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National Endowment for Democracy
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US
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0000-00-00
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0000-00-00
Year
1983
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The NED is a U.S. non-profit soft power organization that was founded in 1983 with the stated goal of promoting democracy abroad. It is funded primarily through an annual allocation from the U.S. Congress in the form of a grant awarded through the US Information Agency (USIA). It was created by The Democracy Program as a bipartisan, private, non-profit corporation, and in turn acts as a grant-making foundation.
According to former New York Times foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer, the NED «took over many of the tasks that the CIA used to perform». It’s $170 million annual budget was directed to foment non-violent movements against almost any government which, in Kinzer’s words, «challenges or defies the United States, questions the value of unrestrained capitalism, limits the rights of foreign corporations, or adopts policies that we consider socialist.»
According to former New York Times foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer, the NED «took over many of the tasks that the CIA used to perform». It’s $170 million annual budget was directed to foment non-violent movements against almost any government which, in Kinzer’s words, «challenges or defies the United States, questions the value of unrestrained capitalism, limits the rights of foreign corporations, or adopts policies that we consider socialist.»
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Major empire-building Institutions
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Major empire-building Institutions