Thread by @psymposia, Consideration for MAPS, a threadThe takeaway from @D_

Consideration for MAPS, a thread

The takeaway from @D__Nickles piece is that if MAPS wants to “integrate anti-racist practices” in order to “work for collective liberation,” it& #39;s necessary to acknowledge & disavow the strategy it& #39;s taken: centering the cops & military
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(rather than the people they surveil, assault, and murder) while accepting money from plutocrats and courting political favor with some of the most powerful white supremacists in the US.
https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/acab/
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We Need to Talk About MAPS Supporting The Police, The Military, and Violent White Supremacism

Catering to police and soldiers in order to mainstream psychedelic drugs perpetuates white supremacism, capitalism, and imperialism.

https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/acab/

Re cops: "The authorities created the police in response to large, defiant crowds. That’s strikes in England, [worker] riots in the N. US, and the threat of slave insurrections in the South. So the police are a response to crowds, not to crime."
https://libcom.org/history/origins-police-david-whitehouse
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Origins of the police - David Whitehouse

Excellent text examining the creation of the first police forces, which took place in England and the US in just a few decades in the mid-19th century. And explaining that they were not brought into...

https://libcom.org/history/origins-police-david-whitehouse

Cops uphold the US white supremacist order, which was created "to secure an obedient labor supply to keep shipping goods, materials and profits back to [Britain].”
https://crimethinc.com/podcasts/the-ex-worker/episodes/32/transcript
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The Ex-Worker

A Podcast of Anarchist Ideas and Action For Everyone Who Dreams of a Life Off the Clock

https://crimethinc.com/podcasts/the-ex-worker/episodes/32/transcript

MAPS accepted a $1 million pledge from the Mercer Family Foundation in 2018. The Mercers own and fund Brietbart, a well-documented white supremacist media outlet.
https://maps.org/news/media/7054-press-release-mercer-family-foundation-grants-$1-million-to-maps-for-ptsd-research-in-veterans
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PRESS RELEASE: Mercer Family Foundation Grants $1 Million to MAPS for PTSD Research in Veterans -...

New York philanthropist Rebekah Mercer to help complete funding for Phase 3 clinical trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD

https://maps.org/news/media/7054-press-release-mercer-family-foundation-grants-$1-million-to-maps-for-ptsd-research-in-veterans

MAPS has repeatedly gushed over its positive coverage in Brietbart. Here are some of the Mercer-owned Brietbart headlines, including “Why White People Seek Black Privilege” & “Hoist it High & Proud: The Confederate Flag Proclaims a Glorious Heritage”
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/10-most-despicable-stories-breitbart-published-under-bannon-115278/as-are-mexican-immigrants-in-america-115619/
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10 Most Despicable Stories Breitbart Published Under Bannon

Until he joined Trump's team, Steve Bannon ran a news site that stoked hatred of everyone from women on birth control to President Obama

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/10-most-despicable-stories-breitbart-published-under-bannon-115278/as-are-mexican-immigrants-in-america-115619/

Despite the Mercers having been spurned a mere 3 mos prior by none other than the American Museum of Natural History, Doblin stated "With this gift, the Mercers are on the forefront of scientifically rigorous medical innovation."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/climate/rebekah-mercer-natural-history-museum.html
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A Science Denier at the Natural History Museum? Scientists Rebel

More than 200 scientists and other academics are asking the American Museum of Natural History to remove Rebekah Mercer, an influential donor to conservative causes, from its board.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/climate/rebekah-mercer-natural-history-museum.html

Except, the Mercers are not at the forefront of science. In fact, hundreds of scientists condemned them for funding climate change denial, a driver of environmental racism.
http://thenaturalhistorymuseum.org/open-letter-from-scientists-to-the-american-museum-of-natural-history/
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Open Letter from Scientists to the American Museum of Natural History

http://thenaturalhistorymuseum.org/open-letter-from-scientists-to-the-american-museum-of-natural-history/

The Mercers’ firm, Cambridge Analytica, tested “thinly veiled forms of racism toward African Americans called ‘race realism,’” a “new label for…‘scientific racism’...or research dedicated to proving the scientific inferiority of black people...”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/white-supremacy-is-still-americas-biggest-security-threat/557591/
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White Supremacy Is the Achilles Heel of American Democracy

Facebook, Twitter, and other media tools give new power to some of the oldest racist tactics.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/white-supremacy-is-still-americas-biggest-security-threat/557591/

