how is lenin and his ideals he fought for seen in britain today. oh i think that the generality of the media and political forces would like to say that lenin was utterly irrelevant towards us and of course people have tried to say that if you adopt the ideas of lenin you will end up with a totalitarian dictatorship such as that which existed under stalin but i would argue that lenin's ideas are extremely important today because although it's a very different world from nine hundred twenty four when lenin died actually many of the things which sparked lenin's thoughts are still very relevant to the world of extreme inequality yesterday we learned didn't say that the eighty five richest people have as much wealth as the poorest half of the world three and a half billion people not much has changed there a world of wars and threat of wars that still are out in the same and of a capitalist system which is failing to deliver for the majority so i would argue lenin's ideas are extremely relevant unimpaired to kill or what lenin insisted on that if we ar

it's our international for you today still ahead for you lenin there and back again at the communist icon turned destroyer of russia has now given birth to a new trend of socialist ideas which are coming into fashion around the world party taking a look at the stages of lenin's turbulent after mine. but for now with just a day to go until the long awaited geneva two peace talks on syria we continue to provide our overview of the events around the meeting. and commenting on the diplomatic tug of war over wednesday's peace talks russia's foreign minister sort of a love for office said that revoking iran's invitation was an obvious mistake but the u.n. retracted it following an ultimatum from the opposition syrian national coalition meanwhile its main blockers quit the coalition in protest at the umbrella organizations plans to attend the talks lucy caffein off as the story. that invitation a was a withdrawal by the united nation amid intense pressure from the united states and other allies of the u.s. although the much anticipated syria peace conference is still expected to take place

taking a look at the stages of lenin's turbulent afterlife. for now with just a day to go until the long awaited geneva two peace talks on syria here on r.t. international we continue to provide our overview of the events around the meat. the main bloc of the opposition syrian national coalition the council has quit the umbrella organization in protest at the decision to rejoin the list of participants for wednesday's peace talks a coalition had agreed to attend after the un retracted iran's invitation that came after an ultimatum from the group and the latest on this full story without sees lucy catherine off. that invitation a was a withdrawal by the united nations amid intense pressure from the united states and other allies of the us although the much anticipated syria peace conference is still expected to take place that has been overshadowed by this rather bizarre diplomatic ping pong that's essentially unfolded since that invitation was issues now how did all of this play out on sunday by the u.n. secretary general basically announced t

the image of lenin whose revolutionary ideas much like the man himself still not buried.one apple of discord in the very heart of moscow's red square behind these walls lay the mummified remains of the revolutionary and the founder of the soviet state but it's hard to argue that he is resting in peace there for the soviet union lenin was an icon he represented the communist ideas that an empire was built on his statue stood at pride of place and the central squares of cities across the nation but his appeal waned over the decades and when the soviet union collapsed many of the statues were removed from their plants his image had passed all the way from revolutionary hero to mastermind of the bolshevik movement that claimed many lives on its ruthless rise to the top when it had gone from deliverer to oppressor from what i can see here now in twenty fourteen lenin's position and red square shows what the passing of time can do he remains a key part of russian history but also perhaps above all now a tourist attraction a face to sell russian dolls and t. shirts to visitors w

international still ahead for you in the program lenin vera and back again the communist icon turned destroyer of russia has now given birth to a new trend of socialist ideas which are coming to fashion all around the world r.t. looks at the stages of lennon's turbulent after life. and other with just a day to go until the long awaited geneva two peace talks on syria and we continue to provide a overview of the events around the meeting. the main bloc of the opposition syrian national coalition the council has quit the umbrella organization in protest of the decision to rejoin the list of participants for wednesday's peace talks the coalition had agreed to attend after the un retracted iran's invitation following an ultimatum from the group to see catherine off as the full story. at invitation a was it withdrawn by the united nation amid intense pressure from the united states and other allies of the u.s. although the much anticipated syria peace conference is still expected to take place that has been overshadowed by this rather bizarre diplomatic ping pong that's essentially unfold

