Neil Clarke, a prolific blogger and
journalist as early as 2003, warned the international community of Soros
motives and elucidated his crucial role in the collapse of former Soviet Union
8. Since 1979 he has donated $3million to the Poland Solidarity Movement,
opened Open Society Institutes in Hungary and pumped in millions of dollars to
separatist forces, opposition parties and independent media. Through a
compromised “Civil Society”, he weakened existing political structures and
plotted the fall of the Eastern European Block.
Soros has been instrumental in the collapse
of Yugoslavia. Since 1991 he channelled over $100 million to the anti-Milosevic
forces, publishing houses and the CIA-created Radio Free Europe which played a
prominent role in creating mayhem and unrest. By 2000, Slobadan Milosevic of
Socialist party was toppled in a coup that was executed, financed and planned
in Washington. Milosevic was tried for genocide, human rights violation at the
Hague Tribunal under the aegis of Human Rights Watch (HRW) which received
donations to the tune of $100 million from Soros agencies. After the fall of
Milosevic, Serbia has become weak. Soros and his associates bought several
national assets at knockdown prices. He repeated this time-tested strategy in
Kosovo. Making an investment of $50 million he and his associates gained the
control of Trepca Mines with vast reserves of gold, silver, lead and other
minerals worth $ 50 billion. Eventually Soros has opened OSF institutes in
majority of economically weaker Eastern European countries.
Last year, six American senators wrote
to Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson to investigate the allegations of role of
Foundation Open Society Macedonia and Open Society Foundation for Albania for
using the US embassies, USAID missions and diplomatic agencies for meddling in
the local politics and toppling the governments. This letter has sparked a
debate in the US with people praising the role of the OSF in Macedonia for
spending more money than the government in the areas of education, health and legal
aid. But the crux remains that OSF has made attempts to advance human rights
and fundamental freedoms under the garb of “progressive agenda” in the
former communist states 9. But incidentally the “progressive
agenda” has an underlying “political agenda”. The seemingly
innocuous NGOs of Soros have an ugly underbelly.
Even the much-touted International
Crisis Group, propped up by Soros is headed by former NATO commanders. Over the
decades, Soros, who considers himself as a God 7, built a huge
network of NGOs to create a positive perception towards him. Given the blatant
notoriety of OSF, Soros organisations are now encountering significant
backlash. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, backed a legislation “Stop
Soros bill” which called for shutting down of the Central European
University, run by Soros’s son and the entire network of OSF organisations in
the country. Soros NGOs backed the settlement of illegal migrants in Hungary,
which refused European Union’s resettlement program. It has strictest
anti-immigration laws. Similarly, Russia and Uzbekistan banned OSF. Pakistan
has recently ordered the closure of an affiliate to OSF without citing any
reasons.
While the western media continues
to defend Soros and disapproves of the paranoia of “the prophet of open
society” mounting evidences indicate otherwise. A study by the European
Centre for Law and Justice in Strasbourg revealed that nearly a quarter of the
judges at European Courts of Human Rights (ECHR) and NGOs are funded by Soros 10.
The growing penchant of Indian civil society to seek the approval of European
agencies should certainly ring a bell. India’s legislations are now widely
debated in Europe with an uncanny enthusiasm. Judges serving on the ECHR bench
are closely associated with OSF NGOs. Most of them have either been directors
or program heads of OSF or have held teaching positions at its institutes. In a
vast majority of the cases, OSF NGOs would bring cases to ECHR as applicants,
as lawyers for applicants and sometimes as third parties to lobby for a cause.
But all of these parties are funded by the same source. In some cases, the
judges are also co-opted but none of them would declare conflict of interest
and recuse from the cases. Indeed, judicial system is irretrievably penetrated
by OSF and the NGOs can now lobby for a candidate and have him elected. As per
the report nearly 51 of 100 judges in ECHR have been human rights activists
with no law degree and experience of judicial system. In other words, the
activists pronounce any judgement, which is not necessarily what the law
ordains. Interestingly ECHR hasn’t thus far, contested the revelations of the
report implying that ECHR has descended into a new low and replete of
corruption.
Soros wields tremendous influence
on the Western media which is inherently anti-India. American watch dog Media
Research Centre (MRC) found that nearly 30 media agencies are funded by Soros.
This includes- CNN, Associated Press, Washington Post, The New York Times,
Huffington Post, NPR (National Public Radio), NBC and ABC 11. The Columbia School of Journalism and some
journalist associations operate on funds received from OSF 12. Given
Soros overbearing influence on the Western media it is no surprise that they
carry rabidly anti-Indian articles.