ADL: “When...Trump named Bannon as his chief strategist, numerous well-known white supremacists celebrated the appointment. David Duke called the selection of Bannon “excellent,” adding that Bannon was “basically creating the ideological aspects of where we’re going.”
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MAPS’ has both courted and repeatedly used Steve Bannon in presentations to evidence their success at achieving “bipartisan support” (read: courting reactionaries).
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MAPS has accepted $250k from Christian Angermayer (founder of ATAI), who is the sole funder for MAPS’ Israel/Palestine conflict resolution study. Angermayer serves as an advisor to Rwandan dictator Kagame. Kagame’s regime has committed numerous human rights abuses.
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“Christian didn’t hesitate for very long at all & he said, ‘Well how much is that gonna cost?’ I said well, it’s £100k in year 2 & year 3. And so Christian said alright I’ll donate that. But he wanted to be the only donor and make it his project.”
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Human Rights Watch stated “At the time, Kagame came close to condoning Karegeya’s murder in a public speech: “Any person still alive who may be plotting against Rwanda, whoever they are, will pay the price…Whoever it is, it is a matter of time.”
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/24/rwanda-killing-latest-attack-opponents
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Rwanda: Killing Is Latest Attack on Opponents

https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/24/rwanda-killing-latest-attack-opponents

HRW “Documented numerous cases of arbitrary arrests, detentions, prosecutions, killings, torture, enforced disappearances, threats, harassment, and intimidation against [Kagame’s] government opponents and critics in Rwanda.” https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/02/20/rwanda-ensure-justice-over-kizito-mihigo-death">https://www.hrw.org/news/2020... 15/33

Rwanda: Ensure Justice Over Kizito Mihigo Death

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/02/20/rwanda-ensure-justice-over-kizito-mihigo-death

Rwandan opposition leader& #39;s & #39;throat cut& #39; as Kagame critics are silenced https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/24/rwandan-opposition-leader-third-killed-single-year/
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Rwandan opposition leader's 'throat cut' as Kagame critics are silenced

A senior opposition official has been murdered in Rwanda, the latest in a series of killings and disappearances involving critics of Paul Kagame, the country’s president.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/24/rwandan-opposition-leader-third-killed-single-year/

Angermayer tweets at Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame saying “You rock!” - Read: The person funding MAPS’ conflict resolution study is telling a dictator with a long list of human rights abuses he rocks.
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Christan Angermayer’s essay describing Rwandan murderous dictator Paul Kagame as the “real life Black Panther miracle”
https://medium.com/@christianangermayer/the-real-life-black-panther-miracle-ec64fd0cd438">https://medium.com/@christia...
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The real life “Black Panther” miracle

Many stellar reviews have been written about Black Panther. The latest Marvel film is set in the fictional African country of Wakanda, a…

https://medium.com/@christianangermayer/the-real-life-black-panther-miracle-ec64fd0cd438

We know how much Doblin loves “bipartisan support” so here’s a story by the Koch-backed conservative think-tank, American Enterprise Institute, entitled “Rwanda: How long can a dictator’s malign acts go unpunished by an uncritical media?”
https://www.aei.org/economics/rwanda-how-long-can-a-dictators-malign-acts-go-unpunished-by-an-uncritical-media/
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Rwanda: How long can a dictator’s malign acts go unpunished by an uncritical media? | American...

Many policy wonks and media institutions have overlooked stories of the Kagame regime's anti-democratic and underhanded actions. For all of its economic success, Rwanda remains a dictatorship. It...

https://www.aei.org/economics/rwanda-how-long-can-a-dictators-malign-acts-go-unpunished-by-an-uncritical-media/

Angermayer retweets spin-master Frank Luntz’s assertions that equate Confederate statues with the Auschwitz Memorial. Wow. 20/33

These tweets speak for themselves.

Aged well, aye, @C_Angermayer? For more tomfoolery see https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/christian-angermayer-coronavirus-advice/
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Then there’s neo-fascist Peter Thiel, about whom Doblin has said, “What I wish were different were not that Peter Thiel [had] not invested in COMPASS, but I wish he would have donated to MAPS…Republicans need [psychedelics] more than anyone else.”
https://qz.com/1007144/the-neo-fascist-philosophy-that-underpins-both-the-alt-right-and-silicon-valley-technophiles/
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The neo-fascist philosophy that underpins both the alt-right and Silicon Valley technophiles

“It is a worship of corporate power to the extent that corporate power becomes the only power in the world.”

https://qz.com/1007144/the-neo-fascist-philosophy-that-underpins-both-the-alt-right-and-silicon-valley-technophiles/

Thiel& #39;s a board member of Facebook, Chairman of surveillance-defense contractor Palantir, investor in tech-border-defense contractor Anduril, & investor in slew of psychedelic cos: @COMPASSPathway, @ATAI_life (Angermayer), and @mymindbloom @dbeynon22
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/01/silicon-valley-tech-start-up-anduril-raises-200-million-create-software-driven-defense-company/
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Silicon Valley tech start-up Anduril raises $200 million to create a software-driven Defense Dept....

