipulators, Znet, April 26, 2008.

Media Watchdogs or Imperial Flak Machines: Press Freedom in the Service of Polyarchy, The Fanonite, April 23, 2008.

Mass Media and Social Movements, Center for Research on Globalization, April 22, 2008.

Zimbabwe and the Power of Propaganda: Ousting a President via Civil Society, Center for Research on Globalization, April 16, 2008. (A-List response from Professor Patrick Bond.) This article was removed from their website in May 2008, but can still be found online here.

Media Manipulation and Human Rights: From Pinochet to Human Rights in China, Center for Research on Globalization, March 29, 2008.

Media Manipulation and the United Nations: UNESCO Severs Ties to Democracy Manipulators?, Center for Research on Globalization, March 24, 2008.

Investigating the Investigators: A Critical Look at Pro Publica (Part 2 & 3), Spinwatch, February 29, 2008.

Elite ‘Democratic’ Planning at the Council on Foreign Relations (Part 2), Znet, February 26, 2008.

Democracy or Polyarchy? US-Funded Media Developments in Afghanistan and Iraq Post 9/11, Media Culture Society, Feburary 2008. (If you would like the pdf of this article please just drop me an email)

People Power or Political Puppetry?, The Fanonite, January 16, 2008. (Open Letter to Cynthia Boaz)

Peace Activists, Criticism, and Nonviolent Imperialism, MR Zine, January 8, 2008.

Global Democracy Manipulators: Polyarchy and the UN Democracy Fund (Part 2, 3 & 4), Znet, December 24, 2007.

Reporters Without Democracy: Media Watchdog as Democracy Manipulator (Part 2, 3 & 4), Znet, December 15, 2007.

Manufacturing Consent for World War III, Center for Research on Globalization, November 22, 2007.

Promoting Humanitarian Imperialism in Cuba and Beyond, Znet, October 15, 2007.

Global Greens and the Mass Media: Building for a Participatory Future?, Griffith Journal of the Environment, September 24, 2007. (Reader Friendly Version Published on Znet as Corporate Media Greens)

Washington Promotes ‘Independent’ Media in Venezuela, Upside Down World, September 18, 2007. (Updated Version Published on Znet)

Do Capitalists Fund Revolutions? (Part 2), Znet, September 9, 2007.

‘Democratic Imperialism’: Tibet, China, and the National Endowment for Democracy, Center for Research on Globalization, August 13, 2007.

Hijacking Human Rights: A Critical Examination of Human Rights Watch’s Americas Branch and their Links to the ‘Democracy’ Establishment, Znet, August 3, 2007.

Operation ‘Peace’ and the Iraq Study Group, Znet, August 3, 2007.

A Force More Powerful: Promoting ‘Democracy’ through Civil Disobedience, State of Nature, February 25, 2007.

Catalyst for Iranian Resistance: US ‘Democracy Promoters’ and Regime Change in Iran, Znet, December 18, 2006.

Taking the Risk out of Civil Society (Part 2, 3, & 4), Znet, September 17, 2006.

The BBC and Medialens: A Match Made in Heaven?, Fifth Estate Online – Comment, May 2006.

Fidel Ramos and the Australian Centre for Democratic Institutions, Znet, April 16, 2006.

Online Privacy? Surveillance of Social Movements on the Internet, The Change Agency, November 2005.

SBS and ABC Reporting on Australia’s Largest Union Meeting Ever!, New Community Quarterly, 3 (4), Summer 2005.

Journal/Conference Articles

(In Press) (Abstract) The National Endowment for Democracy and the Promotion of ‘Democratic’ Media Systems Worldwide, Communication for Development and Social Change, 2 (1).

2008. The Liberal Foundations of Environmentalism: Revisiting the Rockefeller-Ford Connection, Capitalism Nature Socialism, 19 (2), pp. 15-42.

2008. The Liberal Foundations of Media Reform? Creating Sustainable Funding Opportunities for Radical Media Reform, Global Media Journal, 1 (2), June 2, 2008.

