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George Soros

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=977 New York hedge fund manager George Soros is one of the most politically powerful individuals on earth.
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/Articles/Organizations%20Funded%20Directly5.htm Organizations that, in recent years, have received direct funding and assistance from George Soros and his Open Society Institute (OSI) include the following. (Comprehensive profiles of each are available in the " Groups " section of DiscoverTheNetworks.org ): Alliance for Justice : Best known for its activism vis a vis the appointment of federal judges, this group consistently depicts Republican judicial nominees as " extremists

Organizations Funded Directly

George Soros

http://www.nndb.com/people/293/000023224/ Born: 12-Aug - 1930 Hungarian-American immigrant who made his fortune in America, and provided seed funding for the Open Society Institute and the Center for American Progress . Gave $100M to Human Rights Watch and $1M to Media Matters for America in 2010.
SPIEGEL: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is praised globally as "Mrs. Europe" and popular at home - partly thanks to her strong refusal to pledge more German money to the Euro rescue effort. You, however, are highly critical of Merkel's leadership. Why? My new book, Financial Turmoil in Europe and the United States , tries to explain and, to the extent possible, predict the outcome of the euro crisis. http://www.georgesoros.com/

George Soros

A Soros Foundation is one of a network of national foundations , mostly in Central and Eastern Europe , which fund volunteer socio-political activity, created by George Soros , international financier and self-proclaimed philanthropist, and coordinated since early 1994 by a management team called the Open Society Institute . Soros says that the principle underlying the philosophy of the Open Society is that there can be no absolute answers to political questions because the same principle of reflexivity applies as in the Financial Markets [ 1 ] . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soros_Foundation

Soros Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros

George Soros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

George Soros ( / ˈ s ɔr oʊ s / or / ˈ s ɔr ə s / ; [ 2 ] Hungarian : Soros György ; Hungarian: [ˈʃoroʃ] ; born August 12, 1930, as Schwartz György ) is a Hungarian-American business magnate , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] investor , and philanthropist . He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management . Soros supports progressive-liberal causes. [ 5 ] He is known as "The Man Who Broke the Bank of England" because of his US$1 billion in investment profits during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Between 1979 and 2011, Soros gave away over $8 billion to human rights, public health, and education causes.
The open society is a concept originally developed [ when? ] by philosopher Henri Bergson and then by Austrian and British philosopher Karl Popper . In open societies, government is purported to be responsive and tolerant, and political mechanisms are said to be transparent and flexible. Advocates claim that it is opposed to closed society . The state in an open society would keep no secrets from itself in the public sense; it would be a non- authoritarian society in which all are trusted with the knowledge of all.

Open society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Open Society Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Open Society Institute ( OSI ), renamed in 2011 to Open Society Foundations , is a private operating and grantmaking foundation started by George Soros , aimed to shape public policy to promote democratic governance , human rights , and economic , legal , and social reform . On a local level, OSF implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law , education , public health , and independent media . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Society_Institute
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_ouverte_et_ses_ennemis La Société ouverte et ses ennemis ( The Open Society and Its Enemies ) est un ouvrage en deux volumes écrit par Karl Popper au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale . Il y traite de la philosophie sociale , et développe notamment une critique de l' historicisme à travers trois auteurs : Platon , Hegel et Marx . N'ayant pas trouvé d'éditeur aux États-Unis, l'ouvrage a été publié pour la première fois en 1945 à Londres par Routledge . Dans La Société ouverte et ses ennemis , Popper développe une critique de l' historicisme , dans le prolongement de Misère de l’historicisme , et défend la « société ouverte » et la démocratie . Il écrit ainsi dans la préface à l'édition française de 1980 [ 1 ] : « L'objet de ce livre est d'aider à la défense de la liberté et de la démocratie.

La Société ouverte et ses ennemis - Wikipédia

openDemocracy

http://www.opendemocracy.net/ The brutal rape and murder of Oksana Makar, apparently committed by well-connected children, has forced Ukrainians to reflect on power, elite privilege and impunity, writes Mykola Riabchuk

Occupy Wall Street: lessons and opportunities | openDemocracy

The Occupy movement in the United States is both similar to and different from its Tea Party predecessor.

Otpor - Wikipédia

Symbole du mouvement Serbe Otpor Le mouvement Otpor , en serbe cyrillique Отпор (« Résistance »), est une organisation politique, généralement considérée comme l'un des acteurs majeurs de la chute du régime de Slobodan Milošević . Après la chute du régime, Otpor est devenu le centre de formation pour l'action non-violente et a formé des jeunes révolutionnaires de différents pays [ 1 ] , [ 2 ] , en Géorgie [ 3 ] , [ 4 ] , puis en Ukraine [ 3 ] , mais aussi en Biélorussie [ 1 ] , aux Maldives [ 5 ] et dernièrement en 2011 Égypte [ 6 ] . Alors que la classe politique serbe était fortement discréditée ou en exil, le mouvement Otpor s'est principalement développé en dehors des structures de l'opposition traditionnelle, sous l'impulsion de jeunes étudiants en premier cycle universitaire et écoles supérieures, fréquemment membres du parti d'opposition [ 7 ] .

Alternative Culture - OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT PROGRAM

are pleased to invite the junior university teachers in the humanities and social sciences in the countries of South-Eastern Europe and Eurasia

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Environmentalists Protest Dolphin Hunting » Each year from October through March, in small towns across Japan, thousands of dolphins and small whales are confined and brutally killed. These slaughters take place in fishing towns including Taiji, Iki, Ito, Futo and Izu. During those months, Japanese fishermen herd whole families and pods of dolphins, porpoises and small whales into shallow bays and mercilessly hack them to death.