The National Endowment for Democracy, or the NED, is a US deep state soft power apparatus which finances destabilization campaigns in countries targeted by the American Empire.[1]
In the late 1980s, the NED's president Carl Gersshman admitted that the NED does the same thing as the CIA, but using covert means rather than overt means.[2] Allen Weinstein, who helped write the law creating the NED, said the same thing.[3]
It is currently run by Damon Wilson who was previously at the Atlantic Council[4] and has written for Bellingcat.[5]
Front organizations[edit | edit source]
According to anti-imperialist William Blum, the NED usually launders money through:
- the International Republican Institute (IRI)
- the National Democratic Institute (NDI)
- an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, such as the American Center for International Labor Solidarity
- an affiliate of the Chamber of Commerce, such as the Center for International Private Enterprise.[3]
From there, the money flows to liberal organizations.
From 1994 to 1996, NED awarded over $2.5 million to the American Institute for Free Labor Development. One of the grants describes an objective as "build union-management cooperation". In other words, the CIA's goal is to prevent the independent organization of the working class. To this end, they will often pay off unions like the AFL-CIO.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ National Endowment for Destabilization? CIA Funds for Latin America in 2018 by Martín Pastor on TeleSur
- ↑ MISSIONARIES FOR DEMOCRACY: U.S. AID FOR GLOBAL PLURALISM
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 William Blum, Trojan Horse: the NED. https://williamblum.org/chapters/rogue-state/trojan-horse-the-national-endowment-for-democracy
- ↑ Damon Wilson on Atlantic Council site (Archived)
- ↑ The NED’s New CEO: Atlantic Council Warmonger Damon Wilson by Brian Berletic on New Eastern Outlook