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4 days ago

Read Binaifer’s full piece: https://t.co/XWeVaLhwuW

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Freedom over censorship, Truth over narrative

4 days ago

Recent events, including the fatal shooting at a mosque in San Diego and stabbings targeting the Jewish community in London, show how the demonization of faith communities can deepen divisions in society and lead to terrible violence. Muslim and Jewish communities are often pitted against each other. Similarly, antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate are often countered separately. As Open Society President Binaifer Nowrojee @NowrojeeOSF writes in @guardian, these hatreds cannot be defeated apart. That’s why we recently announced a $30 million initiative to counter both antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate and keep communities safe across faiths.

OpenSociety's tweet photo. Recent events, including the fatal shooting at a mosque in San Diego and stabbings targeting the Jewish community in London, show how the demonization of faith communities can deepen divisions in society and lead to terrible violence.

Muslim and Jewish communities are often pitted against each other. Similarly, antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate are often countered separately.

As Open Society President Binaifer Nowrojee @NowrojeeOSF writes in @guardian, these hatreds cannot be defeated apart. That’s why we recently announced a $30 million initiative to counter both antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate and keep communities safe across faiths.

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5 days ago

Our recently announced anti-hate initiative focuses on confronting antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate together as we support efforts to protect communities, build bridges, and safeguard lawful expression and free debate. Read more from Open Society President @NowrojeeOSF:

5 days ago

Antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate have flared across the west, with each rising to record levels. But, as I write in the @guardian, these two hatreds have rarely been seen as related dangers - let alone confronted as a common threat to societies.

NowrojeeOSF's tweet photo. Antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate have flared across the west, with each rising to record levels.

But, as I write in the @guardian, these two hatreds have rarely been seen as related dangers - let alone confronted as a common threat to societies. https://t.co/W15JY8031s

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Open Society-Africa @OpenSocietyAfr

9 days ago

As I discussed on the @WomensAgenda podcast, we have to both defend women’s rights and advance them. Having women in leadership positions isn’t a trade-off—it’s win for everyone.

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16 days ago

This week, @OpenSociety’s Resources Futures in Africa convening took place in Pretoria, South Africa.

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laleh ispahani @lispahani

15 days ago

“The irony is that corporate silence poses dangers not only to the foundational pillars of democratic capitalism but also, by extension, to bottom lines,” writes @GeorgiaKeohane, CEO of our impact investing arm, the Soros Economic Development Fund, in @ForeignAffairs.

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18 days ago

“The irony is that corporate silence poses dangers not only to the foundational pillars of democratic capitalism but also, by extension, to bottom lines,” writes @GeorgiaKeohane. https://t.co/0qrnIwmivp

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16 days ago

Today @OpenSociety launched a plan that invests $300M in new thinking that reimagines core rights & economic needs. With rights and freedoms under attack, we must defend & bolster freedoms while simultaneously promoting policies that expand opportunity. https://t.co/37P50EmSY8

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laleh ispahani @lispahani

16 days ago

At @OpenSociety, we just committed $300 million to defend freedoms and create economic opportunities for all in the U.S. We are partnering with people who are looking beyond the hard times of today to imagine an affirmative vision for the next generation.

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16 days ago

Pluralism, and tolerance of pluralism, is critical for democracy and open societies to flourish. That requires courage from all of us to speak out in defense of our friends, neighbors, and fellow Americans when they are attacked.

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16 days ago

Learn more about our work in the United States: https://t.co/BhWa59MDk6

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16 days ago

Every American should be able to live, work, and care for their families, yet costs are soaring, and this promise is out of reach for too many people in America today. Laleh Ispahani shares why we’re doubling down on our work in the U.S. with a $300 million investment that will expand rights, foster economic dignity, and rebuild our democracy. This builds on our decades-long work in the U.S. and around the world.

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16 days ago

Learn more about this investment: https://t.co/CW0u1jmkgc

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16 days ago

Learn more: https://t.co/QoU8RYF6Qz

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16 days ago

We are proud to announce a bold new $300 million initiative to improve the daily lives of Americans and stand up for the rule of law while strengthening rights and freedoms under attack across the United States as we approach the 250th anniversary of the founding of the republic. This investment reflects our commitment to defending against efforts to erode freedoms and civil liberties in the United States and our belief that economic security and rights must advance together to protect democracy. We will give grants to organizations working at the national, state, and local levels that defend civil liberties, stand for the rule of law, expand civil rights, and create economic opportunity. These commitments build on the significant investments Open Society has made in the United States to advance rights, equity, and justice, and represent a meaningful expansion of our work on democracy reform and economic justice. They complement other ongoing Open Society initiatives in the U.S., including on drug policy reform, migration, U.S. foreign policy, and our impact investing and strategic litigation work.

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17 days ago

Read @lispahani’s full reflection: https://t.co/ijenLgI7LI

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17 days ago

The attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego is not an isolated incident. It follows a long and painful line of violent acts in the U.S. targeting Muslim communities and other racial and ethnic minorities. This demands a response that starts with solidarity, writes our Laleh Ispahani @lispahani. An attack on one community does not stay contained—the damage radiates outward. Democracies are not permanent but fragile and require active maintenance. The fuse that most reliably burns them down is racial and ethnic scapegoating—the decision, often made by those in power, to define some people as threats and others as worth protecting. Americans must choose to see themselves as one community and must recognize and make clear that the country’s promise of liberty and justice belongs to all. Last week, we announced a $30 million initiative to counter antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate. Funding, legal defense, research, and interfaith coalition building matter. But the truth is that these do not work without the willingness of every American—regardless of faith or background—to say clearly: This is not who we want to be. To the community of the Islamic Center of San Diego: You are not alone. What happens to you matters to all of us. And when we hold that truth and stand together, we help create the democracy we all deserve.

OpenSociety's tweet photo. The attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego is not an isolated incident. It follows a long and painful line of violent acts in the U.S. targeting Muslim communities and other racial and ethnic minorities.

This demands a response that starts with solidarity, writes our Laleh Ispahani @lispahani. An attack on one community does not stay contained—the damage radiates outward.

Democracies are not permanent but fragile and require active maintenance. The fuse that most reliably burns them down is racial and ethnic scapegoating—the decision, often made by those in power, to define some people as threats and others as worth protecting.

Americans must choose to see themselves as one community and must recognize and make clear that the country’s promise of liberty and justice belongs to all.

Last week, we announced a $30 million initiative to counter antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate. Funding, legal defense, research, and interfaith coalition building matter. But the truth is that these do not work without the willingness of every American—regardless of faith or background—to say clearly: This is not who we want to be.

To the community of the Islamic Center of San Diego: You are not alone. What happens to you matters to all of us. And when we hold that truth and stand together, we help create the democracy we all deserve.

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