The History and Science of Color Revolutions, Part 1Brandon Turbeville Although more recent movements were the focus of that discussion, it is important to understand, however, that the color revolution is not merely a recent invention on the part of the ruling elite. In fact, this particular method of destabilization has quite a long history, having been perfected in the late 1960s and refined into an art form as time has progressed. Indeed, Jonathan Mowat adds to the recent historical understanding of the controlled-coup and color revolutions in his article, The New Gladio In Action: Swarming Adolescents, also focusing on the players and the methods of deployment. Mowat writes, Mowat then goes on to demonstrate how this theory of destabilization fits with that endorsed by military-industrial theoreticians like Dr. Peter Ackerman who wrote the aptly-named book Strategic Nonviolent Conflict. For instance, when Ackerman spoke at the Secretarys Open Forum at the State Department in June 29, 2004, Ackerman did not quibble with the imperialist goals of the Bush administration, only the methods used to achieve them. In his speech, Between Hard and Soft Power: The Rise of Civilian-Based Struggle and Democratic Change, Ackerman suggested that youth movements, not American military might, could be used to bring down North Korea and Iran and that they could have been used to bring down Iraq. Ackerman also stated in his speech that he was working with Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, the U.S. weapons designer, for the purpose of creating new communications technologies that might be used by these youth insurgencies.[2] As Mowat points out, Ackerman is the founding Chairman of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflicts of Washington, D.C. where Jack Duvall, a former U.S. Air Force officer, is President. Ackerman is also co-director with former CIA Director James Woolsey of the Arlington Institute (AI) of Washington, D.C. The AI was created by John L. Peterson, in 1989 who is the former Chief of Naval Operations, for the stated purpose of helping redefine the concept of national security in much larger, comprehensive terms by introducing social value shifts into the traditional national defense equation.[3] Yet the theory of youth insurgencies in no way began with Ackerman. As far back as 1967, the Tavistock Institute, the major psychological experimentation wing of the military industrial complex, was studying the effects of using swarming adolescents as an instrument of governmental disruption and regime change. As Jonathan Mowat summarizes, Of course, the publicly acknowledged and published studies and theoretical applications of using swarming adolescents for the purposes of destabilizing ones enemy continued on through the years becoming more and more refined as it moved forward in both theory and practice. As mentioned in my article Color Revolutions 101: The Making Of A Controlled Revolution, the use of death squads and mass movements against the nation state or rival movements is nothing new. This much is evidenced by the work T.E. Lawrence many years ago. However, the details and techniques of the manipulation of mass numbers of people have only continued to become more and more advanced and sophisticated. Mowat further describes the research and theory behind color revolutions: Mowat goes on to describe what he deems to be the final aspect of color revolutions and destabilizations the implementation of polling operations providing false exit poll data, confidence in government, satisfaction with the current regime, support for the opposition, etc. This method serves to create the perception both inside and outside the target country that conditions were abominable before the revolution (which may or may not be true), that the overwhelming majority of the citizens within the target country support the coup, and that the regime is failing. In short, the goal is to create a self-fulfilling prophecy of governmental collapse. After a short propaganda blitz citing these poll watchers, freedom and democracy organizations, and human rights organizations, the door is opened to the implementation of international pressure against the target governments, covert action inside and outside of the nation, and the defection of pre-planned agents planted within the governmental and military structure. Mowat writes, Because color revolutions, destabilizations, and coups require much more than propaganda inside or outside the country, it is necessary to organize, train, indoctrinate, and mobilize with boots on the ground inside the target nation. Since the movement will not be an organic one, the swarming adolescents must be organized by the agents directing the destabilization. Regardless, the propaganda that is used both inside and outside of the target nation is traditionally very effective in garnering domestic support for whatever additional measures are then taken against the victim state. Americans have typically fallen for every color revolution enacted overseas (and domestically) just as much as Eastern Europeans, Middle Easterners, and Africans have done. The American people must quickly learn the formula behind color revolutions, destabilizations, and the agendas of the world oligarchy before it becomes too late for us all. Notes: [1] Tarpley, Webster G. Obama: The Postmodern Coup. Mowat, Jonathan. A New Gladio In Action: Swarming Adolescents. Progressive Press. 2008. Pp. 243-270. Recently by Brandon Turbeville: Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He has a Bachelors Degree from Francis Marion University and is the author of six books, Codex Alimentarius The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies,Five Sense Solutionsand Dispatches From a Dissident, volume 1 and volume 2, and The Road to Damascus: The Anglo-American Assault on Syria.Turbeville has published over 275 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbevilles podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com. WoW 