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American Institute for Free Labor Development organization

also: a field, AIFLD, American Institute of Free Labor Development, Labor Development Office

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Claims (14)

American Institute for Free Labor Development operated_in South America host_asserted
“In Washington, D.C., to train, quote unquote, unionist and like leadership. And those people were deployed to Latin America. And some of them ended up in the United States and labor efforts as well. But for the purpose of this illustration,…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner KILL ZONE Part 2 @ 1:18:49
Serafino Rimoldi headed American Institute for Free Labor Development documented
“Dubinsky, D-U-B-I-N-S-K-Y, who was president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Serafino Rimoldi, who was executive director of the American Institute for Free Labor Development. L.L. Bora, who was general secretary of the U…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner - Transnational Anti Communism & Cold War Part 4 @ 47:55
Richard Ishmael trained_by American Institute for Free Labor Development documented
“Cousin Ed, is that the one whose obituary I found? I think it is. He had been trained in the U.S. at the CIA's American Institute for Free Labor Development, which was basically their school for embedding CIA agents into labor initiatives. …”
▶ Operation Gladio-British Guiana (Guyana) 1953-1964 @ 28:10
American Institute for Free Labor Development front_for CIA host_asserted
“a CIA front company. Brazilian generals disposed, deposed the president and established a military regime that stayed in effect, oh, until 1985. Again, another 21 years. Jones cover in Brazil was as a laundromat employee and an investment s…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Guyana and Jim Jones @ 1:10:01
American Institute for Free Labor Development funded AFL-CIO documented
“which is kind of the precursor to the labor element of National Endowment for Democracy. No one's allowed to organize labor movements against U.S. corporations outside of America. The Labor Development Office was a creature of the early 60s…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4 @ 31:13
American Institute for Free Labor Development funded Anaconda Mining documented
“which is kind of the precursor to the labor element of National Endowment for Democracy. No one's allowed to organize labor movements against U.S. corporations outside of America. The Labor Development Office was a creature of the early 60s…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4 @ 31:13
American Institute for Free Labor Development funded Pan American World Airways documented
“which is kind of the precursor to the labor element of National Endowment for Democracy. No one's allowed to organize labor movements against U.S. corporations outside of America. The Labor Development Office was a creature of the early 60s…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4 @ 31:13
American Institute for Free Labor Development trained Hector Herrera documented
“Herrera was proud enough of his stint at the U.S. Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to keep his diploma hung proudly on his wall. We train them all. Few Brazilians would dispute that training at the hands of the…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4 @ 35:45
AFL-CIO founded American Institute for Free Labor Development documented
“are a threat to them. And that's been shown to us over and over and over again. SR71? Thank you, Colonel. To all along's point, what I'll add is the American Institute for Free Labor Development, the AIFLD, that was founded by the AFL-CIO i…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4 @ 1:09:40
American Institute for Free Labor Development front_for CIA book_quoted
“the 1980s under National Endowment for Democracy. The country director for Chile, Robert J. O'Neill, acknowledged in retirement that the entire time he was in Chile pretending to work for the American Institute of Free Labor and Development…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 36 (38) @ 19:12
Walter Reuther opposed American Institute for Free Labor Development host_asserted
“the pro-vietnam war democrats um lbj and humphrey and company so he not only did um walter reuther opposed meanie on the civil war he opposed him from very early on about a field and so he's basically challenging cia domination of the union…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner KILL ZONE Part 2 @ 1:22:34
United States funded American Institute for Free Labor Development host_asserted
“through the Union Association. And the CIA front organization that they were using via being funded from the State Department and the CIA covertly was American Institute for Free Labor Development. We've come across that in at least three o…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Reagan’s complicity; Morocco-Seychelles-Suriname @ 56:00
American Institute for Free Labor Development funded 1972 Chilean truckers' strike book_quoted
“American Institute for Free Labor Development was accused of passing money. State and CIA officials denied this to Congress. Dave Phillips also said that the CIA was not involved in that. But of course, we know all of those people lie, so f…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 36 (38) @ 26:14
Robert F. Kennedy targeted_for_regime_change American Institute for Free Labor Development host_asserted
“the pro-vietnam war democrats um lbj and humphrey and company so he not only did um walter reuther opposed meanie on the civil war he opposed him from very early on about a field and so he's basically challenging cia domination of the union…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner KILL ZONE Part 2 @ 1:22:34

Mentions (13)

Operation Gladio-British Guiana (Guyana) 1953-1964
▶ 16:29 the executive director of the American Institute for Free Labor Development, another CIA principal labor organization for Latin America. So a CIA known agent inside of labor movements. The donor was presumably pleased because the next year,…
Operation Gladio-British Guiana (Guyana) 1953-1964
▶ 28:10 Cousin Ed, is that the one whose obituary I found? I think it is. He had been trained in the U.S. at the CIA's American Institute for Free Labor Development, which was basically their school for embedding CIA agents into labor initiatives. …
Operation Gladio - Reagan’s complicity; Morocco-Seychelles-Suriname
▶ 56:00 through the Union Association. And the CIA front organization that they were using via being funded from the State Department and the CIA covertly was American Institute for Free Labor Development. We've come across that in at least three o…
The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4
▶ 30:43 they like doubled and tripled the amount of consulates throughout Brazil. So now you have more stations in all of the different states to house CIA operatives. Other CIA agents were placed within these seemingly straightforward groups as th…
The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4
▶ 31:13 which is kind of the precursor to the labor element of National Endowment for Democracy. No one's allowed to organize labor movements against U.S. corporations outside of America. The Labor Development Office was a creature of the early 60s…
The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4
▶ 32:48 So they basically were disrupting unions for U.S. oligarchs by scaring the hell out of them and using communism as an excuse. By 1963, in addition to fieldwork, the AIFLD, the labor part of it, was arranging a training session in Washington…
The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4
▶ 1:09:40 are a threat to them. And that's been shown to us over and over and over again. SR71? Thank you, Colonel. To all along's point, what I'll add is the American Institute for Free Labor Development, the AIFLD, that was founded by the AFL-CIO i…
The Colonel's Corner KILL ZONE Part 2
▶ 1:22:04 So, on the other hand, you know, I agree. It's just, you know, without unions, dot, dot, dot, it's such a loaded game, you know. Which, again, I think you mentioned a field, this absolutely critical point, the American Institute for Free La…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy CIA Secret Wars Part 1
▶ 56:51 and the British secret intelligence to get the ball rolling. The agency had longstanding ties to AFL, American Federation of Labor. They had played a central role in the 1949 creation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions …
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 36 (38)
▶ 18:37 A few months later, strikes that began with a key episode at one of the mines that had been taken over by the Chilean government from Kennecott. This crippled the copper industry. And again, who do we find there? We find the American Instit…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 36 (38)
▶ 19:12 the 1980s under National Endowment for Democracy. The country director for Chile, Robert J. O'Neill, acknowledged in retirement that the entire time he was in Chile pretending to work for the American Institute of Free Labor and Development…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 36 (38)
▶ 26:14 American Institute for Free Labor Development was accused of passing money. State and CIA officials denied this to Congress. Dave Phillips also said that the CIA was not involved in that. But of course, we know all of those people lie, so f…
The Colonel's Corner - Transnational Anti Communism & Cold War Part 4
▶ 47:55 Dubinsky, D-U-B-I-N-S-K-Y, who was president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Serafino Rimoldi, who was executive director of the American Institute for Free Labor Development. L.L. Bora, who was general secretary of the U…
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