crist's after the u.s. imposes tough economic sanctions meanwhile the president ahmadinejad's it received strong backing from the venezuelan leader hugo chavez as he tours south america to shore up support from close allies. and saving the euro the leaders of france and germany pledged to boost the growth and give more power to brussels to stem the debt crisis with tough new fiscal rules but critics say when it comes to watching the pennies the e.u. itself sets a bad example. two thousand and eleven saw a revolution fever sweeping through the arab world toppling regimes and sometimes bringing even more discontent and frustration next to we sit down with the author under scholar jean shop to ask whether nonviolent revolutions are actually a possibility and whether outside military intervention can ever bring proper peaceful democracy.

i'm sitting down with gene sharp his book from dictatorship to democracy is seen by many as a guide on how to carry out a revolution through nonviolent means it's often referred to as the bible of calo gravel dr sharp looking at how revolutions unfold in the arab world do you see it as transition from dictatorship to democracy. in the us is. this is a bringing down the old system the old do tutorials and it doesn't seem to you that people there are trading one form of oppression for another they're often happens. if that happens and it's a good set to bring down the oppression. but it's not citizens so they have to be very careful but it seems the egyptians weren't very careful what they have now is their military brutally cracking down on protesters we hear about all kinds of

abuses islamists are gaining power in the country my question is this what kind of democracy could the current state of affairs in egypt possibly create. removes me as a mistake because it never agreed that mubarak condition gives the power over to the army and then i'll resign never stoops. because that's it i mean it's been the agent of repression in egypt for decades and they're going to change overnight but it's unclear. as i don't know i do that the two of them today said what their pricing is and all. that it's a different kind of situation that we don't really know the story moving well they did start out as a largely nonviolent popular uprising but we see what it turned into could it be that your concept of nonviolent uprisings is kind of forward do you in this day and age i mean look at the arab world it's

a bloody mess you get the misses when you get people standing up. and saying we want a change because. they don't like to be told we don't love you anymore you're right you know the second you go and they will use whatever means of controlling repression and killing and intimidation they can muster and when to not be surprised that so uprisings like that can't be nonviolent in principle they can if they go into many many more would die. divines is not a solution to people dying many people couldn't run with presidents and civil wars and international military intervention in the face of number. as in syria for example when an admitted that if they go into a civil war for an intervention in syria many many many more will die he said to

critics of the syrian opposition absolutely refuses to talk to the government don't you think it deepens the crisis adds to the violence what they're doing there in refusing to negotiate because negotiations are aware that the government do pressure governments to use to get the resistors not to resist but do you go with the ship because you have to go through it but that situation basically rules out nonviolent struggle that you were talking about it provokes while it is causing the regime use what i don't see maybe. so people should be dying in the name of revolution is that what you're saying you seem to have. something only a boy means are powerful quick to the contrary oh no i just see a bloody mess instead of the idea makes nonviolence surge that you are writing about in the book let me ask you this the us nato have set

a precedent with the military intervention in libya could it do you think it creates a situation in syria where radical elements among the syrian opposition are more inclined to provoke these sorties in order to invite an intervention i think you can intervene military intervention is very dangerous and will. be and some syrians have been doing that that's very unfortunate because that will not help that we're not being a democracy that will be a victory by the outside forces being assuming you get rid of the old regime then. came to be heavily influenced by the powers that intervene us in france or who have various other they will have a major say in her government happens and that's not the power of the syrian people but your weight think should be is that what happened in libya yes in your opinion

what's in it for the u.s. when it decides to meddle in foreign revolutions in foreign affairs you know that as well or better than i do you know. i'm not talking about the u.s. policy why i let's talk about it being you know is u.s. government should not be intervening in military in the name of the seventeen democracy because if it doesn't work and they can serve other objectives what about nonmilitary means it seems they're using all kinds of means their means of server should be used by the u.s. government but the people of that country to get rid of. a lot of people are getting this. says that washington is more into establishing friendly regimes rather than democracies if we take libya for example people there are afraid to speak up right now i mean we have reporters on the ground and they have to blur people's faces all the time because people are afraid of being seen the leadership there is about to introduce sharia law as the basis for their new laws which is

