Word: socialists
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...doesn't bother other burakumin that Nonaka doesn't want to be a poster-boy for their cause. After all, they haven't been his staunchest supporters, either. Burakumin have traditionally backed socialist and communist parties, while the conservative Nonaka staked his early career on chipping away at the communists' grip on power in Kyoto. "If he becomes Prime Minister," says Kanto, "it won't really change much for us. It would be more difficult for him to do things for us, because at the top, he would have to deal with too many other issues...
...pressure from the energy industry, recently tore up his own campaign promise to cut carbon-dioxide outputs from power stations. And if he's prepared to treat his own environment secretary like Cinderella, he was always going to give short shrift to the pleas of a German "Third Way" socialist...
...works at the tax bureau, and she's a stay-at-home mom, who doesn't seem too excited when he comes back each night. Coming of age during the Cultural Revolution, they met at a time in China's history when personal satisfaction was subordinate to the collective socialist cause. "That generation didn't have a chance to find the perfect person," she says. "They had to make do with the first person they met." But Fifi knows that you have to shop around before you find the perfect person. "It's like searching for a dress," she says...
...Motivé-e-s has attracted hundreds of volunteers and seems to be stirring voters as well. Polls show the leftist collective winning up to 17% in first-round voting-third behind the Socialist-led Union of the Left's 26%, and 39% for the conservatives who have controlled City Hall for 30 years. In addition to its fresh, civic allure, Motivé-e-s enjoys a sympathique association with the popular rock group Zebda-whose activist music urges social and political engagement. Motivé-e-s took its name from Zebda's 1998 hit remake of the Resistance Partisans...
...killed two people outside a suburban rail station near San Sebastian, French police arrested Xabier Garcia Gaztelu, alias Txapote, who is believed to be eta's top military commander. He has allegedly participated in at least 12 murders, including that of Popular Party councillor Miguel Angel Blanco and Socialist lawyer Fernando Mugica. Txapote was seized in the French town of Anglet, close to the Spanish border, and will face trial in France before extradition to Spain. The arrest is a major blow to eta, whose most senior leader was apprehended last year. The group's campaign of violence has claimed...