2008. Democracy or Polyarchy? US-Funded Media Developments in Afghanistan and Iraq Post 9/11?, Media Culture Society, 30 (1), pp. 109-130.

2008. Media Watchdogs or Imperial Flak Machines: Press Freedom in the Service of Polyarchy, Refereed paper presented to the Convergence, Citizen Journalism & Social Change: Building Capacity conference, University of Queensland, March 25-27, 2008.

2008. Mediating Protests: A Critical Examination of the Relation Between the Mass Media and Social Movements, Refereed paper presented to the Convergence, Citizen Journalism & Social Change: Building Capacity conference, University of Queensland, March 25-27, 2008.

2008. Social Engineering, Progressive Media, and the Benton Foundation, In E. Tilley (Ed.) Power & Place: Refereed Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Communication Association Conference, Wellington, July 9-11.

2008. The Soros Media ‘Empire’: The Power of Philanthropy to Engineer Consent, In E. Tilley (Ed.) Power & Place: Refereed Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Communication Association Conference, Wellington, July 9-11.

2008. Engineering Human Rights in the Israel/Palestine Conflict, Refereed paper presented to Activating Human Rights and Peace: Universal Responsibilty, Byron Bay, Australia, July 1-4, 2008.

2008. Activist Education at the Albert Einstein Institution: A Critical Examination of Elite Cooption of Civil Disobedience, Refereed paper presented to Activating Human Rights and Peace: Universal Responsibilty, Byron Bay, Australia, July 1-4, 2008.

2008. Progressive Social Change in the ‘Ivory Tower’? A Critical Reflection on the Evolution of Activist Orientated Research in Universities, Refereed paper presented to Australasian Political Science Association conference, University of Queensland, July 6-9, 2008.

2008. Mediating a Polyarchal Public Sphere in China, Refereed paper presented to Australasian Political Science Association conference, University of Queensland, July 6-9, 2008.

2008. Bill Gates as Social Engineer: Introducing the World’s Largest Liberal Philanthropist, Refereed paper presented to Australasian Political Science Association conference, University of Queensland, July 6-9, 2008.

2007. Challenging Liberal Foundations: A Critical Examination of Funding Sources for Anti-Racism Activism, Refereed paper presented to the Second International Conference on Racisms in the New World Order, University of Sunshine Coast, Queensland, December 6-7, 2007.

2007. Propaganda-Facilitated Regime Change in Iran, Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA, May 24-28, 2007.

2007. Global Greens and the Mass Media: Building for a Participatory Future?, Griffith Journal of the Environment, September 24, 2007.

2007. Global Greens and the Mass Media, Paper presented to the 20 Years of Propaganda? Critical Discussions and Evidence on the Ongoing Relevance of the Herman and Chomsky Propaganda Model, University of Windsor, Canada, May 15-17, 2007.

2007. “Democracy Promoters” and Activist Education: The Exploitation of Civil Disobedience for Geostrategic Revolutions, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Cultural Research Network, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, May 3-6, 2007.

2007. Conform or Reform? Social Movements and the Mass Media, Fifth-Estate-Online – International Journal of Radical Mass Media Criticism, February 2007.

2006. Taking the Risk out of Civil Society: Harnessing Social Movements and Regulating Revolutions, Refereed paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Newcastle 25-27 September 2006.

2006. Civil Society, Empowered or Overpowered: The Role of the Mass Media in ‘Promoting Democracy’ Worldwide, Refereed Paper presented to the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association International Conference, Adelaide, Australia, July 4-7, 2006.

2005. Manufacturing Policies: The Media’s Role in the Policy Making Process, Refereed paper presented to the Journalism Education Conference, Griffith University, 29 November – 2 December 2005.

Social Change and the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC)

King, Interview with Eva Golinger: US continues destabilisation push in Venezuela, Green Left Weekly, June 28, 2007.

Duvall, Letters to the Editor: Gollinger Interview, Green Left Weekly, July 22, 2007.

Barker, Promoting ‘Democracy’ Through Civil Disobedience, Green Left Weekly, August 25, 2007.

