The Tea Party Caucus in the Senate held its first official meeting today and had extended an invitation to all GOP senators but does this mean we're already seeing Tea Party elects blend in with the Washington establishment? The Majority Report's Sam Seder weighs in.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Chossudovsky: CIA's NGOs - the ABC of US foreign policy
Russian opposition leaders and human rights activists pleaded with top US officials to support their plans for political and social change, but the request was apparently given short-shrift by Washington. Russia's Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, which obtained fresh files from WikiLeaks, reports that the group was consistently critical of the Kremlin and wanted American help for reform.
Those demands were voiced on a visit to Moscow by Michael McFaul, Special Assistant to The President for National Security Affairs, who met with opposition leaders at the residence of the American envoy to Russia in Moscow. According to the reports, the opposition said: "Washington should pay more attention to significant incidents related to freedom of assembly in Russia. To solve problems in Russia's civic society, parties should sit down at the negotiation table -- both Russian and US governments, and representatives from NGOs." The US response was, "It is up to Russian activists to build up their relations with their administration, without relying on America."
Michel Chossudovsky from the Center for Research on Globalization said it is no surprise that Russian opposition parties come knocking on the door of the US embassy.
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Orchestrated Storms: US sending waves through Yemen, Egypt, Tunisia?
Protests inspired by the revolt in Tunisia have dominoed along Egypt, Yemen and Algeria. Some have drawn comparisons to the colour revolutions seen in post-Soviet countries. To discuss this RT talks to William Engdahl - author of the book 'Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the new world order.'
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