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