of socialism which ironically is closer to marx's original and actually close to some things that lenin said hence the interest and here and that is to be a very simple that the way to move forward is to change the organization of enterprises themselves. from being run by a handful of major shareholders and boards of directors that they select to transform enterprises into democratic institutions where the workers themselves collectively and democratically make the decisions that ground an economic system so exactly let me just ask you because which show by the way lenin introduced of course of course that huge amount of suffering and oppression and result in the totalitarian state you really do believe that democracy can exist within socialism well it's a little bit strange for you to say that i don't think because the transition say from feudalism to capitalism brought in by the french revolution also introduced things like world war one and two as part of the consequences but we don't hold the transition accountable for all the bad things done in its name you have to acknowledge them

and the ideals of lenin a claim that is in fact refuted by history of the real traditions of lenin were continued in the struggle for socialist internationalism represented by. trotsky there is a tradition of socialist internationalism that persists throughout the twentieth century and in fact really offer an alternative to the the crisis of capitalism but of course of the problem which was that socialism went hand in hand with totalitarianism and tyrant regimes is it really possible for a future socialism to actually embrace democracy well and say in fact democracy is compatible is only compatible with establishment of a truly socialist society as we see with the incredible attack and democratic rights around the world the revelations of snowden in particular have exposed but again this issue is is tied to the question of what happened in twentieth century and the why really that stalinist sotelo arion ism was the outcome of socialism when in fact it was the it was a direct opposite and in order to establish its rule and the rule that the nationalist bureaucracy that he represented whi

shirts to visitors with money to spend icons like lenin are never really forgotten and the art world either his image still has a place in the imagination of artist because of what it stands for although not everyone is prepared to let his political crusade go easily with lennon's ideology is the idealogy of a fair society in which men can build right here and right now the majority in this is science he will be protected socially one man will not exploit another this is he develops a person who is not burdened with the necessity to make money. however what some see as an interesting historical irony when russia tries to look beyond the ideas of socialism they're beginning to sound more than a little attractive to some parts of western society look no further than the american occupy wall street movement and their slogan of we are the ninety nine. percent and we're not going to tolerate this reading corruption of the one percent and many ways this is a mirror of the frustrations that push the bolsheviks and lenin to power some people come to the view that there's something fundamenta

the mistakes serious mistakes that were made by successors of lenin but lenin brought the world to a different place all over the world particularly in the colonized world because of his views about self-determination that were so so eloquently expressed in china and vietnam all over latin america all over europe all over the world in fact those particularly those who were suffering under colonial oppression responded an organized communist party is really never been anyone who has had the impact on the world that lenin did just briefly socialism is it really a way for the poor and indeed students for example to perhaps attack capitalism saying capitalism working because it is the middle class really that concerned and thinking that capitalism is the future reason for the destruction of the planet i mean these sentiments are really for the poor and and students are they that's those are the ones who are really waving the flag for socialism. well that's the majority of people in the world today and even in the united states and people don't think of it that way but according to the de

people are looking for alternatives even though the world is different than it was at the time of lenin it's not fundamentally changed so i think his ideas are still relevant and appealing to a lot of people today. online for you sweet dreams are not made of these called one of the most popular prescription drugs and the glass is reportedly turning people into killers instead of sending them to sleep for a blissful night's rest. and an unorthodox danger to the pope as a feeble vatican god claims there is an underground network of homosexuals plotting against him. british government workers are being rewarded for saying no in exchange for rejecting asylum applications home office staff receive gift vouchers and even extra holiday. failed asylum seekers that have been told to leave britain can apply here to the u.k.'s home office to have their cases reviewed it's a last ditch attempt to stay in the u.k. if they can prove that their lives back home are in danger but it's been revealed that home office employees are set targets they're supposed to be winning seventy percent of these cases t

