NP The remaking of the Left

[Otto]

Hilary Wainwright, Friday September 9, 2005, The Guardian

"Fifteen years after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, few would expect 
western Europe's once-powerful communist parties and their various 
successor organisations to have anything more than the weakest of 
pulses. But increasingly there are surprising signs of life. The latest 
is the German Linkspartei, which nine days from the German election 
stands at 9% in nationwide opinion polls and is the most popular choice 
for easterners facing high unemployment and low wages. At the moment 
this party is an alliance of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) of 
eastern Germany and the mainly west German Social Justice party, a 
trade-union-led split from the Social Democrats. They are committed to 
forming a new party within two years."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/analysis/story/0,,1565978,00.html

	

	
		
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