that the present communist party in russia is the inheritor of the russian communist party not the communist party of the soviet union it's much more like a normal political party and it's been a kind of permanent opposition ever since the collapse of the soviet union archie what do you think about when we look at the power struggle between as the soviet union was. quickly going into dissolution it was about the ambitions of two men i'd like to go back to my original question i mean because we we see they were very close at one point and then they had a huge following out and it was it's very interesting when people ask me about that period and you know and both of them for a lot of people in russia today twenty years out the fact are extremely unpopular political figures. yes it was partly that but neverless coverage of laterally was prepared to give up office in order to preserve some kind of union i mean i think he had certain convictions and to go back to what we're talking about a moment ago it wasn't a question of having factions within the party it was actually splitting the party int

some people -- spying was common during the communist era.e people suffered far worse. >> we have now opened the museum. you are not telling about these other things. people actually can understand without telling the bodies and murders. people can understand that. it was not nice time. >> the end of the cold war meant more tourists and also more competition for the hotel. but, the hotel has certainly made a break with the past. the modest dishes sold in the soviet era are still available, but only on request. today, the emphasis is on nouveau cuisine. few estonians have positive memories of the soviet era. for the younger generation, it is distant history. a tourist guide was just a child when estonia regain its independence. -- regained its independence. >> these things here, they seem such a long history. >> even the painful history can be an entertaining one. hotel guests are treated to a soviet-themed music and dance show, nostalgia without the sentimentality. ♪ >> it is a lovely scene. of course, 20 years after the fall of the soviet un

are you a commu>> no, we think s the ruling party which is the communist party and the communist party has 17 million party members. you have to remember the country with 1.3 billion population. i don't think that you can call china the communist country. you cannot call the u.k. a conservative uk. >> yes, but you can call it a capitalist country. >> this is a socialist country with chinese characteristics. that is different. >> talking to young people in particular in beijing, i got the impression that they were pretty optimistic about the chinese international role. they saw this as the century which was developing in a way which is going to make china a much more significant force in the world. do you think that? >> china will certainly contribute its part to the prosperity of the world. we do not see china as a superpower. i would characterize china as the largest developing country with increasing international influence and responsibilities. >> but people look at what china does. in the security council, for example. you opposed to sanctions on syria, sanctions on iran and they w

. >> the communist rule starts after the second world war, doesn't it? 46 or 48? the communists got involved. >> you know, of course, it would take more than this show to explain. on the eve of the second world war, when hitler met with britain, france, and italy, the infamous munich agreement, slovakia sort of followed suit and declared its own independence. this credit -- very critical moment for czechoslovakia. the result of the munich agreement was not only the way for the border territories for the czech -- but also the split between the czechs and slovaks. the second split was much more peaceful and negotiated and much more friendly. and that took place, as you said, in 1992. the second historic phenomenon was the yalta conference where basically decided whether the western allies and the russian red army would basically median europe, and czechoslovakia fell under the influence of the soviet union. so, this is where the roots, the foundations of the soviet dominance began in our country. so, if followed with the elections in 1946, which of the communist par

you all might look and see just the communists. i see a black man who has poor people and working people in a smirking at his alternative vision and he's been true to it for the last 45 years. even if i disagree, i can keep track of the love that's what we need to do to each and everyone of us because if you have courage coming to manifest some of that of tight digestives. the same way. i brothers sisters shot them out of the burning of your. how do you talk about a love for precious brothers and sisters on the one hand, what been hated for so long, hungry for security and at the same time they know their prophetic tradition leads them to talk about justice. yes, justice for precious palace tinian brothers and sisters. let's be honest about it. at the same time you can check out love on both sides, but keep lists of life on both sides. that's what we're talking about. that's what made this movement so beautiful. i want to come to a close on this note of hope because it is precisely when we lift our voices and engage the weekend dir

he was not a communist but he had sort of leftish sympathies and hoover saw the new deal of the case of what he called creeping collectivism as opposed i supposed to gallup and collectivism on the european continent. posted you see a parallel between 1933 and the bush obama handoff? >> guest: . >> host: given the economic uncertainties at the time? >> guest: my impression is the bush and obama teams cooperated more in the fall, in the interregnum of 08/09. it was a much more testy interlude and a longer one by the way. in those days the president didn't take the oath of office until march 4, 1933 for roosevelt so four months went by from the november election and there were meetings between them that were rather stiff and formal and in one of those meetings roosevelt apparently felt intellectually intimidated by hoover who got up and fall staring at the floor gave this hour-long discourse on the war debts and all sorts of matters and roosevelt had cue cards in his lap with questions that he could ask over and i suspect part of the relationship had this element that roosevelt in a way