Zunes, Inaccurate and unfair attacks on the ICNC, Green Left Weekly, August 31, 2007.

Barker, An Accurate and Fair Critique of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (First Response to Stephen Zunes), Green Left Weekly, September 22, 2007.

Zunes, Additional inaccurate and unfair attacks against the ICNC, Green Left Weekly, October 6, 2007.

Barker, ‘False accusations and major leaps of logic’?, Green Left Weekly, December 10, 2007.

Barker, Peace Activists, Criticism, and Nonviolent Imperialism, MR Zine, January 8, 2008.

Zunes, Spurious Attacks against Supporters of Nonviolent Resistance to Oppression, MR Zine, January, 2008.

Foster, Reply to Stephen Zunes on Imperialism and the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, MR Zine, January 17, 2008. Also see the 18 comments posted at the bottom of this article by assorted commentators which include theorists of nonviolence like Lester Kurtz and Randy Schutt.

Zunes, Nonviolent Action and Pro-Democracy Struggles, Znet, February 17, 2008.

Gowans, Stephen Zunes and the Struggle for Overseas Profits, What’s Left, February 18, 2008.

Zunes, A Reply to Stephen Gowans’ False Allegations against Stephen Zunes, Znet, February 25, 2008.

Gowans, Zunes’ Compromising with Capitalism’s Sad Reality, What’s Left, February 25, 2008.

Barker, Nonviolent Imperialism: Zunes on Gowans, The Fanonite, March 8, 2008. (Major Revision)

Zunes, Opposing Imperialism, Green Left Weekly, March 1, 2008.

Barker, Rethinking ‘Opposing Imperialism’, Green Left Weekly, March 9, 2008.

Gowans, 10 Rules for Understanding Civil Society Imperialism, What’s Left, March 16, 2008.

Zunes, Comment Left on The Fanonite Blog, March 17, 2008.

Zunes, Comment Left on What’s Left Blog, What’s Left, March 17, 2008.

Zunes, Sharp Attack Unwarranted, Foreign Policy in Focus, June 27, 2008.

Barker, Sharp Reflection Warranted: Nonviolence in the Service of Imperialism, Swans, June 30, 2008.

Zunes, Letters: Stephen Zunes has a Few Words of his Own: Michael Barker’s Sharp Reflection Warranted, Swans, July 3, 2008.

Barahona, Letters: Strugglers Should Decide their Methods of Struggle: Michael Barker’s Sharp Reflection Warranted, Swans, June 30, 2008.

Ropers, Letters: Direct Rebutall to Stephen Zunes’s letter on Michael Barker’s Sharp Reflection Warranted, Swans, July 14, 2008.

d’Amery, Letters: Indirect Rebutall to Stephen Zunes’s letter on Michael Barker’s Sharp Reflection Warranted, Swans, July 24, 2008.

Zunes, The Cooties Effect, Foreign Policy in Focus, November 3, 2008. (Also see comments left by d’Amery and Ropers)

Barker, Co-opting Intellectual Aggressors: The “Progressive” Face of the CIA (FOOTNOTE 22), Swans Commentary, November 17, 2008.

Barker, Activist Education at the Albert Einstein Institution: A Critical Examination of Elite Cooption of Civil Disobedience, Referred paper presented to Activating Human Rights and Peace: Universal Responsibilty, Byron Bay, Australia, July 1-4, 2008.

Related Articles

Barker, A Force More Powerful: Promoting ‘Democracy’ through Civil Disobedience, State of Nature, February 25, 2007.

Barker, People Power or Political Puppetry?, The Fanonite, January 16, 2008. (Open Letter to Cynthia Boaz)

Boaz, Reply to Barker’s Open Letter, The Fanonite, April 6, 2008.\

George Cicariello-Maher & Eva Golinger, Debate on the Albert Einstein Institution and its Involvement in Venezuela, Venezuelanalysis, August 5, 2008.

Stephen Zunes, George Cicariello-Maher & Eva Golinger, Debate on The Albert Einstein Institution and its Involvement in Venezuela, Pt. 2, Venezuelanalysis, August 28, 2008.