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07/21/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 07/21/2026 09:44
Episode 205: Civil Society Under Attack
In backsliding democracies around the world, civil society organizations have consistently been targeted by government actors in order to stifle dissent and pluralism. ACS Director of Policy and Program Diane Furstenau joins Lindsay Langholz to discuss this pattern and what lessons we can learn from other countries' experiences as we face similar threats at home.
Host: Lindsay Langholz, Vice President of Policy and Program
Guest: Diane Furstenau, Director of Policy and Program, ACS
Link: Monitor: Tracking Civic Space, CIVICUS
Link: Resource Collections, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Link: The Impacts of the Recent Executive Orders on Nonprofits, National Council of Nonprofits
Link: Civil Society Rights & Resiliency Resources, Charity & Security Network
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