In recent times, capitalist interests have financially supported two types of revolution 鈥 helping fund the 鈥渘eoliberal revolution鈥 and supporting/hijacking popular revolutions (or in some cases manufactured 鈥渞evolutions鈥) in countries of geo-strategic importance.
Michael Barker
In the most recent edition of 91自拍论坛 Weekly (GLW #742, links to all contributions in debate so far are below), well-known progressive anti-imperialist activist, Professor Stephen Zunes, has proclaimed that I am a liar.
In the last instalment of a recent exchange that was sparked by 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 interview with Eva Golinger (GLW #716, June 28, 2007), Professor Steven Zunes accused me of having made a 鈥渟eries of false accusations and major leaps of logic鈥 in my critical assessment of the links that the non-profit International Centre on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) maintains with the United States鈥 leading democracy manipulators.
Having previously written a critique of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict which examined it鈥檚 鈥渄emocratic鈥 associations (GLW #722), I was amazed to discover that Professor Stephen Zunes presently serves as the chair of their board of academic advisors.
In GLW #718, Jack Duvall, the president of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), published a letter in response to a couple of 聯errors聰 Eva Gollinger made in her interview 聯US continues destabilisation push in Venezuela聰 in GLW #716. Duvall denied accusations that his group had been involved in training activist groups involved in the recent 聯color revolutions聰 in Eastern Europe, and in opposing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. However, Duvall does admit in his letter that in March 2005 the ICNC 聯gave support to the [Albert] Einstein Institute for a workshop it conducted on nonviolent action for Venezuelans, [which was] held in Boston聰.