Word: leftist
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...long march to the French presidency, Nicolas Sarkozy pitted himself against the moldy pieties of an obsolete status quo - much as the leftist revolutionaries of May 1968 had done. Some 19 million voters followed him. In a terse speech on May 6 after his overwhelming victory, Sarkozy said France "has chosen to break with the ideas, habits and behaviors of the past." No more fealty to the notion that France's unique social model can insulate it from the ravages of globalization; no more reflexive opposition to the U.S., which enjoyed a rare expression of Gallic affection when Sarkozy said...
...unleash "violence and brutality" in the projects. Those comments left a lot of banlieue residents even more resentful of France's politics. "To hear the Socialist Presidential candidate cite us as this easily ignitable fuse that would inevitably explode if Sarkozy won was deeply offensive," says Salah Amokrane, a leftist member of Toulouse's municipal council who represents the city's project populations. "Pointing to us as the stereotypical hotheads, certain to run amok when something angers us - you'd expect a little bit more from the nominal progressive in the Presidential final...
...both sides having their time to speak. Mr. Mueller’s time to speak wasn’t honored by some who believe they have the right to interrupt or attempt to shout down anyone that disagrees with their particular politics. Think about it this way. If these leftists had their way, the only opinions would ever get to hear are theirs because anyone dissenting from their leftist view wouldn’t be allowed to speak, wouldn’t be invited or would be shouted down if invited...
...November 29, 2006, Radio Universidad, the radio station of the Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca was officially forced off the air by police. The police, incensed by the leftist politics and popularity of the station among Oaxaca residents, shut its operations down after conflict in the Oaxaca region...
...Five years ago tonight, it was if the world learned France was racist and xenophobic," says Mohammed Driss, 43, a leftist voter who, like hundreds of others, came to Rue Solferino to await the initial election results on Sunday night. "Tonight, France sent a new message: 2002 was a big mistake...