debt crisis with tough new fiscal rules and critics and when it comes to watching the pennies the e.u. itself sets a bad example i'll be back with more on those stories and up the phone about fifty minutes from now in the meantime two thousand and eleven saw revolution fever sweep through the arab world toppling regimes and sometimes bringing even more discontent and frustration next r.t. talks to the author and scholar jean sharp about whether violent revolution is actually a possibility and if outside military intervention can ever bring peaceful democracy . i'm sitting down with jean 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 and fall in the arab world do you see it as transition from dictatorship to democracy. in the insists. this is a bringing down the old system the old do tutorials system and it doesn't seem to you that people there are trading one form of oppression for another they're often happens. if that happ

within the e.u. itself more anti austerity anger with protests in romania bloc second poorest countries leading to the nation's worst violence in more than a decade thousands have been out in the streets demanding the resignation of the government and president for more than a week. up next the moscow out team takes you to florence to look for traces of russian culture in italy stay with us. hello and welcome to the program today the moscow team are in italy as we continue our exploration of russian culture abroad music from tar koskie or condone ski racing creativity has been studied and celebrated for centuries around the world so joe be martyred on roots as we take a look at russian influence and connections one of the most beautiful historic and romantic cities in the world florence. christians have been fascinated with italian culture for centuries florence is often compared to st petersburg. with its architecture and classical entertainment see consisting of art music and literature it's easy to draw

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. but up next we take you to a journey through a unique moment in american history stay with us for that. this is our moment this is our time to reclaim the american dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many we are one that won't we breathe we hope and where we are met with cynicism and doubt and those who tell us that we can't we will respond with that time a spree that sums up the spirit of a people. yes we came. here to this to. take it seriously. and then this is good you know it isn't so create can't have it when they think they are holding danger. where did it all go wrong for barack obama and the democrats have to sweeping to power with the promise of hope and shine a citizens' uprising called the tea party movement and the message was known to be government spending to health care and climate change legislation and no to what bomber himself obama because he doesn't get it the believe because it's just been two years into a bomb us presidents

within the e.u. itselfmore anti austerity anger protests in romania the bloc second poorest country leading to the nation's worst violence in more than a decade thousands have been out on the streets demanding the resignation of a government and president for more than a week now. it's up next with sports stay with us here on r.t. . hello welcome to the sports and here are the top stories. majestic maria chirac of the beats germany's angry in straight sets to go into the last sixteen of the australian open while they respond to robot and more options for on the third day the trip is about. while strength to strength defending men's champion novak djokovic who says to a straight set we're not allowed to reach the fourth round and the mari also goes through. and winning ways alexander goes it off scores the way not as elite reached the rocky olympic team to want to reach the final of the friendly match world cup tournament in dubai. but first to tennis and world number four maria sharapova has gone through to

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debt crisis with tough new fiscal rules but critics say when it comes to watching the pennies the e.u. itself so about example. my colleague bill daughter is here in half an hour's time about for now next on the kaiser report max and stacy taking a swing at hollywood and its inability to recognize a good thing when it sees it to stay with our team. max kaiser this is there is a report today we're going to be talking all about copyright. sounds exciting max first headline why the movie industry can't innovate and the result is so so but is the stop online piracy act but the article mentions that the total two thousand and eleven movie industry revenue was eighty seven billion dollars. thirty billion of that was from box office and only a third from the us the other fifty seven billion came from sources that the studios at one time claimed would put them out of business pay per view t.v. cable and satellite channels video rentals d.v.d. sales online subscriptions and digital downloads well hollywood is run by horrible business people there are two industries in america that attract the worst ma

