Naomi Klein: Bush and NGOs

Relief groups have been told they must be an 'arm of the US government', says Naomi Klein. Guardian Unlimited

That is the message of "NGO Watch" (Non Government Organization), an initiative of the American Enterprise Institute and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies that takes aim at the growing political influence of the non-profit sector. The stated purpose of the website, launched on June 11, is to "bring clarity and accountability to the burgeoning world of NGOs". In fact, it is a McCarthyite blacklist, telling tales on any NGO that dares speak against Bush administration policies or in support of international treaties opposed by the White House.

As for influence, few peddle it quite like the AEI, whose looniest of ideas have a habit of becoming Bush administration policy.

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