and coming up later in the program ninety days after the death of lenin his ideas are alive they socialist values which is fine becoming honest i can come back into fashion sense today wild economic woes. and our move for sending foreigners bought hollow government stuff and britain get gifts for kicking out asylum seekers the house coming up after the break. as a new physician i swear to abide by the hippocratic oath. to the best of my ability and judgment. i will prescribe for the good of my patients. i will not give deadly doses to anybody. or advise others to do so. i will never do harm to any. doctors of the dogs are to. hold them in the future when he is here so we fix the roads focus on new technology . on this moon show no posses complete without school shootings. and we learn about the next in the still so revolution this is the potential to save lives. knowledge be update on it. we've got the future covered. plus. live. live live. live . the united states is a very good example here because in earlier years they baby had a pretty strong genuine democracy that by now i would argue

and coming up later in the ninety years after the death of lenin his ideas are a lie a socialist ideahich inspired becoming a sigh can come back into functional thanks to the world's economic woes and she takes on that. and i would feel sending forwardness home home often stop and version get get spoking out and find him seek is long that's coming up. jingle bells jingle bells it's christmas time for all you people or fetch mugs i'm stealing all your the f.b.i. the f.b.i. they're in our pocket we give them a bonus every year and they do what ever we want what ever we want the f.b.i. or crooks to the f.b.i. or it's funny it's a farce it's american justice is a is a farce the f.b.i. is i think the cost of bribing the f.b.i. is gone down there's your deflation the cost of bribing your bill is going down but in america under obama's america there isn't a flourishing. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others who refuse to notice. the faces change the world lights never. to picture of today's you know. from around the globe. look to. welcome back to our international let's move on now t

if they nine hundred and about a ninety three rather anniversary of the death of vladimir lenin a manwho changed the entire course of russian history members of the communist party have laid flowers at the letters mausoleum to all of the founding fathers of their ideology or the recent poll such as the attitude of russians towards the revolutionary leader is close to indifferent his social ideas are gaining more and more grounds in the west and fryer of all there is an editor of the danish newspaper by darin explain to us why. after nine years of the crisis in the capitalist system with more and more people experiencing the consequences of the crisis these ideas they never really disappeared and now they're coming back people are naturally looking for alternatives and i think when you look at europe today the figures speak for themselves with one out of every four european at the risk of poverty and twenty five million unemployed europeans people are looking for alternatives as i said even though the world is different than it was at the time of lenin it's not fundamentally changed so

. >> in the heart of the capital ukrainians besiege the lenin museum. police inside were waiting to ambush the demonstration. >> this is the latest unrest of the with demonstrations spreading across the nation, president viktor yanukovych meets with opposition leaders. he is offering to share power. snoolt for the three opposition leaders, they said "no deal." >> our clear position is to rescind the laws. >> translation: our demands are to hold presidential elections this year. and we are not stepping back. >> they also want the release of dozens of demonstrators detained by the government. on the barricades defiant protesters face police lines. there's little time to worry about politics here. this is the public face of their battle with the government. >> concessions by viktor yanukovych - too little too late. many say they'll take country back. this is their fight. they want to show the people they are here to stay. they are ready for a fight, even if it is just with stones. >> as protesters try to take over the museums, they broke windows and use fi

. >> jon: as vladmir lenin always said workers of the world unit and surround the other workers bus.i think the anger is misplaced here. you are like the guy screaming at the car rental agent because you don't think you should have to pay for a (bleep) full tank of gas before you go out like angie made the gas policy. it's not angry, it was troy. [ laughter ] -- it's not angie, it was troy. i think it's a ruse by google so people don't focus on what they are doing. >> the app called sex with google glass allows couples to watch and record sexual acts and switch video feeds so their partner can watch from their point of view. [audience reacts] >> jon: finally google glass has made it possible to see what it looks like to go (bleep) yourself. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] i really -- who honestly wants to have sex from their partner's point of view? the one thing that could drive me away from sex permanently is the knowledge of how i look what i'm doing it. [ laughter ] i'm pretty sure i have a good idea what my o face looks like. two words constipated baby. [ laughter ] [cheers a

