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The '''National Endowment for Democracy''' ('''NED''') is a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] cut-out<ref>[https://williamblum.org/chapters/rogue-state/trojan-horse-the-national-endowment-for-democracy Trojan Horse: The National Endowment for Democracy]</ref><ref>[https://www.voltairenet.org/article192992.html NED, the Legal Window of the CIA]</ref> soft-power<ref>[https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/national-endowment-for-democracy/ NED on InfluenceWatch]</ref> organization which finances protest groups to destabilize targets of US foreign policy.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Mnar Alley]]|date=2022-02-05|title=Mnar Adley exposes the National Endowment for Democracy|url=https://youtu.be/5QXDM195G4I|newspaper=[[Mintpress News]]}}</ref> | The '''National Endowment for Democracy''' ('''NED''') is a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] cut-out<ref>[https://williamblum.org/chapters/rogue-state/trojan-horse-the-national-endowment-for-democracy Trojan Horse: The National Endowment for Democracy]</ref><ref>[https://www.voltairenet.org/article192992.html NED, the Legal Window of the CIA]</ref><ref name=":0">{{News citation|author=Jeremy Kuzmarov|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=Is there really a U.S. government agency that gives out awards for deceiving the public?|date=2022-06-24|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/24/is-there-really-a-u-s-government-agency-that-gives-out-awards-for-deceiving-the-public/|retrieved=2022-06-25}}</ref> soft-power<ref>[https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/national-endowment-for-democracy/ NED on InfluenceWatch]</ref> organization which finances protest groups to destabilize targets of [[United States of America|US]] foreign policy.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Mnar Alley]]|date=2022-02-05|title=Mnar Adley exposes the National Endowment for Democracy|url=https://youtu.be/5QXDM195G4I|newspaper=[[Mintpress News]]}}</ref> | ||
In 1986, NED's President Carl Gershman said that the NED was created because "It would be terrible for democratic groups around the world to be seen as subsidized by the CIA. We saw that in the 1960's and that's why it has been discontinued".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shipler|first1=David K.|title=Missionaries for democracy: US aid for global pluralism|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/01/world/missionaries-for-democracy-us-aid-for-global-pluralism.html|access-date=2 April 2021|url-access=subscription|work=The New York Times|date=1 June 1986|quote=It would be terrible for democratic groups around the world to be seen as subsidized by the CIA. We saw that in the 1960's and that's why it has been discontinued. We have not had the capability of doing this, and that's why the endowment was created.}}</ref> | In 1986, NED's President Carl Gershman said that the NED was created because "It would be terrible for democratic groups around the world to be seen as subsidized by the CIA. We saw that in the 1960's and that's why it has been discontinued".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shipler|first1=David K.|title=Missionaries for democracy: US aid for global pluralism|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/01/world/missionaries-for-democracy-us-aid-for-global-pluralism.html|access-date=2 April 2021|url-access=subscription|work=The New York Times|date=1 June 1986|quote=It would be terrible for democratic groups around the world to be seen as subsidized by the CIA. We saw that in the 1960's and that's why it has been discontinued. We have not had the capability of doing this, and that's why the endowment was created.}}</ref> | ||
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In 1991 during an interview with Allen Weinstein the then-president of the NED said "A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA."<ref name="ProPublica2010">[https://www.propublica.org/article/the-national-endowment-for-democracy-responds-to-our-burma-nuclear-story The National Endowment for Democracy Responds to Our Burma Nuclear Story -- And Our Response], ProPublica (November 24, 2010).</ref> | In 1991 during an interview with Allen Weinstein the then-president of the NED said "A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA."<ref name="ProPublica2010">[https://www.propublica.org/article/the-national-endowment-for-democracy-responds-to-our-burma-nuclear-story The National Endowment for Democracy Responds to Our Burma Nuclear Story -- And Our Response], ProPublica (November 24, 2010).</ref> | ||
Critics have compared the NED's funding of Nicaraguan groups (pro-U.S. and conservative unions, political parties, student groups, business groups, and women's associations) in the 1980s and 1990s in Nicaragua to the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|previous CIA effort]] "to challenge and undermine" the socialist government of Chile.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dent|first=David W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vCqJPsfomCcC&pg=PA467|title=U.S.-Latin American Policymaking: A Reference Handbook|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1995|isbn=978-0-313-27951-5|pages=467|language=en}}</ref> | == Operations == | ||
=== Nicaragua === | |||
Critics have compared the NED's funding of [[Republic of Nicaragua|Nicaraguan]] groups (pro-U.S. and conservative unions, political parties, student groups, business groups, and women's associations) in the 1980s and 1990s in Nicaragua to the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|previous CIA effort]] "to challenge and undermine" the socialist government of [[Republic of Chile|Chile]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dent|first=David W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vCqJPsfomCcC&pg=PA467|title=U.S.-Latin American Policymaking: A Reference Handbook|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1995|isbn=978-0-313-27951-5|pages=467|language=en}}</ref> | |||
=== Soviet Union === | |||
In the 1980s, the NED provided $140 million to anti-communist groups in the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]].<ref name=":0" /> | |||
=== Ukraine === | |||
Since 1989, the NED has funded over 100 organizations in Ukraine to bring [[Ukraine]] under Western influence and pull it away from [[Russian Federation|Russia]].<ref name=":0" /> | |||
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Revision as of 17:51, 25 June 2022
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a CIA cut-out[1][2][3] soft-power[4] organization which finances protest groups to destabilize targets of US foreign policy.[5]
In 1986, NED's President Carl Gershman said that the NED was created because "It would be terrible for democratic groups around the world to be seen as subsidized by the CIA. We saw that in the 1960's and that's why it has been discontinued".[6]
In 1991 during an interview with Allen Weinstein the then-president of the NED said "A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA."[7]
Operations
Nicaragua
Critics have compared the NED's funding of Nicaraguan groups (pro-U.S. and conservative unions, political parties, student groups, business groups, and women's associations) in the 1980s and 1990s in Nicaragua to the previous CIA effort "to challenge and undermine" the socialist government of Chile.[8]
Soviet Union
In the 1980s, the NED provided $140 million to anti-communist groups in the Soviet Union.[3]
Ukraine
Since 1989, the NED has funded over 100 organizations in Ukraine to bring Ukraine under Western influence and pull it away from Russia.[3]
References
- ↑ Trojan Horse: The National Endowment for Democracy
- ↑ NED, the Legal Window of the CIA
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-06-24). "Is there really a U.S. government agency that gives out awards for deceiving the public?" Monthly Review. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ↑ NED on InfluenceWatch
- ↑ Mnar Alley (2022-02-05). "Mnar Adley exposes the National Endowment for Democracy" Mintpress News.
- ↑
- ↑ The National Endowment for Democracy Responds to Our Burma Nuclear Story -- And Our Response, ProPublica (November 24, 2010).
- ↑