Soros is avowed sympathiser of
Pax-Americana. But unlike the American politicians, he isn’t crass about it. He
breached communist bastions to create a new World order. Hence his special
interest in Myanmar should be unsurprising. With a twin purpose of containing
the rise of China and paving way for democracy, he invested $2 million a year
to control the government, institutions and economy of Myanmar since 2003. US
aimed to retain Myanmar as a client to contain the hegemony of China. After
hydrocarbon reserves are discovered in the Rakhine state, where China has made
substantial investments, external global players fuelled Islamic extremism in
the region. Precisely for the same reason, Soros has escalated the Rohingya Crisis
to beef up US presence in Myanmar in 2011-1215. In 2012, US
administration lifted arms embargo on Myanmar and President Obama travelled to
buttress American influence in the region. But the strident anti-Burmese
campaign over Rohingya migration by the Western media, pushed Myanmar back into
Chinese arms. Ever since vilification of Myanmar heightened and it had to face
a trial at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Soros is known for his
mastery to prise open countries to own national assets at a throw away
prices. And Myanmar ticked all these
boxes.
As a bogeyman of the right, he
denounced the former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Salvini for his
anti-immigration policies. Nigel Farage, Brexit Party leader rebuked Soros for
encouraging the illegal migration to the UK. President Erdogan denounced Soros
for his divisive methods, held him responsible for the 2013-Genzi Park protests
that challenged Erdogan’s 15-year rule 16 and ordered the shutdown
of OSF offices in Turkey. Some reports indicate that OSF has funded the
protestors in Charlottesvilla, Virgina and even staged neo-Nazis torch light
procession which led to clashes and killing of a 32-year old, just eight months
into the Trump regime 6. He loathes Trump’s regime. He donates
liberally to the Democrat camp. Soros funded re-election campaign of President
Obama and Hillary Clinton’s Presidential race. Ironically being a Jew, he has
been always been critical of Israel’s democracy and actively funded the
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
OSF funded French NGO Sherpa, known
for meddling in the affairs of African countries to get media coverage and
funds. It filed a petition against Rafale in France and offering legal aid to
the illegal Rohingyas in India.
Delhi police is investigating the
role of Women rights group Pinjra Tod for persisting on the anti-CAA
women protestors to shift to Jaffrabad metro station and block the arterial
road on the intervening night of Feb 22nd/ 23rd and
joining the bandh called by Bhim Army. Another NGO, “United Against Hate”,
which launched a tollfree number for lynching led by Nadeem Khan actively
joined hands with the jihadist groups during the anti-CAA protests are also scanner
for its complicity 17 in fanning communal tensions.
Of late there has been a surge in
the PILs filed by NGOs contesting various aspects of governance, existing laws
and administration. The unwarranted judicial intervention is posing impediments
in seamless implementation of legislations enacted by elected representatives.
Curtailing the activism of foreign-funded NGOs several countries are imposing
sanctions on them. It is time India must revisit its policies on NGOs. On the
contrary, a two-judge bench headed by L Nageswar Rao and Deepak Gupta ruled
that government can’t stop the NGOs and other social organisations from
receiving foreign funds even if they are involved in hartals, bandhs and
mobilising the people. It stated that
restrictions on getting foreign funds is applicable to organisations involved
in active politics alone. Apathy of the Indian judiciary to the burgeoning
threats from the vested interests who operates through NGOs that are posing
threat to the social harmony and peace, is appalling 13.
Op India exposed the dark side of Mander,
who is found to be trainer with Ara Pacis Initiative (API) which collaborates
with propaganda machinery that advances narratives of Western powers. API is
funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy and works hand in glove with
the Italian secret services. Mander’s role as a pawn of foreign government agency
and his dangerous associations demands thorough investigation by Indian
agencies 14. Clearly the
Civil Society and its illustrious members masquerading as intellectuals under
the garb of activism are posing fresh threat to the democratic precincts of
India.
Soros is known for his reputation
to rake up religious, social and ethnic contradictions. Obviously, India
teeming with protests against CAA and NPR has been his best bet to orchestrate
crisis and weaken the nation. A strong nation is difficult to negotiate with
and by weakening its institutions, Soros intends to bring India to its knees. The
left had always harboured an inveterate hatred for India, the land of thriving
native civilisation. A resurgent Hindu nationalism in India is the least the Western
World ever anticipated. The looming threat from the “Break India Forces”
is real and India must wake up to reality….
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