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...often the lone liberal voice in an increasingly moderate Senate. Paul Wellstone, who died Friday in a plane crash, was known for being a forthright, passionate advocate for leftist causes, and for creating an atmosphere of honesty in the chamber where he worked. He was 58 years old, father of three and grandfather...
...Union ran the world anti-terror campaign, take a look at Colombia. The Colombian government realized long ago that there was no military solution to criminal insurgency. In fact, they’ve been finding new ways to convince themselves of this supposed truth ever since the formation of leftist guerilla groups more than 40 years...
...humanism is personified in Haji Bektash, a 13th century Alevi holy man who, according to Alevi lore, encouraged people to turn the other cheek and love their neighbors. Alevis generally embraced Kemal Ataturk's separation of church and state in the 1930s, but their outsider status drew many to leftist politics. The Alevis in Germany started organizing politically in July 1993, after a mob in the Turkish city of Sivas torched a hotel where satirist Aziz Nesin, known for lampooning religious extremism, was entertaining at an Alevi function. Thirty-seven people died, and images of the "Sivas Martyrs" quickly appeared...
...Iraqi regime. The French and the Russians, stained by Iraqi oil, have taken the bait and declared that a new resolution against Saddam is unnecessary. Germany will follow. Tony Blair has so far been stalwart, but there is no predicting how far he will bend to accommodate certain leftist members of his party...
...market and reforms or revert to the doctrinaire social democracy of the 1980s," says Alain Duhamel, who co-authored the book in which Jospin spelled out his presidential platform. "If they choose to modernize, they may rally rather quickly. If they opt for antiquity, they'll lose moderate leftists without luring back voters they've already lost." With local, regional and European elections set for 2004, France's leftist parties must decide which direction they'll take if they hope to recover soon. How they do in those contests, meanwhile, will help determine whether they can unite in time...