this used to be a museum to communist leader vladimir lenin. in independence square the game has changed much the president is listening. opposition related his offer to share power. they think they can get more. >> there has been a lot of process in twoing weeks. after protests spread around the country, he was ready to come to the bargaining table. they have people on their side. >> including ukrainian mothers, who came to the capital to show their support for change. >> translation: we want him to resign so we can live towards europe and have decent salaries and live happy like the rest of the world. >> the people heeded opposition calls to come out. they did even in the country's east, a presidential strong hold. they are facing resistance from government supporters. in independence square there is a shrine. ukrainians stopped to reflect on the cost paid and pray for a peaceful outcome. >> late sunday night opposition supporters took control of an important government building, the justice ministerry headquarters in kiev. back at home polic

yeah the lenin statue these people took an interest in the russian language for a reason they often visit the town of balanced budget for decades the neighboring towns have shared visits for sporting events. we may be different in many aspects but i'm sure everyone's happy to have a neighbor pool you see there are no other neighbors around here. and we've had a lot of enjoyable meetings in baron's berg. you're leaving for work yes you have a regular working day of course not it's a holiday today a holiday or no holidays and the mind two years ago came to spitzbergen alone to see how it would work out. many people can't bear being separated from their relatives. is not everyone manages to move their families here. you could not everyone can cope with the atmosphere in this arctic night. he left his wife and three children at home. we didn't feel anything for the first six months. then mum started missing dad. and so did we. well he wasn't there we could only talk on skype he had to call me every day as soon as he was home from work. knowing that he was safely back from the mine was the mos

in the heart of the capital, ukraine's besieged the former lenin museum, afraid police inside were waiting to ambush demonstration. this is the latest civil unrest as the anti-government movement grows. with demonstrations spreading across the nation, president yanukovych meets with opposition leaders. he's now offering to share power and to reform laws for speech and assembly passed just a week ago. while the three opposition leade leaders. >> translator: our clear position is to ascend these laws. our commands are to hold presidential elections already this year. and we are not stepping back. >> reporter: they also want the release of dozens of demonstrators detained by the government. while they have barricades, there's little time to worry about politics here. this is the public face of their battle against the guard. concessions by viktor yanukovych too late too late. many say they're going to take their country back. this is their fight, and they want to show the people that they are here to stay. they're ready for a fight, even if it's just with stones. as protesters try to take ove

well it's the lenin thesis isn't it the worse the better maybe that is true the neo cons do want to remake the world they're the inheritors of trotsky they love global revolution you have you know it's interesting this there's been a big to do here in the us about robert gates his book that's come out he was the defense secretary and had a career in the cia and he talks about on the left you have the responsibility to protect crowd in on the right you have the u.s. leadership crowd all pushing for the u.s. to get involved in every and everything every time there's an oppression somewhere or an aggression somewhere or someone feels unhappy somewhere they want the u.s. military to get involved so it's a sort of an unholy alliance between the interventionist left and the interventionists right and the media is a course obsessed with all the little personality things that gates writes about in the book but the most important and most interesting thing that he talks about is the over militarization of u.s. foreign policy and he says we need to step back and stop thinking that every problem in t

parts of the world for a long time and therefore the interest in socialism as an alternative and then lenin as a great leader of the socialist movement i think that's going to be rising in the months and years to come that's the most likely prospect. of some other international news headlines as the reports of a shooting at a university in the us state of indiana and he's of arrested a suspect but the rot in the reports and whether anyone was injured students and teaching stuff and been advised remain indoors across the campus on the air is searched. pakistan's military strikes on suspected taliban strongholds following deadly attacks on soldiers and civilians official said least twenty three militants were killed but according to local residents many of the victims were villages. like to start on a roadside bomb has blown up a bus carrying ship pilgrims returning from iran hailing twenty people. and also about update the south thailand has declared a state of emergency following recent violence between protesters and supporters of the ruling party in bangkok part of the security forces hav

