The Shadow Dossier — The Culture War the CIA Funded in Secret
In June 1950, in a divided Berlin, a group of writers, artists, and intellectuals gathered to found an organization called the Congress for Cultural Freedom. Its stated purpose was to defend intellectual and artistic freedom against totalitarianism, at a moment when Soviet-aligned cultural organizations were actively courting Western writers and artists with the promise of a more just society.
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