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the entire parliament who's actually been turning round of publicly saying anything against the e.u. itself so the fact that we have this amazing grind swell of support at something like forty percent easing credible it demonstrates the fact that the political classes are completely and utterly of touch with what the people are thinking and what the people are thinking is quite simple big scene near the existing similar who are emerging european countries such as themselves people like slovakia slovenia is stony up all coming into the euro european union they've joined the euro zone and they find it the worst poison chalice of magical because slovakia nurses pensioners are not getting paid a third of what they would get paid if they were working in greece and to add insult to injury they're actually paying money to the greeks in order to support their euro zone bailouts that's why the people in croatia are deeply concerned and that's why it's going to be a very interesting referendum result tomorrow and indeed in just just a car here just for a moment here that we're not talking about croat

within the e.u. itself. or with protests in romania the bloc second poorest country leading to the nation's worst violence in more than a decade. kaiser report coming up stay with us. hi i'm asking for this is the kaiser report sexual favors for chicken the nuggets oh my goodness i can hardly wait to get that story but first let's talk about the sinking the ship max you're not talking about the global economy or are you because that's our first headline cruise ship captain refused order to return to a ship so more information is emerging about the coast to concur and the captain's role in abandoning ship now when something first went wrong the port in italy called the ship and he said no no problem if there's.

within the e.u. itself more and sturdy uyghur with protests of the romania the bloc second poorest country leading to the patients with the violence of more than a decade. more stories in half an hour's time for still on the show stay with us. our guide for time for tonight's tool time award and tonight we're going to get to the current g.o.p. front runner mitt romney may be riding the republican think it's next november but there are some serious questions about how we matched his wealth and what he's done with it since most recently everybody's been asking about asking him about when he's going to with his tax forms but since he's been dodging that one and not very well by the way he decided to take a moment to bash newt gingrich last night when it comes to the history of congress . which you listen to in my view and the speaker's rendition of history go back to one hundred seventy eight is involved in a watch and is in my view a perfect example of why we need to send a washo someone who has not lived in

within the e.u. itselfmore anti austerity anger protests flare up in romania the walks second poorest country leading to the nation's worst violence and more than a decade. nine pm in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story this hour islam is parties are the overwhelming winners in egypt's first post revolution parliamentary elections final results show the muslim brotherhood claiming forty seven percent of the lower house parliament will hold its first session in just two days artie's marie if the notion of reports from cairo the fact that the absolute majority over the first poly meant of new age of to post mubarak age of to be taking some conservative policies means that they just decides he is a secular right now we'll be. strict to really just kind of eden of course this is something people will not be happy with this is something they want to think been fighting.

desired results on iran but also on president it in terms of the potential economic impact on the e.u. itself especially since it is still trying to deal with the sovereign debt crisis and all in all totally the e.u. imports about twenty percent of iranian oil it is the second largest buyers and the biggest buyers within the e.u. are italy spain and greece which of course the three countries which are very much in debt and trying to get out of this debt crisis let's greece for instance is it's one third of its oil imports it makes one third of its total oil imports and it's also relying on terror watch for easier credit so definitely it will have to find alternatives and this is something they are going to be talking to they are already talking about the compromises that they will have to find in order for these countries to deal with the potential economic impact also there are doubts on whether these will actually have the desired effect because china is the biggest buyer injuring an oil at it so far it has not agreed to the e.u. or u.s. sanctions and if the e.u. and u.s. don't want to or c

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. well there's the headlines with those stories in full in about thirteen minutes from now in the meantime marty takes a look at the billionaire's tea party protest movement that emerged after the election of barack obama and threatened to derail his agenda stay with us for that special report. i want to talk about cap and trade or as i call it cap and tax and i think probably most of you do as well. but first i want to talk about global warming for a minute here's the last thirty years you'll see feel last ten years we haven't had any warming i think that shows that the models are phony by portray global warming as just another excuse to big government intervention by leftists audio loeb's it's just another way of government controlling our lives and you know i'm dead set against that and certainly. human beings are not bad for the planet well that would be great if it was true unfortunately the scientific community doesn't agree as i found out when i spoke to bring

