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The Messenger (Georgia) October 6, 2005 What is the aim of "Anti-Soros" -"I know it is a fact that the swindler Soros is an agent of Mossad [Israeli Foreign Intelligence Agency] and the CIA. Members of Saakashvili's government are also financed by him and are the agents who are under the influence of Soros," -According to the editorial, the United States is the real ruler of Eastern or New Europe and Washington is trying to eliminate any anti-globalization organization as it attempts to establish a 'new, pro-American ideology.' According to Akhali Taoba, Georgia, Ukraine, the Baltic Countries, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania and the Balkan states 'are the main targets of Soros interests and America's 'New Europe' as well,' and Soros is fighting to push American interests at the expense of Russian and Chinese influence in the region. A new movement, "Anti-Soros," was started on Monday. While it is well known the organizers behind the movement share an anti-western and pro-northern political outlook, the popularity of the initiative proves there are real concerns in Georgian society about Western influences and 'imported' ideas. Railing against Soros has become quite fashionable in Georgia. Supporters of Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia, the widow of the first president of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, routinely hold protest demonstrations in front of Soros' Open Society-Georgia Foundation in Tbilisi. They demand that the Soros Fund cease its activities in the country. The newspaper Alia commented ironically on the 'fashionable fight' against Soros: "It leaves the impression that there is a social competition between small parties as to whose name will be associated with the departure of Soros from Georgia. On the one side Manana Archvadze-Gamsakhurdia is holding demonstrations and from the other side Igor Giorgadze's supporters have formed this alliance. Furthermore, it is also said that even the government wants to expel Soros from Georgia." The head of Open-Society Georgia, Davit Darchiashvili, believes the founding of Anti-Soros proves there are people with two types of world view - totalitarian and liberal-democratic. According to Akhali Taoba, Darchiashvili stated only people who 'were hurt by the collapse of the empire' and are now 'searching for an ideological nucleus' are upset with Soros. But the emergence of an anti-Soros alliance this week is not a coincidence that can be explained with black and white terms such as "totalitarian" and "liberal democratic." Although the Anti-Soros platform does unites pro-Russian forces, it also taps into a segment of Georgian population that has concerns about protecting their traditions. In their mind, Soros-financed non-governmental organizations are characterized by a lack of national consciousness. According to Akhali Taoba, the Anti-Soros movement unites people who believe that "Soros interferes excessively and harshly in Georgia's domestic affairs and seeks to destroy the Georgian consciousness." No matter how loudly - and frequently - Soros-funded NGOs prove they are doing good for the country, the image of Soros in not a positive one in Georgian society. This anti-Soros sentiment, alliance members hope, can then be turned against America and the West as a whole. According to one of the founders of Anti-Soros, former MP Elizbar Javelidze, NGOs financed by Soros are fighting against the state interests of Georgia. He thinks that organizations such as the Young Lawyers Association, the Caucasian House, Kmara, the Liberty Institute and the Republican Party want to change the conciseness of the Georgian people in order to place them under the influence of the United States. "I know it is a fact that the swindler Soros is an agent of Mossad [Israeli Foreign Intelligence Agency] and the CIA. Members of Saakashvili's government are also financed by him and are the agents who are under the influence of Soros," he said, as quoted by Akhali Taoba. An Akhali Taoba editorial writer takes this argument further and states that Anti-Soros can be considered the first anti-globalization organization in Georgia. The journalist also discusses the goals of Soros and America, which are "clearly not of Georgian origin" in terms of Georgia and the whole of Eurasia. According to the editorial, the United States is the real ruler of Eastern or New Europe and Washington is trying to eliminate any anti-globalization organization as it attempts to establish a 'new, pro-American ideology.' According to Akhali Taoba, Georgia, Ukraine, the Baltic Countries, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania and the Balkan states 'are the main targets of Soros interests and America's 'New Europe' as well,' and Soros is fighting to push American interests at the expense of Russian and Chinese influence in the region. The editorial also highlights concerns that this 'New Europe' will result in the end of Georgian culture. "In the New Europe the concepts of nation, culture, ethnicity, religion should be abolished. Then, on their ruins, a unified subculture - pan-Americanism - will be constructed where, like in America, there will be no differences between nations; there will only be obedience to the laws that Washington will offer to New Europe member countries.' .... __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com Serbian News Network - SNN [email protected] http://www.antic.org/