looking for alternatives as i search and even though the world is different than it was at the time of leninit's not fundamentally changed so i think his ideas are still relevant and appealing to a lot of people today think when you look at the world today it definitely shows that the capitalism doesn't work to solve the basic problems of the world. time now for some more global headlines this hour a large blast of an animal feed planted in the central u.s. city of omaha has left two people dead and another ten seriously injured it's not clear what caused the explosion and witnessed inside witness inside the plant said the that he had a large crowd before the. war the factory collapsed emergency services say all workers and bodies have now been accounted for. at least fifty people working to clear mines have reportedly been abducted in the north west of afghanistan local security officials say the group arrived in there any of the city of herat three weeks ago no one's claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. and the colombian military says it's killed fourteen members of the fark rebels m

it is a friend of the or what was perceived as his affinity for leninism and the black power movement so in effect he was at that time being called a terrorist i don't think one national leader attended his funeral and i wrote a piece in august after the fiftieth for the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary march on washington i asked the question or made the projection had he been alive today he would not have been invited to this had that morning because he would have been against drones he would have been against the assassination of moammar gadhafi he would have been against. attorney general eric holder statement that the president has the right to assassinate an american citizen anywhere in the world i mean there were so many things that there are so many things that are being engaged in at this time as america continues to be an imperialist hedge amman that dr king would have been against he would not have even been allowed to speak that incredible incredibly poignant and true and considering how he was subjected to cointelpro massive surveillance twenty four seven how do

it is a friend of the or where it was perceived as his affinity for leninism and the black power movement so in effect he was at that time being called a terrorist i don't think one national leader attended his funeral and i wrote a piece in august after the fiftieth of the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary much of washington i asked the question or made the projection had he been alive today he would not have been invited to this at that morning because he would have been against drones he would have been against the assassination of moammar gadhafi he would have been against. attorney general eric holder statement that the president has the right to assassinate an american citizen anywhere in the world i mean there were so many things that there are so many things that are being engaged in at this time as america continues to be an imperialist hedge amman that dr king would have been against he would not have even been allowed to speak of that incredible incredibly poignant and true considering how he was subjected to cointelpro massive surveillance twenty four seven how do you

were gathering for show support of three men convicted of trying to blow up a statute of vladimir leninthe men from sentenced to six years in prison. >> we were standing here trying to support our patriots, but as usual the riot police used clubs and tear gas against us. >> many say the trial was a sham. >> authorities don't stop in their acts of oppression. they want to put people in jail for six years injures because they were talking about their rights. >> reporter: ukraine opposition leader was also caught up in the violence. he suffered head injuries and was taken to hospital. this latest violence is likely to feel anger against viktor yanukovych. there were mass demonstrations in kiev last month and the police cracked down on protesters. a crackdown that these opposition activists say is still ongoing. >> going to spain now where a protest rally is taking place in bibao calling for human rights and peace in the b asqe region. live now to sonya gallegos. i gather it's been fairly noisy, but everything looks quite calm right now. >> reporter: indeed. in fact, the protesters coming o

accused of attempting to blow up a statute of vladimir lenin in 2011. >>> tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in bogota. alesandro pieto reports from bogota. >> tens of thousands, much fewer still they packed bogota's packed square waiting for the ousted mayor to speak. >> they said we will not be able to full the square again. today we showed immense force and conviction of this popular movement. >> a movement sparked by the inspector-general's decision to kick the leftist mayor out of the country's second most important political post over the assembly of the city's garbage system. >> what they want to do is get rid of pedro, they want to ban him from office for 15 years. they want his political death but we won't let that happen. >> pedro a former rebel fighter is an icon of the left. while he needs the show of force on the streets the real battle is a legal one. the mayor's defense team has asked for an appeal but by columbiaian law they can bring the challenge only to the inspector general himself who will most likely not change his decision. so pedro is looking

