THE ANDERSON FILES

Who is George Soros, the right wing’s boogeyman?

BY DAVE ANDERSON

Many people heard about George Soros for the first time when he denounced George W. Bush’s “war on terror,” lies about Saddam Hussein being behind the 9/11 attacks and the monumentally disastrous invasion of Iraq. Soros ran full-page ads in major U.S. newspapers with the title “When the nation goes to war, the people deserve the truth,” which debunked a dozen statements justifying the war made by Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

This was a fearful time when the mainstream media and politicians were afraid to be seen as traitors sympathizing with the 9/11 terrorists.

Soros is a Jewish, HungarianAmerican multi-billionaire who founded a network of philanthropic groups active in more than 50 countries that focus on education, public health, human rights and economic reform. He is also a big funder for Democratic Party candidates and many progressive causes in the U.S.

He announced he was spending many millions to defeat Bush in 2004 (education campaigns with America Coming Together, voter mobilization drives with MoveOn.org and research by the Center for American Progress).

Soros authored a book called The

Bubble of American Supremacy, which said the Bush administration suffered from a “bubble” psychology similar to the delusions which afflicted capitalist markets in the late 1990s. Since the U.S. has overwhelming military superiority, Bush pushed a dangerous Social Darwinist “might makes right” stance.

The right wing went crazy. A writer on the conservative website GOPUSA.com said Soros was a “descendant of Shylock.”

Today, Soros’ support for immigrant rights has made him the villain of the anti-Semitic ‘Great Replacement’ theory. Soros is portrayed as a “puppet master” who controls the world and economy behind the scenes. His sup-