the entire parliament who's actually been turning round of publicly saying anything against the e.u. itself so the fact that we have this amazing groundswell of support at something like forty percent easing credible it demonstrates the fact that the political classes are completely and utterly of touch with what the people are thinking and what the people are thinking is quite simple big scene neighbors speak seeing similar who are american. european countries such as themselves people like slovakia slovenia as stony are all coming into the european union they join the euro zone and they find it the worst choice in chalice imaginable because slovakia nurses and pensioners are not getting paid a third of what they would get paid if they were working in greece and to add insult to injury they're actually paying money to the greeks in order to support their euro zone bailout so they see neighboring countries such as hungary i mean the government of hungry for the past two weeks have been vilified by the european union are not going to get into the argument to avoid whether or not the prime mi

power to brussels to stem the debt crisis but critics say when it comes to watching the pennies the e.u. itself sets a bad example. a very warm welcome to you this is our life from moscow i'm wrong receivership in his first presidential address in months syria's bashar al assad has dismissed pressure to resign he claims he still has the people support in leading the fight against what he's calling foreign funded terrorism as promised a crush of mercenaries and saboteurs with an iron fist saying they don't represent the syrian people he repeated his claim that no waters were ever given up to fire on peaceful protesters reiterating his commitment to democratic reform he said a referendum on a new constitution will take place by march the president also said the arab league which suspended syria's membership in november the league's observers are currently overseeing the implementation of a peace plan more than five thousand civilians and some two thousand officers are being killed in the country since the rest began in march international consultant load of things there's clearly selfish foreign

power to brussels to stem the debt crisis but critics say when it comes to watching the pennies the e.u. itself sets a bad example.

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the entire parliament who's actually been turning round of publicly saying anything against the e.u. itself so the fact that we have this amazing groundswell of support at something like forty percent easing credible it demonstrates the fact that the political classes are completely and utterly eyed of touch with what the people are thinking and what the people are thinking is quite simple they've seen neighbors they've seen similar who are emerging european countries such as themselves people like slovakia slovenia as stony are all coming into the europe european union they join the euro zone and they find it the worst poisoned chalice imaginable because slovakia nurses and pensioners are not getting paid a third of what they would get.

and within the e.u. itself more anti-us sturdy anger with protests in romania the bloc second poorest country leading to the nation's worst violence for more than a decade. more stories coming up top of the next hour first up though or is the a low to show taking a look at how the u.s. feds could be shutting down websites around the world stay with us. welcome to the la nischelle we'll get the real headlines with none of them or see me live out of washington d.c. now tonight we're going to take another look at the f.b.i.'s take down of make up what does it mean for users of the site and for international law.

within the e.u. itself more anti austerity rage with protests in romania the bloc second poorest country leading to its worst violence in more than a decade. it's eleven pm in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story islamist parties are the overwhelming winners in egypt's first post revolution parliamentary elections the final results show the muslim brotherhood claiming forty seven percent of the lower house parliament will hold its first session in two days artie's marie if a notion of reports from cairo. the fact that the absolute majority over the first poly ment of new age of post mubarak age of two would be taken by islamist and conservative parties means that the gyptian society rather secular right now will be put under strict religious codes and of course this is something people will not be happy with this is not something they wanted they've been fighting for.

penney's the e.u. itself sets a bad example. just after six pm here in moscow this is odd tea with me will receive a welcome to the program around it two dozen civilians have allegedly been shot dead by security forces all across syria another report comes after the president delivered his first address in months dismissing pressure to resign he claims he still has the people supporting and leading the fight against what he's calling as foreign funded terrorism as its promise to crush mercenaries and saboteurs with an iron fist saying they don't represent the syrian people he repeated his claim that no orders were ever given to far on a peaceful protesters reiterating his commitment to that of democratic reform he said a referendum on a new constitution that will take place by march the president also slammed the arab league which suspended syria's membership in november the league's observers are currently overseeing the implementation of a peace plan eleven monitors received minor injuries in an attack by protesters on monday