it was a museum to communist leader vladimir lenin, and now is a headquarters for those defending democracy. the game has changed. the president is listening. the opposition rejected an offer to share power. they think they can get more. >> they have made a lot of progress. for two weeks they were ignored. after protests spread around the country, he was ready to come to the bargaining table. they have the people on their side. >> including ukrainian mothers, who came to the capital to show a support for change. >> we want him to resign to peacefully move towards europe and have decent salaries and live happily like the rest of the world. >> across ukraine the opposition headed opposition calls to come out. >> normally a presidential strong hold. they are facing resistance. in independence square there's a shrine. ukrainians stop to reflect on the cost the country has paid and pay for a peaceful outcome. >> all eyes are on what will happen next. the opposition says it will negotiate with the government, but no talks have been set. an emergency session of parliament is set for tuesday, when

in the heart of the capital ukraine's besiege the lenin museum, afraid the police in side were waiting to ambush the demonstration. this is the latest in the unrest as the ain't government movement grose. with demonstrations spreading across the nation president viktor yanukovych meets with opposition leaders. he's now offering to share power and reform repressive laws limiting freedom of speech and assembly passed a week ago. >> with the three opposition saying, "no deal.". >> our clear position is to rescind the laws. >> our demonstrates are to hold presidential elections, and we are not stepping back. >> they also want the relief of dozens of demonstrators detained by the government. >> on the barr kate defiant protestor brave the lines. there's little time to worry about politics. this is the public face of a battle against the government. >> too little, too late. many say they'll take the country back. this is their fight. they want to show the people that they are here to stay. >> they are ready for a fight, even if it's just with stone. as protesters try to take over the museum,

saw thousands of demonstrators leave here in independent ens square behind me, heading to the former lenin museum where they tried to take over the museum. they feared there were hundreds of police inside. it's a building at the end of a street. the front line of another police line, and they were worried that the police would ambush the protesters. then they formed a humanitarian corridor to get the police out. and they've come out in ones and twos and threes. >> this is the latest example of ou demonstrations are spreading here, how the people are taking power in their own hands. >> when we talk about the concessions and look at the protest and anger, do you feel like the political wrangling is bringing any of the two sides closer together? >> well, i think a week ago, jonathan, president viktor yanukovych wouldn't imagine that he would be sitting with the opposition, let alone offering them the job as prime minister, and as demonstrations spread, i think he's going to make more concessions if he want to remain in power. the opposition leader would like to see him call early elections, o

injured after protesters clashed with police officers t three men threaten today blow up a statue of lenin were sentenced to six years in jail. tensions have escalated following the decision to turn away from the european union and sign an economic deal with russia. >>> . >>> five people have been arrested after the start of the winter olympics about 300 kilometers to the west. security services are on high alert ahead of the games. >>> being linked to her husband's business affairs who is investigated for alleged embezzleme embezzlement. both deny any wrongdoing. >>> the known for being busy but in croatia, they are also confused. the bee population has come out of we've provideder nation early because unseasonabley warm weather has messed with body clocks. mcgregor woods reports it could be bad news all around >> reporter: first thing every morning, this bee keeper checks the temperature. there should be snow on the ground. >> 10 degrees in january, that's too war. >> bees think it's spring. >> they shouldn't be outside. it's too cold. i tried to warm them up. i care for every one of my

it is what lenin would call the commanding heights of the culture, on one side. and what do you have on the other side? fox news and talk radio? and you have the president of the united states complaining that that explains the failures of his administration. >> he talks about how you know, they're responsible for grid lock because the republicans don't want to answer to their hometown constituents. and they watch fox and so on. and there is no accountability in this comment, or what he identifies as the quote, problem, charles, for his own tone that he has set in washington and his own failure to meet with republicans and extend his apartment. something for which he has been criticized. even by moderate republicans like olympia snow. >> but it goes way yebeyond tha. this is his political and ideological self righteousness, he says in the interview, this is pragmatic, all he wants to do is help the folks. and of course, anybody who is on the other side. anybody who sees say the biggest stimulus in american history or the takeover of the u.s. economy with a scheme

