Wikispooks wikispooks https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.33.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikispooks Wikispooks talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Property Property talk Form Form talk Concept Concept talk Document Document talk Wikipedia Wikipedia talk Test Test talk Widget Widget talk Campaign Campaign talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk Open Democracy 0 7187 235570 209240 2022-01-23T13:20:36Z Terje 655 NED funding wikitext text/x-wiki {{Website |URL=http://OpenDemocracy.net |start=May 2001 |description=A huge, multi-author site with thousands of articles. |own_words=openDemocracy is committed to human rights and democracy. We aim to ensure that marginalised views and voices are heard. We believe facilitating argument and understanding across geographical boundaries is vital to preventing injustice. |logo=Open Democracy.png |titular_logo=1 |owners=openDemocracy Foundation for the Advancement of Global Education |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDemocracy.net |note=Funded by individuals, but also organisations such as the [[Ford Foundation]], the [[Open Society Foundations]] the [[Atlantic Philanthropies]], the [[Rockefeller Brothers Fund]], [[National Endowment for Democracy]], the [[Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust]] and others.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20091112165959/http://www.opendemocracy.net/about/supporters</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124219/http://www.opendemocracy.net/about/supporters</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150905212033/https://www.opendemocracy.net/about/supporters</ref><ref>http://archive.today/2019.07.30-035829/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/supporters/</ref><ref>https://www.ned.org/wp-content/themes/ned/search/grant-search.php?organizationName=opendemocracy+Limited&region=&projectCountry=&amount=&fromDate=&toDate=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&search=&maxCount=50&orderBy=Country&start=1&sbmt=1</ref> |slogan=Free thinking for the world |sourcewatch=http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Open_Democracy |sponsors=Index on Censorship }} '''Open Democracy''' does by their own admission influence the media: "We receive daily information or interview requests from leading global media outlets including [[BBC]], [[CNN]], [[Al Jazeera]], [[Washington Post]], [[The New York Times]], [[Bloomberg]], [[NPR]], [[Russia Today]], [[The Guardian]], [[Huffington Post]], [[Le Monde Diplomatique]], [[El Mundo]], [[Sky News]], [[ITV]], [[CBC]], [[ABC]], [[Channel 4]], [[Islam Channel]] and [[USA Today]]."<ref>http://archive.today/2020.04.01-022816/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/about/</ref> ==Call for the abolition of family== In March 2020 the Open Democracy website has published an article that called for the [[abolition of the family]] and for an end to private property.<ref>https://aclj.org/radical-left/radical-left-soros-funded-organization-uses-the-coronavirus-to-justify-call-to-abolish-the-family saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20200328174959/https://aclj.org/radical-left/radical-left-soros-funded-organization-uses-the-coronavirus-to-justify-call-to-abolish-the-family Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/8H3E7 Archive.is]</ref><ref>https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/coronavirus-crisis-shows-its-time-abolish-family/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20200329073434/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/coronavirus-crisis-shows-its-time-abolish-family/ Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/ZqK1U Archive.is]</ref> Cited for the abolition of family is an article on [[Communemag]]<ref>https://communemag.com/six-steps-to-abolish-the-family/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20200329200346/https://communemag.com/six-steps-to-abolish-the-family/ Archive.org] saved at [https://archive.is/AcAyr Archive.is]</ref> and a Tweet by one of its editors.<ref>https://twitter.com/la_louve_rouge_/status/1239997457456443392 saved at [http://archive.is/DvbVz Archive.is]</ref> ==Article on American fascism== An article by ''Louie Dean Valencia-García'', Assistant Professor of Digital History at [[Texas State University]], published mid January 2021, headlines: "'''This is American fascism''' - Like Mussolini’s March on Rome and Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch, Donald Trump’s Insurrection is the beginning of years of street violence."<br> She concludes the article: {{SMWQ |text=Fascism and conspiratorial thinking have seeped into the minds of millions of Americans. If we compare [[Mussolini]]’s [[March on Rome]] and [[Hitler]]’s [[Beer Hall Putsch]] to [[Donald Trump]]’s Insurrection we should be reminded that the former examples were only the beginning of years of street violence. We can’t address this problem until we call it by its name: [[fascism]]. |subjects=Centre for the Analysis of the Radical Right, CARR, |authors=Louie Dean Valencia-García |source_details=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/countering-radical-right/american-fascism/ }} ==National Endowment for Democracy== Open Democracy was granted $150,000 from the 'CIA sidekick' [[National Endowment for Democracy]] in the period 2015-18, in a trend of increased US funding of UK media.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2022/01/20/73853/</ref> It received a NED grant for $50,500 (£37,000) in 2017<ref>https://www.ned.org/wp-content/themes/ned/search/grant-search.php?organizationName=opendemocracy+Limited&region=&projectCountry=&amount=&fromDate=&toDate=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&search=&maxCount=50&orderBy=Country&start=1&sbmt=1</ref> to “recruit and train young emerging writers, thinkers, and leaders” from the [[Middle East]] “to write substantive articles related to democratic development in the region.” Another grant the following year worth $49,111 (£35,700)<ref>https://www.ned.org/wp-content/themes/ned/search/grant-search.php?organizationName=opendemocracy+Limited&region=&projectCountry=&amount=&fromDate=&toDate=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&projectFocus%5B%5D=&search=&maxCount=50&orderBy=Country&start=1&sbmt=1</ref> was for the outlet to “provide a platform for emerging young thought leaders…on critical issues related to democratic development”, training sessions in countries including [[Egypt]], [[Tunisia]] and [[Syria]]. {{SMWDocs}} ==References== <references/> g9xybfqzg7pjwzrgtg1gsana6ypvyap