Open Society Foundations Podcast

Veteran organizers Zack Exley, Ai-jen Poo, and Zephyr Teachout examined the perils and the promise of mass civic participation. (Recorded: May 7, 2009)

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Open Society Fellow Richard Horsey discussed the International Labor Organization’s successful efforts to persuade the government of Burma to amend some of its harsh labor policies. (Recorded: May 4, 2009)

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Open Society Fellow Evgeny Morozov focused on threats to open society posed by the Internet and discussed ways in which authoritarian governments and extremists are using the web to their own advantage. (Recorded: April 30, 2009)

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This panel event explored the issue of accountability for former heads of state who committed human rights violations and other abuses while in power. (Recorded: April 23, 2009)

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This panel discussion looked at the severe impact of the global economic crisis on the lives of labor migrants in Russia and Tajikistan. (Recorded: April 22, 2009)

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Influential blogger Marc Lynch discussed how new media technologies have reshaped political communications throughout the Middle East. (Recorded: April 21, 2009)

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Experts from Physicians for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch assessed the health crisis in Zimbabwe, at this Open Society Institute panel discussion. (Recorded: January 21, 2009)

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Los Angeles Times Baghdad bureau chief Tina Susman discussed the texture of ordinary life in Iraq as well as the overall state of the surge. (Recorded: April 7, 2009)

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The Open Society Institute hosted a forum on changing U.S. policy in the Middle East with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and author of Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East. (Recorded: April 15, 2009)

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Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg and Herb Sturz spoke about the controversial police practice of "stop-and-search" and broader lessons for criminal justice reforms in emerging democracies. (Recorded: April 13, 2009)

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