War in Context - Visa, MC happy to send donations to the Ku Klux Klan

[Richard D]

War in Context

… with attention to the unseen

Visa and Mastercard are happy to transfer donations to the Ku Klux Klan, but not WikiLeaks

by NEWS SOURCE on DECEMBER 7, 2010

The BBC reports:

Visa Europe has begun suspending payments to whistle-blowing website Wikileaks ahead of carrying out an investigation into the organisation.
It follows a similar move by rival payments processor Mastercard on Tuesday.

Charles Arthur, the Guardian’s technology editor, points out that while MasterCard and Visa have cut WikiLeaks off you can still use those cards to donate to overtly racist organisations such as the Knights Party, which is supported by the Ku Klux Klan.

The Ku Klux Klan website directs users to a site called Christian Concepts. It takes Visa and MasterCard donations for users willing to state that they are “white and not of racially mixed descent. I am not married to a non-white. I do not date non-whites nor do I have non-white dependents. I believe in the ideals of western Christian civilisation and profess my belief in Jesus Christ as the son of God.”


edited to add link: http://warincontext.org/2010/12/07/visa-and-mastercard-are-happy-to-transfer-donations-to-the-ku-klux-klan-but-not-wikileaks/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Despite past dealings with the FBI, the US Government tolerates the KKK

as opposed to "journalists".

[mdmc]

2. ..

[Rex]

3. Well, for starters, the govt has a use for the KKK.

The govt has no use for an organization that leaks dirty laundry about said govt (one that they can't control). The KKK helps spread fear and paranoia, something the govt LOVES.

[csziggy]

4. Too late to Rec, but here's a kick n/t

[Odin2005]

5. Of course, the KKK are on the side of the Corporate Power Structure.

[laughingliberal]

6. K & R nt