Going Left: Lessons for the Left from French Elections
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
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The French Left Is Not Mild, Is It?
He is a strong, outspoken candidate who doesn't spout the bureacratese political noise that passes for political rhetoric in our society. He has to be understood as being half way to somebody willing say, we are going to change things. No other politician dared go anywhere near as far as mister melonchamp went. And the result was to give him more support than people predict he could or would get going. Now what about the second problem, a clear, differentiated programme? Well, i would judge the french left way home on that one. One half they got, one half they don't got.
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