The Left's Covert Agenda: USAID's Role in Activist Training in America
In a shocking revelation that should concern all Americans, it has come to light that USAID is funding organizations that train domestic activists in tactics historically used to engineer political upheaval abroad.
The Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), based out of Serbia, has embedded itself into U.S. universities, openly promoting methods designed to destabilize governing authorities.
These tactics have been funded through USAID’s Civil Society Engagement Program, worth a staggering $17 million, which seeks to deploy activist strategies on American soil under the guise of promoting democracy.
Can it be said that the same methods used to topple foreign regimes are now being introduced to our young people as legitimate forms of civic engagement?
CANVAS claims to provide training on “building successful non-violent movements,” and not just as a seminar topic, but integrated into the curriculum of several prestigious universities.
This deeply concerning trend extends far beyond just lectures. It includes hands-on activist training that equips students with tools for orchestrating mass protests and mobilizing citizen movements—an alarming development for a nation that prides itself on the peaceful exchange of ideas.
Take Colorado College, for example, which has collaborated with CANVAS for over a decade. The integration of a dedicated CANVAS program within the political science department raises questions about academic objectivity and patriotism.
With their curriculum promoting strategies like power mapping and coalition building, CANVAS is normalizing tactics aimed at coercing political change—not through the ballot box but by fostering divisions and unrest.
Such a system encourages students to view dissent not just as freedom of speech but as a call to action against their own government, a troubling perspective that seems to lend itself more to revolutionary movements than to democratic ideals.
This trend is not merely an academic conversation; it has real-world implications.
CANVAS's connections with various NGOs underline a significant network that exists to professionalize activism, effectively promoting socially-engineered chaos under the banner of civic life.
Through public collaborations with organizations like the Albert Einstein Institution, which has historically shaped protest movements, CANVAS stands at the center of an activist spiderweb stretching across American campuses.
This requires a critical appraisal of who is shaping the narrative of activism in this country.
As the American public becomes increasingly aware of these initiatives, it raises an essential question for parents, educators, and policymakers alike: is the liberal agenda so desperate to reshape society that it bypasses traditional democratic methods?
With rising concerns about security and the rule of law, it appears that the American landscape is being reshaped from the inside out, challenging the values that many have held dear.
Sources:
dailycaller.comnewsbusters.orgnataliegwinters.substack.com