. >> in the heart of the capital ukrainians besieged the lenin mousse eement. afraid police in side were waiting to ambush celebrations. this is the latest unrest. with demonstrations spreading across the nation, president viktor yanukovych meets with opposition leaders and is offering to share power and reform oppressive laws that were passed a week ago. for the three opposition leaders, there was no deal. >> translation: our clear position is to rescind the laws. our demands are to hold presidential elections this i can't remember -- elections this year. and we are not stepping back. >> they also want the release of dozens of demonstrators detained by the government. while the barricade defiant protesters faced police lines. there's little time to worry about politics. this is the public face of their battle against the government. >> concessions by viktor yanukovych. too little, too late. many say they'll take their country back. this is their fight and they want to show the people that they are here to stay. >> they are ready for a fight, even if it's just

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this used to be a museum to lenin. now, it's headquarters for those defending democracy here in against square, the game has changed. the president is listening now. opposition leaders rejected his offer to share power. they think they can get more. >> the opposition has made a lot of progress in one week. for two months, victor yanokovich ignored protests but after they started spreading around the country, he was ready to come to the bargaining table. now, the opposition feels like they have the upper hand because they say they have the people on their side. >>> including ukrainian mothers who came to the capitol to show their support for change with a mention for the president. >> we want him to resign so that we can pivalates move toward europe and live like europeans and have decent salaries and live happily like the rest of the world. >> across ukraine, the people heeded opposition calls to come out and they did even in kate country's east, normally a presidential stronghold. they are facing resistance fr

the problem is as lenin himself said, we can't figure out how that works. the state never withers away, in fact, the state becomes oppressive, horrific and all powerful. >> host: and once the state is under the control of the proletariat, its objectives will generally include the following ten tenets: yeah. i'd say that we've covered, what, six or seven or eight of those? that's there marx. and the communist manifesto. and that's, those are his ten planks. and i think six or seven of those you just mentioned we've adopted. so, look, the so-called progressives and the progressive era, these people clearly rejected -- but let me put it to you this way, you cannot be a utopian statist and support increasingly centralized government and the diminution of individual liberty and state authority and support our constitution. i mean, it's just not possible. and this is why i say we're in a postconstitutional period. and the trajectory's completely in the wrong direction. it's increasingly centralized. i mean, today it's health care. god knows what it'll be tomorrow

it's a -- used to be the lenin museum here, a big ihibition hall. they were concerned that the government was putting the dreaded rapt police, that there were hundreds of them massing there,iot police, that there were hundreds of them massing there, that is between this protest here on index square behind me and just a block over on the road to pardon mer parliament, i am now hearing explosions or gunshots as those people take over that building. it has been an extraordinary political day in ukraine. the president offered big concessions to the opposition, including the position of prime minister. three opposition leaders turned that down saying they have the power of the people behind them. they told the people to expand their civil unrest, to expand their spheres of influence, areas of democracy, as they call them, to take more area, stands their ground. >> probably is why we see demonstrators tonight taking over the ukraine house just about a block away from me, jonathan. >> jennifer, you mentioned the big concessions the president has offered. w

nothing to do with marx or lenin. >> it has to do with the pier group, isn't it? one of the, if you think the peer group is, is, a overemphasized as determinant of young people's behavior and in fact, you know, throughout their lives, the great study of that is christopher browning's police reserve battalion 101. where it's established that the killing squads that went out behind the wermacht in poland and in russia would go and kill everyone in a village and, was that 38,000 dead, kill all day. kill women and children and men all day. and no one ever got punished for seeking, seeking -- they weren't sent to the front. they weren't sent to some penal command at the front. all you might have in the meantime is a bit of joss he willing in the lunch queue as people said, you're letting the side down. and there is not a single case of anyone being punished for requesting a transfer. and yet rather than shame themselves in front of the group, they would kill women and children all day, every day. >> they didn't necessarily enjoy it. there was a wear and tear on the ner