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CIA covertly backed Solidarity with non violent aid. In that specific ring fences example, did anyone outside of the Soviet/Polish regimes have issue with it t
by chriselles 7y ago
CIA covertly backed Solidarity with non violent aid.
In that specific ring fences example, did anyone outside of the Soviet/Polish regimes have issue with it then or since?
Would any/many Poles consider it a mistake or criticise the effort or result?
- crispinb 7y agoSame with Serbia's Otpor! IIRC there was a fair bit of criticism of them within Serbia for taking American (if not CIA?) funding, and who knows whether that specific act was the right decision. But the did get rid of Milosevic, remarkably peacefully given the nature of the regime.
- chriselles 7y agoI had Otpor! Co-founder Srdja Popovic as a lecturer for a Harvard/JFK School course on non violent social change. It was a really interesting opportunity to learn from someone who has actually led non violent social change, rather than just researching/writing about it. A bit like YC compared to other accelerators. Experience doing over talking. Optor’s ‘Laughtivism” Strategy was quite creative and funny. While it was never discussed, I suspect you may be right about Otpor’s sources of funding. It could be disinformation, but it could also be true.
- crispinb 7y agoYes well, that's real-world experience in spades - actually taking part in deposing a regime!