[backhoe]

Thanks for that link & synopsis- a lot of people argue that the old Soviet Union didn’t really collapse, just morph- and it’s certainly looking that way.

[Calpernia]

I, too, agree with the Morphing. I think the morphing is called, Velvet Revolution. There is even a Velvet Revolution website that is all intertwined with MoveOn and CPUSA.

Definitions of Velvet Revolution on the web are:

Excerpt:

For over a decade conspiracy theorists tried to portray it as a result of a plot by StB, KGB, reformists among party members or Gorbachev. By these theories the Communist party only transformed its power into other, less visible forms and still controls the society.