Philiadelphia’s Occupy movement is the first to announce it will run for Congress. ++ There is a “spirit of opportunism” in the American Left, whereas there are only two socialists still governing in Europe. ++ The revival of the Left in the US has been enabled by popular use of technology, linking the personal to the political. ++ The European left is “tired, dull, top-down and moribund”, the
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The anti-antiterror lobby is as dangerous now as before the election, but Obama is not following its lead. ++ He has disguised the fact that his policies on terror are the same as Bush’s. ++ The administration under Obama says it will keep less secrets than its predecessor, but it has realized that opening up on intelligence operations lets terrorists know what to expect. ++ As the left
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