How the CIA cultivates a fake left: From the cultural cold war to intersectional imperialism
Ben Norton was invited to give this talk about the fake left and imperialism. He discusses how the CIA's "woke" recruitment ad is not new; it is rooted in an "intersectional imperialist" history going back to the first cold war, in which the CIA poured money into cultivating anti-communist, pro-imperialist progressive groups, using fronts like the Congress for Cultural Freedom and billionaire-funded foundations like Ford and Rockefeller.
Ben looks through the book "The Cultural Cold War," and analyzes examples of astroturfed pseudo-left campaigns in the US, Western Europe, and Latin America.
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