The British intelligence writer Brian Crozier published evidence in 'The Spectator' London, to show that IPS had been established to serve the interests of the KGB and the Communist party of the SOVIET UNION.  IPS launched legal action against the author and the publication, but later withdrew its suit abruptly with no explanation.  The inspiration and direction of IPS is to energise in the United States the Bolshevik-Leninist cultural offensive which seeks to replace civilised norms, traditions and values with 'garbage values' , in accordance with a   Directive laid down in the draft programme of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Section V: The tasks of the Party in the Spheres of Ideology, Education, Instruction, Science and Culture', which deployed the ideas and prescription of the Italian ,Antonio Gramsci.  His insight was that the Communists' hopes for spontaneous revolution were illusory, and that, in order TO CAPTURE POWER IN A STATE, the Revolution must first 'capture the culture'.  By culture, Gramsci means the powerful non-Government institutions of great influence throughout the nation -churches, trade unions, the mass media, political parties (through infiltration as in Britain, the United States and elsewhere), universities and other centres of education, foundations and business organisations, (Thus ,for instance, in Britain, Will Hutton, the former Editor of The Observer resurfaced as chief executive of THE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY, an influence-building organisation)  Antonio Gramsci' stood Marx on his head, arguing that the cultural superstructure determines the political and economic base', according to Scott Powell, writing in 'Policy Review', Summer 1988, Number 45, page 65. Like Gramsci, the IPS recognises the imperative of '"The long march through the institutions" -the media, the universities, public interest, religious and cultural institutions.  BY WORKING THROUGH SUCH INSTITUTIONS, CULTURAL VALUES CAN BE CHANGED AND MORALS SOFTENED. setting the stage of political and economic power to fall into the hands of the radical LEFT.  IPS publications, films, and works address issues of humanistic appeal but frame these issues with creative[i.e,Leninist-Ed] semantics that induce a biased perception of reality

The fact that  the INSTITUTE for POLICY STUDIES is regularly referred to as a "liberal" organisation indicates either that the IPS has successfully masked its radical character in the eyes of traditional liberals, or else that the meaning of liberalism has radically changed.  In either case, the INSTITUTE'S efforts have sown seeds of doubt, confusion and guilt among constituencies that identify with LIBERALISM. And by focusing blame on the full range of American institutions, IPS  perspectives weaken faith in the system while at the same time promoting a subliminal means of inducing behaviour modification.