";s:4:"text";s:5575:"You accept our use of cookies by closing this message box or continuing to use our site. The Groups like the Ford Foundation, Borealis Philanthropy, and Democracy Alliance tend to establish large funds that are disbursed to many smaller organizations, chapters, and individual activists. The Open Society Foundations added that the donations will help the movement to “end policing as we know it.” This is not the first time Soros has donated to black lives matter. George Soros’ Open Society Foundations announced $220 million in investments to help emerging organizations and leaders who are building power in black communities across the U.S. We are committed to helping them through the crisis. In the course of explaining how it was formed, the group refers to cities like Ferguson, Missouri, as “occupied territory” – with law enforcement cast as a brutal invading force – and insists most other cities should be seen the same way: “We understood Ferguson was not an aberration, but in fact, a clear point of reference for what was happening to Black communities everywhere.”Corporate and foundation sponsors appear unconcerned that BLM is unclear about who runs the movement today and commands its vast resources. Not everyone who claims to be with “Black Lives Matter” is a certified member of the group founded by Garza, Cullors, and Tometi.Magazine published an approving article on June 4 telling readers how to donate money to the Black Lives Matter movement. When George Soros’s Open Society Foundations (OSF) was accused last year of funding Black Lives Matter (BLM), Ken Zimmerman, the director of U.S. programs at OSF, flatly denied it … The Romanian Center for Indepen… Many organizations on both the Left and Right claim to speak for sympathetic constituencies, or carefully cultivate an image of being much less wealthy and powerful than they actually are. Black Lives Matter means defund the police,” BLM said.What agenda are people supporting with their black boxes, tweets, Facebook posts, and financial donations? This is a very old game practiced by both amateurs and political professionals. Some of these prerogatives include creating a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, cutting the number of prison inmates by 50%, enacting comprehensive immigration reform, increasing welfare handouts, and raising taxes to redistribute wealth. Anastasia Beverly Hills fashions – $1 million pledged, $100,000 donated so far to groups including BLMBad Robot Productions – film studio involved in Star Trek, Star Wars, and Mission Impossible, $10 million pledged to “anti-racist” groups. The line between welcome support and unacceptable exploitation of the movement is blurry.