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Certainly not Miliband, who spent years in the U.S., first at junior high school in Massachusetts and later at mit. But it's European history that shaped him. The son of Jewish intellectuals who fled the Holocaust - his father was a Marxist theoretician, his mother a political activist - his was a childhood marinated in debate. He emerged, he says, as a "conviction politician," and - like his younger brother Ed, also a member of Brown's Cabinet - a Labour man to his bones. "Politics is about which side of the fence you're on," he says, "and I've always been...
...government said the cause was poor maintenance but later admitted it was a terrorist act when the Ejercito Popular Revolucionario (EPR) - The Popular Revolutionary Army - took responsibility for the incidents and demanded the release of two comrades taken into custody by the army in Oaxaca. The EPR espouses radical Marxist redistribution of wealth and the rights of indigenous peoples; it bases itself in the mountains and hills of Oaxaca and Guerrero states. On Wednesday evening, the EPR took responsibility for the less-than-impressive "artifacts." There might be more trouble. A well-connected Mexico City columnist, Raymundo Riva Palacio...
Traveling widely and feted by the wealthy and well-connected, Garibaldi was a favorite in Victorian England of what historian Rohan McWilliams calls a precursor to the "radical chic" crowd. His mix of egalitarianism, insurgent tactics and rugged sex appeal made him a forerunner of Argentine Marxist Che Guevara. Though T-shirts may be rare, after his death Garibaldi's name would adorn monuments, towns and mountain ranges from Rome to New York City, from Russia to Brazil...
...That success has it roots in the JCP's long history. Born in 1922 as the Japanese branch of the Communist International, the global federation of Marxist-Leninist parties created by Moscow, the JCP quickly adapted itself to local conditions. It was one of the few Japanese groups to stand up to the rise of imperial militarists in the run-up to World War II, and suffered as a result. "The JCP was the only political party that struggled against the past war of aggression with the sacrifice of members' lives," says JCP chairman Kazuo Shii. That principled stance earned...
...truly international figure during his lifetime, traveling widely and feted by the wealthy and well-connected. Historian Rohan McWilliam says he was a favorite of a radical salon crowd in Victorian England for his mix of egalitarianism, insurgent tactics and rugged sex appeal - a forerunner of Argentine Marxist Che Guevara. Though T shirts may be rare, after his death Garibaldi's name would adorn monuments, towns and mountain ranges from Rome to Russia, Canada to Brazil...