Some useful facts to remember.
The Republican and Democrat Parties of the USA are taking actions in the political process in Belarus. They are spending money mostly from the USA Federal Budget, also from corporations, to do this.
Summary: NED (IRI, NDI, USAID, ...) have often supported military coups d'etat while claiming to support democracy. If your organisation accepts dirty money and the hierarchical organising methods of NED/IRI/NDI/USAID - beware of the risk that Belarus will become less democratic.
http://www.idee.org/IDEE%20Country%20%20Report%20Belarus.html
April 22, 2003... United Civil Party (Anatoly Liabedzka) ... Liabedzka noted that NDI (National Democratic Institute) and IRI (International Republican Institute) are carrying out strong training in support of coalitions.
What are NED, NDI and IRI?
NED: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Endowment_for_Democracy
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=11645
It was also alleged that the NED only supports candidates with strong ties to the military and who support the rights of U.S. corporations to invest in those countries, and that the NED does not support candidates who oppose investments by US corporations or who promise restrictions on investment rights of US corporations.
For example, Bill Berkowitz of Working for Change claims that, "The NED functions as a full-service infrastructure building clearinghouse. It provides money, technical support, supplies, training programs, media know-how, public relations assistance and state-of-the-art equipment to select political groups, civic organizations, labor unions, dissident movements, student groups, book publishers, newspapers, and other media. Its aim is to destabilize progressive movements, particularly those with a socialist or democratic socialist bent."
...NED helped to overthrow democratically elected governments in Bulgaria in 1990 and Albania in 1991-1992.
IRI - Republican Party
NDI - Democratic Party
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=45&ItemID=8709
NED (IRI+NDI+...+AID/OTI/DAI) support military coup d'etat against democratically elected government of Venezuela in 2002.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article3594.htm
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=5636
2001: International Republican Institute (IRI) gives US$3 million to the "Democratic" Convergence in Haiti, IRI + NED together funded paramilitary Haitian death squad leaders in the Dominican Republic, leading to, in Feb 2004, a military coup d'etat against the democratically elected government of Haiti.
The evidence against NED, IRI, USAID, ... is strong. Accept dirty money and authoritarian organising methods at your own risk!
The Republican and Democrat Parties of the USA are taking actions in the political process in Belarus. They are spending money mostly from the USA Federal Budget, also from corporations, to do this.
Summary: NED (IRI, NDI, USAID, ...) have often supported military coups d'etat while claiming to support democracy. If your organisation accepts dirty money and the hierarchical organising methods of NED/IRI/NDI/USAID - beware of the risk that Belarus will become less democratic.
http://www.idee.org/IDEE%20Country%20%20Report%20Belarus.html
April 22, 2003... United Civil Party (Anatoly Liabedzka) ... Liabedzka noted that NDI (National Democratic Institute) and IRI (International Republican Institute) are carrying out strong training in support of coalitions.
What are NED, NDI and IRI?
NED: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Endowment_for_Democracy
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=11645
It was also alleged that the NED only supports candidates with strong ties to the military and who support the rights of U.S. corporations to invest in those countries, and that the NED does not support candidates who oppose investments by US corporations or who promise restrictions on investment rights of US corporations.
For example, Bill Berkowitz of Working for Change claims that, "The NED functions as a full-service infrastructure building clearinghouse. It provides money, technical support, supplies, training programs, media know-how, public relations assistance and state-of-the-art equipment to select political groups, civic organizations, labor unions, dissident movements, student groups, book publishers, newspapers, and other media. Its aim is to destabilize progressive movements, particularly those with a socialist or democratic socialist bent."
...NED helped to overthrow democratically elected governments in Bulgaria in 1990 and Albania in 1991-1992.
IRI - Republican Party
NDI - Democratic Party
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=45&ItemID=8709
NED (IRI+NDI+...+AID/OTI/DAI) support military coup d'etat against democratically elected government of Venezuela in 2002.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article3594.htm
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=5636
2001: International Republican Institute (IRI) gives US$3 million to the "Democratic" Convergence in Haiti, IRI + NED together funded paramilitary Haitian death squad leaders in the Dominican Republic, leading to, in Feb 2004, a military coup d'etat against the democratically elected government of Haiti.
The evidence against NED, IRI, USAID, ... is strong. Accept dirty money and authoritarian organising methods at your own risk!