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The term [[Color Revolution]] refers to what has now become the standard technique for promoting regime change in targeted nations. These are revolutionary movements or insurrection attempts to overthrow an existing geo-political power or dictator that often adopt a specific color as their symbol, such as in Ukraine's Orange Revolution (2004) and Kuwait's Blue Revolution (2005). Color Revolutions are expensive ($5 billion in the case of Ukraine) and are typically orchestrated by a public-private partnership comprised of government agencies such as the State Department and MI6 and/or CIA, combined with private funding and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). | The term [[Color Revolution]] refers to what has now become the standard technique for promoting regime change in targeted nations. These are revolutionary movements or insurrection attempts to overthrow an existing geo-political power or dictator that often adopt a specific color as their symbol, such as in Ukraine's Orange Revolution (2004) and Kuwait's Blue Revolution (2005). Color Revolutions are expensive ($5 billion in the case of Ukraine) and are typically orchestrated by a public-private partnership comprised of government agencies such as the State Department and MI6 and/or CIA, combined with private funding and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). | ||
If the targeted populations can’t be organized effectively to overthrow their leaders, there is always the fall back option of arming mercenary groups to seize power by violence, or if that fails, out and out military aggression by the US or NATO. The most reliable method seems to be a combination of non-violent and violent action, such as in the case of Ukraine’s second Color Revolution in 2014 (a coup which was comically dubbed the “Revolution of Dignity” by its | If the targeted populations can’t be organized effectively to overthrow their leaders, there is always the fall back option of arming mercenary groups to seize power by violence, or if that fails, out and out military aggression by the US or NATO. The most reliable method seems to be a combination of non-violent and violent action, such as in the case of Ukraine’s second Color Revolution in 2014 (a coup which was comically dubbed the “Revolution of Dignity” by its sponsors, who know that a successful marketing campaign must never be understated.) A similar case was the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, where gang violence was deployed in hopes of provoking a crackdown by the state which could then be exploited for propaganda purposes. But it was inevitable that these techniques would eventually be used on the US itself. <ref>[https://medium.com/@marisol.nostromo/americas-color-revolution-343cdf1b1181 Medium.com]</ref> | ||
==Research Paper Excerpt== | ==Research Paper Excerpt== | ||