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NED, Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO, CIPE, NDI, IRI, FTUI, ACLIS, Our Tax Dollars and Extra Constitutional Activities?
Do Anons remember the ongoing digs on the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)? Let's try to get this nailed down because it ties into current events (think Jim and the congressional hearings). For the Newfags, here's a summary of previous NED digs. If a link appears in green text, copy the post title (Answering the Call to Dig NED, for example) or a portion of it, enter it in the search bar at https://qresear.ch/ and hit enter. Results should appear in red. Click the blue links to view related posts. If any Anon knows of additional NED digs, please feel free to add them to the list below.
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We learned, in the posts above, that NED, although "non-governmental", is a congressional "creation" (slush fund?). NED is funded by congressional appropriation and acts "as a grant-making foundation, distributing funds to private organizations for the purpose of promoting democracy abroad. These private organizations would include those created by the twopolitical partiesand thebusiness community, which would join the regional international institutes of the labor movement already in existence."
In the last installment of the NED digs above, we learned that the Solidarity Center used to be called the Free Trade Union Institute (FTUI). Before it was known as the Solidarity Center, FTUI was called the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS). In PB >>17112727
With this review in mind, let's drill down onSolidarity Center and AFL-CIO. Solidarity Center works around the world withgovernments, individuals, NGOs, labor unions and churches. Their field of influence includes:climateissues, labor,justice,equality,gender, forced labor and trafficking, theglobal supply chain, child labor, migration and just about any other hot button topic. They're a little shy about naming the names of their partners on their "Partners" webpage. The list on their supporters page is extensive and incomplete (partial). The Chair of Solidarity Center's Board of Trustees is Elizabeth Shuler, the current President of theAFL-CIO, a member of NED's Board of Directors and a member of theAspen Institute.
Solidarity Center
https://www.solidaritycenter.org/