his next vote was for henry wallace, a progressive communist. but he had moved right when i was born. i wasn't following this at the time. but he was a cold warrior. he was fascinated and driven to write stories about the post-war world. fascinated by europe and the politics. he tried to bring those stories to light and came up against a wall. the politics he encountered in the 1960's, trying to discuss in germany and communist infestation and vietnam, are the kind of stories that hollywood did not want to tell. he had a novel that was sold to littlebrown in 1970 about a former communist to becomes professor at berkeley. his politics had changed at the time of the student rioting. there was a threat on the part of the junior staff, to resign if the book went on the list. the publisher at the time, with a spine of jelly, caved. those with the kinds of times that we were living through. i did grow quite aware of them. and i was trying to put the pieces together 20 years later. >> what did he do and how long did you live in hollywood? >> i grew up

oil million a member of the radical anti communist john birch society and.father of charles and di but while the threat of communism has long since passed it's striking how effective it still remains to instantly demonize opponents as evidence in the descriptions of the climate and healthcare policies and right throughout the tea parties why had the anti obama spin doctors resorted to the language of the cold war propaganda. and why has it been so effective in causing the styria among tea party go was. curious i want to say not crispin miller n.y.u. professor and corporate propaganda expert there are certain techniques that that propagandists really need to use and they're so basic that you know they will leave the scene in arguable to us or we never even notice them but one thing that one must of course is cloak on this message and a kind of moral righteousness. you know we really believe in liberty we believe in free enterprise we hear that all the time what that basically means crony capitalism but it implies something that most americans will you know fe

[applause] you've got communists out there. you've got democratic socialists and america -- you've got a whole lot of folks. you've got some christian evangelicals out there. the seminary where i'm headed -- i just left princeton, you all know, i'm going back to new york, we've got a union theological seminary occupy chaplaincy of 45 pastor, and they're not there for student loans. [laughter] you see what i mean? but i hear what you're saying, the movement must deal with these issues. of course there's going to be racism in the occupy movement. this is america. what do you expect? [cheers and applause] all white folk ain't not going to become john brown overnight. that's not going to happen. [laughter] it's not going to become miles orton overnight. but if they're trying to fight against racism, you have got to help them fight against racism. [applause] come together. let's fight against this homophobia. make sure our jewish brothers and sisters feel open if they're willing to be critical about the state of israel vis-a-vis the

and as some people argue that the time that it was an agrarian reformer and not a hard line communist and hoover thought of as poppycock and that marshall solid military man that he was simply was out of his element and trying to deal with that kind of a confrontation. >> host: how did hoover respond to the initiatives like the marshall plan and nato and the doctrine? >> guest: he did support and you may have knowledge of this and share with me if i am saying this to sketchily that truman -- rather hoover felt that truman was taking a good step with the plan but he wanted qualifications. he was always able suspicious that the europeans might become our dependence if we are too lavish and the need to take steps toward their own reconstruction. he was opposed to sending american troops to europe under nato there was a great debate in 195051 about this and the basic point that hoover made is that these would be hostages, and again the russians would be spared the khator superior in the numbers so it wasn't only militarily risky but we were letting the europeans off the hook. may i come b

>> the communist party says china is that ready for democracy. one hopes this example can prove otherwise big -- prove otherwise. bbc news, type it. -- taipei. >> now for a mission to mars that has gone off course. it was supposed to be heading to one of the red planet's moons. now after a malfunction, it is expected to come crashing to earth. >> a swarm of darts circling the earth. summers satellites. this is an orbiting rubbish dump. last november, our russian launch added yet another piece of the brave -- debris. now the russians believe their spacecraft will crash back into the indian ocean, but can be sure. >> from experience, it is difficult to determine exactly when and where the object will, no. you can only do that if you can control be -- the spacecraft. >> what will happen to this spacecraft? it is orbiting between 50 degrees north and 51 degrees south. it could land anywhere in between, most likely the ocean. it does include part of southern england before it -- below the m4 corridor. the fuel tanks should leak and burn off. this was

