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The Shadow Conventions are being convened by Jim Wallis of Call to Renewal, Scott Harshbarger of Common Cause, Ethan Nadelmann of The Lindesmith Center, Deepak Bhargava of National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support, Ellen Miller of Public Campaign, Chuck Collins of United for a Fair Economy, and Ms. Huffington who will all speak at the conventions. They will be joined by a broad range of activists, political leaders and celebrities, including:
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Huffington's politics began to shift back toward the left in the late 1990s. During the Yugoslav Wars, Huffington opposed United States intervention in the crisis.[11] In 2000, she instigated the 'Shadow Conventions', which appeared at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia and the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles at Patriotic Hall.[12]
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And, while the announcements [3][4] mentioned the name of the Fund, they didn’t mention the Soros connection: From American Spectator (link):
The program’s startup budget will be $1.75 million. The money will be provided by the Huffington Post and the Atlantic Philanthropies. The Bermuda-based Atlantic Philanthropies is headed by Gara LaMarche, who used to be a vice president of liberal uber-philanthropist George Soros‘s Open Society Institute. LaMarche is a member of Soros’s Democracy Alliance, a billionaires’ club that is organizing to impose socialism on America.
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Before joining Atlantic, Mr. LaMarche served as Vice President and Director of U.S. Programs for the Open Society Institute (OSI), a foundation established by philanthropist George Soros. Mr. LaMarche joined OSI in 1996 to launch its U.S. Programs, which focus on challenges to social justice and democracy.
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Atlantic Philanthropies
"We concentrate our work in seven regions of the world where the problems we seek to address are acute and where we believe grantmaking can have an impact in the next 15 years: Australia, Bermuda, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United States and Viet Nam.
"Atlantic is a limited-life foundation, one that is committed to spending its entire multibillion-dollar endowment by 2020, in order to make greater and more immediate improvements in the world.
"Our self-imposed expiration date is in keeping with the spirit and philosophy of our founder, who personally believes in “giving while living” and follows in the philanthropic footsteps of other notable foundations, including the Julius Rosenwald Fund, the Aaron Diamond Foundation, the Lucille B. Markey Charitable Trust and many others." [1]
"As of 31 December 2005, our net assets were approximately $3.1 billion, which includes approximately $580 million already committed to grantees." [2]
- Gara LaMarche - President and Chief Executive Officer
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/11/nyregion/leading-philanthropists-get-carnegie-medals.html?ref=irenediamond
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Published: December 11, 2001
No question about it, the seven philanthropists who received the inaugural Andrew Carnegie Medals of Philanthropy yesterday were an august bunch: Leonore Annenberg, Brooke Astor, Irene Diamond, William H. Gates Sr., David Rockefeller, George Soros and Ted Turner.
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