Promoting political destabilization abroad: National Endowment for Democracy
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED )sounds rather benign. Maybe some kind of liberal foundation offering grants, right? Wrong. As this article points out the NED is a front organization for CIA attempts to destabilize governments internationally. It even has a subdivision devoted to making sure trade unions don’t go in radical directions.
About The Author
Bruce
Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.