The Fight for Democracy, Social Justice, and Equality in the Caucuses

Russia is seeking to bring its former colonies back into its sphere of influence. The operation began with interference in the Ukrainian presidential election in 2004, which resulted in the poisoning of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko and the start of the Orange Revolution in the country.

The “institutionalist” approach that seeks to preserve a status quo that has not solved the most serious problems of our peoples is a defensive, conservative and even reactionary position. Perhaps because they like my books, perhaps because they like my articles, perhaps because I teach State Theory many years ago: last week two universities of the United States invited me to expose about the political situation in Latin America, the global auth…

The Fight for Democracy, Social Justice, and Equality in the Caucuses

The country of Georgia, a small nation of 3.8 million people in the Caucasus, has been thrown into a profound crisis. Its people have risen up against the ruling party, Georgian Dream, over the passage of its Russia-style “foreign influence law,” homophobic anti-LGBTQ propaganda law, rigging of the recent election, and suspension of accession talks for membership in the EU. The billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili pulls the strings behind Georgian Dr…