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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><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> It provided $1.2 billion of grants between 2011 and 2020 and issues over 2,000 grants every year.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Ajit Singh, Roscoe Palm|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=Manufacturing consent: How the United States has penetrated South African media|date=2022-08-08|url=https://mronline.org/2022/08/08/manufacturing-consent-how-the-united-states-has-penetrated-south-african-media/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808182146/https://mronline.org/2022/08/08/manufacturing-consent-how-the-united-states-has-penetrated-south-african-media/|archive-date=2022-08-08|retrieved=2022-08-09}}</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> It provided $1.2 billion of grants between 2011 and 2020 and issues over 2,000 grants every year.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Ajit Singh, Roscoe Palm|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=Manufacturing consent: How the United States has penetrated South African media|date=2022-08-08|url=https://mronline.org/2022/08/08/manufacturing-consent-how-the-united-states-has-penetrated-south-african-media/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808182146/https://mronline.org/2022/08/08/manufacturing-consent-how-the-united-states-has-penetrated-south-african-media/|archive-date=2022-08-08|retrieved=2022-08-09}}</ref> Despite calling itself a non-governmental organization, it receives funding from the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]].<ref name=":2">{{Web citation|author=[[Jeremy Kuzmarov]]|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]|title=If the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Is Subverting Democracy—Why Aren’t Some of the Left Media Calling It Out?|date=2022-03-04|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/03/04/if-the-national-endowment-for-democracy-ned-is-subverting-democracy-why-arent-some-of-the-left-media-calling-it-out/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109062647/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/03/04/if-the-national-endowment-for-democracy-ned-is-subverting-democracy-why-arent-some-of-the-left-media-calling-it-out/|archive-date=2022-11-09|retrieved=2022-12-21}}</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>  
[[Ronald Reagan]] founded the NED in 1983.<ref name=":2" /> 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 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>
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== Operations ==
== Operations ==


=== Afghanistan ===
=== Domestic activities ===
The NED funded the Islamic fundamentalist [[mujahideen]] in [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)|Afghanistan]] to fight the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]].<ref name=":1" />
The NED gave grants to the [[AFL-CIO]], [[United States Department of Commerce|U.S. Department of Commerce]], and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] National Institutes.<ref name=":2" />
 
=== Latin America ===
 
==== Cuba ====
The NED gave over $100,000 a year to the [[Cuban-American National Foundation]] from Miami, which was involved in terrorist attacks and funded [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi]] collaborators in [[Hungary]].<ref name=":2" />
 
==== Grenada ====
The NED funded the [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] [[New National Party]] in [[Grenada]] that took power following the U.S. invasion in 1983 that overthrew the [[People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada)|People's Revolutionary Government]].<ref name=":2" />


=== Nicaragua ===
==== Nicaragua ====
The NED funded pro-[[Contras|Contra]] groups in [[Republic of Nicaragua|Nicaragua]].<ref name=":1" /> 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 [[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>
The NED funded pro-[[Contras|Contra]] groups in [[Republic of Nicaragua|Nicaragua]].<ref name=":1" /> 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 [[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 ===
=== Eastern Bloc ===
In the 1980s, the NED provided $140 million to anti-communist groups in the Soviet Union.<ref name=":0" />
 
==== Poland ====
The NED funded the [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] [[Solidarity]] group in [[Polish People's Republic (1947–1989)|Poland]] during the 1980s.<ref name=":2" />


=== Ukraine ===
==== 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" />
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" />
=== Afghanistan ===
The NED funded the Islamic fundamentalist [[mujahideen]] in [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)|Afghanistan]] to fight the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]].<ref name=":1" />


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 20:45, 21 December 2022

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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] It provided $1.2 billion of grants between 2011 and 2020 and issues over 2,000 grants every year.[6] Despite calling itself a non-governmental organization, it receives funding from the U.S. Congress.[7]

Ronald Reagan founded the NED in 1983.[7] 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".[8]

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."[9]

Operations

Domestic activities

The NED gave grants to the AFL-CIO, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Democratic and Republican National Institutes.[7]

Latin America

Cuba

The NED gave over $100,000 a year to the Cuban-American National Foundation from Miami, which was involved in terrorist attacks and funded Nazi collaborators in Hungary.[7]

Grenada

The NED funded the right-wing New National Party in Grenada that took power following the U.S. invasion in 1983 that overthrew the People's Revolutionary Government.[7]

Nicaragua

The NED funded pro-Contra groups in Nicaragua.[6] 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.[10]

Eastern Bloc

Poland

The NED funded the anti-communist Solidarity group in Poland during the 1980s.[7]

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]

Afghanistan

The NED funded the Islamic fundamentalist mujahideen in Afghanistan to fight the Soviet Union.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Trojan Horse: The National Endowment for Democracy
  2. ↑ NED, the Legal Window of the CIA
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ NED on InfluenceWatch
  5. ↑ Mnar Alley (2022-02-05). "Mnar Adley exposes the National Endowment for Democracy" Mintpress News.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ajit Singh, Roscoe Palm (2022-08-08). "Manufacturing consent: How the United States has penetrated South African media" Monthly Review. Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-03-04). "If the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Is Subverting Democracy—Why Aren’t Some of the Left Media Calling It Out?" CovertAction Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ The National Endowment for Democracy Responds to Our Burma Nuclear Story -- And Our Response, ProPublica (November 24, 2010).
  10. ↑
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