Both Ryan Dawson and Pepe Escobar would disagree with the term "Color Revolution".

They believe the protestors in this revolution have legitimate grievances, therefore, according to them, the protest in Hong Kong is not a "Color Revolution".  Grievances which Pepe Escobar has extensively covered in this and prior interviews. Among them the fact Hong Kong is run by six oligarchs, that Hong Kong is a company run town, that the young in Hong Kong are living under increasingly oppressive circumstances, that they're facing increasingly difficult economic conditions. 

So?  The same has been said -- correctly -- about every single other movement that resulted in a color revolution!! 

Ryan Dawson stated the movement was "hijacked" by "outside" forces.  Again, another statement that has been said -- wrongly -- about every single other movement that resulted in a color revolution!!

As it turns out, many of these revolutions were extensively funded and encouraged for years, even decades by the US-NRE's intelligence services or NGO's. --  More importantly, the leaders of these revolutions in almost all cases were vetted, groomed, hand-picked, than bribed, compromised, corrupted and/or simply convinced they'd be part of the new government structure under the US-NRE's auspices.

Exactly as happened in Hong Kong.  According to many people, and the articles and vieos they've posted, the US-NRE's NGO's were meeting with, training, advising, and funding the leaders of this revolution for the last ten years!  George Soros was involved! Paul Wolfowitz was involved!

The only people that were missing from this particular well-timed demonstration was Victoria Nuland, handing out fortune cookies to the protestors!

Without a doubt, many protest leaders of these "color Revolutions" have convinced themselves that the foreign forces they've affiliated themselves with are actually working for them, that these foreign forces are assisting them with their plans, that they control their own destinies and that of their revolutions. 

No doubt did many of the protest leaders in Egypt, Libya, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Ukraine and North Africa think the very same. -- We can all see the terrible results

Just how many more times do these incredibly destructive, almost identical scenarios, have to be played out in country after country, before people begin to realize legitimate grievances do NOT necessarily lead to legitimate leaders, legitimate protests, or legitimate revolutions?

For more on this issue please see.....The Hong Kong "Occupy Central" - Color Revolution