pretty much incompatible with democratic values so libya pretty much looks like an example of how instead of a supposed transition to democracy people are getting pretty much the opposite you know i think that is a different case because that's a case where the. change was brought down by. foreign forces combined with civil war brought down the gadhafi regime that's an example of the view of the number of several on a slightly different note occupy wall street a very peaceful movement by all standards do you find them effective you know. you know. people. are annoyed with you know you were angry with your stream limited political control they had. the extreme. distribution of. people making the expression

of their opinions. symbolism does not change the distribution of wealth in a country so you're saying no change is possible through that kind of nonviolent action yes or. change opinions maybe but this is not sufficient let's go back to the arab world people there seem to be getting more and more convinced that nonviolence doesn't get them anywhere either do you think change can be brought about only through revolution. can be both ways but what kind of change exactly i'm glad you brought that up because it seems the way it is now is people take to the streets with genuine aspirations but those who take advantage of those uprisings end up stepping on people's rights as well as they are pretty assessors had to change can be from dictatorship to a nude. or storms. many many years ago.

but then. i mean it's inevitable but no means the kind of action that you choose to use to determine what kind of result you get is very clear that records extreme care and extreme good judgment and clear thinking and. to prevent that from happening i see a contradiction between this idealist view of a nonviolent revolution and the end of reality you know someone said and i don't remember who it was but it goes any revolution is started by id. louis carried out by fanatics and taken advantage of by bastards around the world. but not in the revolution somewhere different in your work can you outline the steps that would make

a revolution happen but what i think was overlooked is life after a revolution and in most cases it is a set tale you should be concerned about that. i didn't overlook it because in concluding pages that was a good essay. it warns about that. sort of solution to what to do that correctly it warns about but that warning of yours is being largely ignored don't you think i believe that it's a problem that's why we've got more work going on thank you very much for the interview but it's been a pleasure. now

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close allies. saving the euro the leaders of france and germany pledged to boost growth and give more power to brussels to stem the debt crisis with tough new fiscal rules but critics say when it comes to watching the pennies the e.u. itself sets a bad example. one time now for the sports with you know. chris have you with us business for today plenty head over the next ten minutes or so the story of. top of the world leader no messi is named for the year for no place to vent a third straight. legend returns to are still in style netting the winner in an f.a. cup tie against leeds. in gear we go back in time for

a look at when he met both the twenty eleven european truck driving championships in the eastern russian city. it is becoming almost predictable now but all the more remarkable for a clear no messi has been named fifth world player of the year for a third successive time the result of the sort of money in zurich almost a given following in their stunning season for the twenty four year old to me and messi had been up against barcelona team it is a real madrid maestro cristiana rinaldo along with winning this spanish league spanish super cup you waifish super cup the club world cup last year messi was named man of the match and boxes champions league final victory over a month chest united to be a great night for f.c. barcelona all in all pep guardiola also clinched the coach helping your. stuff it's been

a dream return for terry already an arsenal colors the club's record goalscorer adding to his legend by netting the winner in an f.a. cup time with leeds just days after joining the side on loan from the new york red bulls the thirty four year old coming off the bench to make all the difference at the emirates who last played for the going to show five years ago leaving only ten minutes to adopt fully to be action the striker receiving a pinpoint. pos from alex song in the area to seal the final one nil result and put arson bangers man into the fourth grind over the top where they'll take on the last until. the effort was only two hundred twenty seven full for arsenal adding to his record strike rate at the moment i spoke. up brings us to boss people where it's all going to plan for him key in the european wide league the moscow region side staying top of the table thanks to a one sided win over lafayette i fed vs riga richard from port took up

a seat for this one. coming off the back of two straight defeats khimki would turn in to get two thousand and twelve back on trying as bait to calm the latvian i am fit to be reagan they were competing in the v t v which sees eighteen teams from around eastern europe competing against each other in two groups came key came into being counted on top of the group and they look to determine to stay there as they got off to a good start with alex asia trying proving to be a particular handful for the visitors and going into the half time break aside from just outside moscow had a ready opened up a commanding lead as bay would go into the intermission thirty preach twenty one advantage team key continue to dominate in the third base stretch play lead to an imposing nineteen going into the final quarter. riga did try to rally but they were left for far too much to do as him key were able to turn on the style dime

