Color Revolutions: From Post-Soviet States to U.S. Chaos?

Color Revolutions-Driving American Politics

History Behind Color Revolutions

Color Revolutions—non-violent, often foreign-backed protests aiming to topple governments—began in the early 2000s in post-Soviet states. Serbia’s Bulldozer Revolution (2000), Georgia’s Rose Revolution (2003), Ukraine’s Orange Revolution (2004), and Kyrgyzstan’s Tulip Revolution (2005) challenged electoral fraud, often with U.S. support via NGOs like the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and George Soros’s Open Society Foundations (OSF), which funneled $14 million into Ukraine’s 2004 uprising. These movements used mass protests, media campaigns, and legal pressure to install pro-Western regimes, drawing on Gene Sharp’s From Dictatorship to Democracy.

Color Revolutions Key Players

Today, some argue these tactics are being turned inward to create chaos in the U.S., targeting Donald Trump since 2017. Norm Eisen, a former Obama Ethics Czar, is a key player. Eisen co-founded Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), funded by OSF ($1.35 million in 2017), and authored The Playbook, a Color Revolution manual. He implemented David Brock’s 2017 memo, Democracy Matters: Strategic Plan for Action, which aimed to “sue Trump into paralysis” through media attacks (via Media Matters) and lawfare. Eisen drafted 10 impeachment articles before Trump’s 2018 Ukraine call, served as DNC co-counsel for the impeachment, and joined the Soros-linked Transition Integrity Project (TIP) to “war game” a contested 2020 election.

Brock, a former conservative turned liberal strategist, orchestrated the media front, using his groups to flood outlets with anti-Trump narratives, with a history of funding Color Revolutions globally, has shifted focus to the U.S., spending heavily on domestic issues like racial justice since 2020. Critics on X claim OSF-backed protests, like 2020’s Black Lives Matter movement, and TIP’s election scenarios mirror Color Revolution tactics: contesting legitimacy, mobilizing unrest, and leveraging media.

Are these Color Revolution strategies causing U.S. chaos? January 6th, 2020 election disputes, and ongoing lawfare (like Eisen’s States United for Democracy targeting Trump’s 2025 executive orders) suggest a pattern. X posts allege Eisen’s playbook fuels this unrest, aiming to delegitimize Trump as an “authoritarian”. Yet, the establishment frames these as organic responses to Trump’s policies, not a coordinated “revolution”. Without direct proof of OSF funding specific protests, the theory remains speculative—but the parallels are striking.

Color Revolutions once toppled foreign regimes; now, their playbook may be targeting America’s stability. Eisen, Brock, and OSF’s roles raise questions: is this chaos a democratic defense, or a power grab in disguise?

Call to Action:

What Can We Do?   The tactics of color revolutions—whether abroad or at home—demand scrutiny. As citizens, we must question the narratives presented to us, demand transparency from organizations like Open Society Foundations and CREW, and hold media outlets accountable for their role in shaping public perception.

Stay informed, seek out credible sources, and challenge the status quo. Democracy thrives on vigilance, and it’s up to us to ensure that power is wielded responsibly—not manipulated for hidden agendas.