>> the communist party says china is not ready or suited for democracy. taiwan hopes its example can prove otherwise. many fear the independence they now enjoy could be crushed if china rises. sure you could tell me that processed foods are not good for your health. a familiar message, but it is being rammed home in a new study. researchers in sweden suggest people who eat the equivalent of three sausages per day increase their risk of pancreatic cancer by 50% for the risk of getting this type of cancer remains relatively low. here is our health correspondent. >> researchers have discovered a link between bowel cancer and eating too much processed meats. scientists now say there could be a link with pancreatic cancer. it is a report that experts think you should take seriously. >> about 8,000 people get this type of cancer every year in the u.k. it does tend to have lower survival than other types of cancer. if we can find out what affects the risk, it would be really good. >> on the face of it, this report sounds alarming. around 60 grams of processed me

he said he wasn't a communist, but he had sort of leftish sympathies, and hoover saw the new deal as the case of what he called creeping collectivism as opposed, i suppose, to galloping collectivism on the european continent. >> host: do you see a parallel at all between the interregnum of 933 and the bush/obama handoff? given the economic uncertainties of the time and -- >> guest: my impression is that the bush and obama teams cooperated more in the fall -- well, in the interregnum of '08-'09. it was a much more testy, and a longer one, by the way. in those days the president didn't take the oath of office until march 4, 1933, for roosevelt, so four months went by from the november election. and there were, there were meetings between them that were rather stiff and formal, and in one of those meetings roosevelt apparently felt rather intellectually intimidated by hoover who got up and while staring at the floor gave this hourlong discourse on the war debts and all sorts of european financial matters. and roosevelt had little cue cards in his lap, questions he could ask hoover, and

germany and the united states there was a real alternative in french politics meaning there was the communist party and there was the whole movement of economic liberalism there was real political diversity in france would gradually the so-called left eventually gravitated towards economic liberalism and the right the only differences between the left and right were small variations in their positions on ethics and society the best example is right now we have francois hollande a nicolas sarkozy there's no real opposition between left and right it doesn't exist they're all roughly economic liberals libertarians for france the first step of visible liberalism is the european union there are those who submitted to the e.u. which means the end of borders free movement of goods and capital ideology of right and left the ideology of miseducation this is the dominant ideology in france shared by left and right the difference is only a static and then there are those who oppose this dominant ideology who fight for the restoration of borders the restoration of the nation those who criticize the ideol

twenty twelve russia presidential elections will be taken place while in china the convent of the communist party it will be electing the new leader what do you think will the general trends be in the russian chinese relations in the forthcoming year and what role could journalists play in developing ballad troll relations my second question is it's common knowledge that the west is building pressure sanctions pressure against syria could china and russia through joint efforts could break into hers strand and prevent a repetition of the libyan scenario. in your question authority as you. have stressed on many occasions that the current level of russian chinese called gratian . is the highest in the history of our bilateral relations with children spect trust taken into account of key interest of each other have become

he minute a communist but leftish sympathies, and hoover called the new deal creeping collectivism, as opposed, i pose, to galloping collectivism on the european continent. >> there is a parallel between 1933 and the bush/obama handoff? given the economic uncertainties of the time? >> my impression is the bush and obama teams cooperated more in the -- between '08 and '09. it was a much more testy interlude -- and a longer one. in those days the president didn't take the oath of office until four months went by since the election and there were meeting between them that were stiff and formal and in one meeting roosevelt felt intellectually intimidate by hoover who gave an hour-long discourse on the war debt and european matters and roosevelt had little cue cards in his lap, questions he could ask hoover, and i suspect part of the relationship had this element. that roosevelt in a way felt a little intellectually intimidated by hoover. hoover, who knew so much about so many things, whereas roosevelt, of course, had the gift of exposition and other political gifts. i sense that in that re

germany and the united states there was a real alternative in french politics meaning there was the communist party and there was the whole movement of economic liberalism there was real political diversity in france would gradually the so-called left eventually gravitated towards economic liberalism the right the only differences between the left and right were small variations in their positions on ethics and society the best example is right now we have francois hollande a nicolas sarkozy and there's no real opposition between left and right it doesn't exist they're all roughly economic liberals libertarians for fronts the first step of visible liberalism is the european union there are those who submitted to the

in the nineties when i was in the french communist party it was because i realized that for things to be in the interest of france their hearts to be two superpowers for in fact france existed as general de gaulle and understood because of the us u.s.s.r. balance so i was possibly it not because i thought that the u.s.s.r. was very good but because i thought that the u.s.s.r. was very good for france and french interests. if i'm fighting the new world order it's only because i think france has everything to lose with respect to this new world order france has an interest in a multi-polar world i think france has an interest in a strong and growing russia right now however i'm also pro serb because i think that the serbians are great people of the balkans and because there is a traditional link between france and serbia today the dominant ideology is so delusional that it's almost as strange to say i am french who cares first and foremost for the interests of the french in france this is almost regarded as fascist because national preference is for britain in france which is unheard of