Anduril, a Silicon Valley-based tech company founded by executives from Oculus and Palantir, has ambitions of becoming a leading defense contractor.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/01/silicon-valley-tech-start-up-anduril-raises-200-million-create-software-driven-defense-company/

Even as Mijente—a Latinx and Chicanx action network—highlights Palantir’s role in assisting ICE in targeting immigrants, Doblin on Thiel: “‘He’s this evil guy doing all these things with Trump!’ It’s guilt by association, which is not fair.”
https://action.mijente.net/petitions/facebook-must-stop-giving-ice-access-remove-head-of-data-sharing-company-from-leadership
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Peter Thiel does Trump’s Dirty Data Work, Remove him from Facebook’s Leadership #

Thiel is the head of a company that makes target lists for ICE raids. His company is also responsible for the Cambridge Analytica privacy breach.

https://action.mijente.net/petitions/facebook-must-stop-giving-ice-access-remove-head-of-data-sharing-company-from-leadership

Perhaps MAPS has failed to take a stance against Thiel due to his investments in COMPASS and ATAI. COMPASS and ATAI founders have donated at least $705k to MAPS. Receipts:
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MAPS’ staff raised potential ethical issues. In response, COMPASS founder George Goldsmith, who has a long history with @TapestryNetwork of leading high-level “multi stakeholder” meetings in major industry contexts shed performative tears. https://qz.com/1454785/a-millionaire-couple-is-threatening-to-create-a-magic-mushroom-monopoly/
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A millionaire couple is threatening to create a magic mushroom monopoly

One company’s alleged maneuvering to seize the gains from psychedelic research is sparking serious concerns and deep feelings of betrayal.

https://qz.com/1454785/a-millionaire-couple-is-threatening-to-create-a-magic-mushroom-monopoly/

It’s not unfair to name Thiel’s/Palantir’s ICE contracts and role in "bust[ing] relatives of migrant children" @sambiddle @theinterept has been following Thiel/Palantir for years, so Doblin’s claims we’re being “unfair” is a head scratcher.
https://theintercept.com/2019/05/02/peter-thiels-palantir-was-used-to-bust-hundreds-of-relatives-of-migrant-children-new-documents-show/
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Peter Thiel’s Palantir Was Used to Bust Relatives of Migrant Children, New Documents Show

Palantir previously claimed its software was strictly involved in criminal investigations as opposed to deportations. This was false.

https://theintercept.com/2019/05/02/peter-thiels-palantir-was-used-to-bust-hundreds-of-relatives-of-migrant-children-new-documents-show/

“[Thiel] said, with no facial affect, that apartheid was a sound economic system working efficiently, & moral issues were irrelevant. He made no effort to even acknowledge the pain the concept of apartheid could possibly raise for me, a Black woman.”
https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/my-conversation-with-peter-thiel-about-apartheid-and-its-aftermath-3fdf4249b08d#.mssa871vr
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My Conversation with Peter Thiel about Apartheid… And its Unfolding Aftermath

I posted this on Facebook on the evening of November 1, 2016.

https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/my-conversation-with-peter-thiel-about-apartheid-and-its-aftermath-3fdf4249b08d#.mssa871vr

And finally, excluding instances of sexual-misconduct by MAPS-affiliated researchers, Halperngate is perhaps the biggest psychedelic scandal of the past 20 years that few talk about.
https://erowid.org/culture/characters/halpern_john/halpern_john_article1.shtml
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Note MAPS researcher & DEA snitch Halpern’s paternalism re: Indigenous Americans @7:15: “Would I be working with Indians on...peyote actually being healthy for them? Finally giving them some strength to stand up stronger to the government?”
https://www.bitchute.com/video/w56oF3HPF1zP/
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Halperngate

Mark McCloud calls out John Halpern, 2006 Basel LSD Symposium

https://www.bitchute.com/video/w56oF3HPF1zP/

Doblin’s disregard for communal safety re: Halpern’s snitching & Thiel’s policing demonstrate mainstreaming at any cost. But don’t worry, he’s in “good” company. Alleged perp of serial “sexual misconduct” @nmgoldsmith agrees research comes first. https://erowid.org/culture/characters/halpern_john/halpern_john_info1.shtml
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Please see the statement below by Horizons Perspectives on Psychedelics for the source regarding Neal M. Goldsmith
https://www.facebook.com/HorizonsConference/posts/1758393120865599
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There’s plenty more to be said, but we’ll leave it at that for now. How about them apples? Errr...cherries.
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