a strange as great ease to a seventy seven points to fifty four when it is a pretty good win for us especially we entered two thousand and twelve with two defeats so it was a little bit difficult for us does this give us a call for that especially because you have a structure again very tough especially on the road so this is this thing it is gives us a great car kids it's great to have fun you know remember sometimes that this is a game and we're wherever the fun is something we've done all our life so you know it was exciting to see some of the young guys step up and make some great plays and for what our team a lot and it's a much needed win for him to manage the snap pair two game losing streak victory they continue to dominate to the tepee league's group a as bay now move to an impressive ten and one record for jumbo please don't see the moscow region ok let's stay on the hardwood where in the n.b.a. the new orleans hornets finally snapped their six game losing streak beating the

dead. on the road the opening period well it was a tight affair with the hosts ending at just the point ahead twenty seven twenty six thanks to danny little effort here but in the second quarter the visitors would begin to pull away finding themselves eight points to the good by half time the third would follow a similar pattern new orleans scoring the nuggets by some points. scoring for the hornets with twenty one point chris kaman also instrumental with twenty for the eventual winners ninety four eighty one how it ended up in colorado. but given steve stricker start of the new u.s. p.g.a. tour season with aplomb the american golfer topping the tournaments of champions in hawaii stricker started the final round with a solid five stroke lead almost squandered early on thankfully for the wisconsin native his rivals couldn't take advantage stricker being the eighteenth

hole to close with a sixty eight. to seal a three shot victory the forty four year old finishing ahead of second place martin lard's with simpson on the fending champion jonathan byrd were joined third. stricker himself was left to celebrate his twelfth career when the victory in the debut events helping him also move on to a number five world record i think it was so patient you know frustrated but patient and i told myself if i could get a couple back before the turn of. the birdie had a. you know calming down quite a bit and. i played really steady today i was proud. so proud the way a part of it but you know proud the way. we and the bullets in this hour by taking a look back at one of russia's smaller unusual motor sport events of twenty eleven the smolensk leg of the truck driving european championships. reported in august the big brush auction was not for the faint hearted. power and speed

on these trucks gear up to one hundred sixty kilometers an hour and could have been even faster if they hadn't been restricted whether of you issues of the european truck racing jumper ships this mines between the two year old track designed by famous formula one architect chairman to get hosting the sports elite for the second straight time for the fifth leg of the two thousand and eleven european championships. the reigning champion until noble third in proved to be the fastest driver during saturday school vacation and start the race won from full position although this season's leader in holland was quick to would take this and lead the way to fourteen let actions soon turned into a duel between the two with a spanish fire while i'm melting the german ice in a thrilling finale abutted taking the bandage over

a slight mistake by hand and snatching victory in the dying seconds of the race i watched the portray. the see if they make a mistake at the end i happy he made them say yeah and i was there a short break so that drivers could recover and so could the trucks they were back on the track for race two which according to the competition regulations for the top eight starts in their birth order a perfect opportunity to shine but those would fail in the first event of the day germany's marcus strike was keen to take his chance and win while russia's biggest hope in the sport oleksandr finished both races in the ninth place pretty disappointing for the thirty nine year old could claim his first victory in spain earlier this year but far from fulfil his potential in front of his home crowd. i would say performing on home soil is

a bit harder for me it's about the other risk. pons ability you want to produce your best make your fans happy and i also try to share my time with the fans who want a photo of me or sign a poster so it cuts both ways however there were still two more racist scheduled for sunday so still time to set the record straight for the key event of the day race three turned out to be the decider of your hand hard to believe and claimed a confident victory well third it failed to finish a second race in the roof due to technical problems two hundred two in a syllable eat inflamed overall victory at the russian stage of the european championships just like he did last year i think it's a very good place from a last year i have heard about this and i have to make a big step in the champions. now i'm very happy and smiling and this is how it stood when it came to race for the week with the winner decided to prove to be true

good for the spectators it looked like drivers had lost their inhibitions and live there are drugs gill said loose course amongst themselves something the russian fans of the sport will look forward to witnessing again in two thousand and twelve robert but in your own party central russia. great stuff and that is all your sports world weather is next year and twenty four hour party. well for the future of science technology innovation haldol news developments from around russia we've got the future covered wealthy british style.

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