Congress for Cultural Freedom

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The Congress for Cultural Freedom was a Cold War-era organization of intellectuals and artists, covertly backed by the CIA, that promoted anti-communist liberal values through cultural and intellectual activities worldwide.

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instanceOf Cold War organization ⓘ
anti-communist organization ⓘ
cultural organization ⓘ
alternativeName CCF ⓘ
Congress pour la Liberté de la Culture ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
covertlyBackedBy Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
dissolved 1979 ⓘ
fieldOfWork culture ⓘ
intellectual life ⓘ
politics ⓘ
foundedAtLocation West Berlin ⓘ
hasMotto defense of cultural freedom against totalitarianism ⓘ
hasPurpose cultural diplomacy ⓘ
intellectual opposition to Soviet communism ⓘ
promotion of anti-communist liberal values ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
inception 1950 ⓘ
keyPerson Arthur Koestler ⓘ
Ignazio Silone ⓘ
Irving Kristol ⓘ
Melvin J. Lasky ⓘ
Michael Josselson ⓘ
Raymond Aron ⓘ
Sidney Hook ⓘ
Stephen Spender ⓘ
notableEvent Founding conference in West Berlin in June 1950 ⓘ
notableWork Cuadernos ⓘ
Der Monat ⓘ
Encounter (magazine) ⓘ
Mundo Nuevo ⓘ
Preuves ⓘ
operatedIn Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
operatedInPeriod Cold War ⓘ
organized art exhibitions ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
conferences ⓘ
cultural events ⓘ
published journals ⓘ
magazines ⓘ
reasonForDissolution exposure of CIA funding ⓘ
reorganizedAs International Association for Cultural Freedom ⓘ
sponsoredBy Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ

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Sidney Hook → memberOf → Congress for Cultural Freedom ⓘ
Congress for Cultural Freedom → reorganizedAs → International Association for Cultural Freedom ⓘ
linked to: Congress for Cultural Freedom