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Article: American liberalism and the Euston Manifesto
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JEFFREY HERF
Jerusalem Post
01-05-2007
Headline: American liberalism and the Euston Manifesto
Byline: JEFFREY HERF
Edition; Up Front
Section: Opinion
Page: 04
Friday, January 5, 2007 -- On March 29, 2006, a group of British intellectuals posted "The Euston Manifesto" on a Web site at http://www.eustonmanifesto.org. Evoking the traditions of the anti-fascist and anti-totalitarian traditions of the democratic Left, they defended liberal democracy and Enlightenment values, denounced anti-Americanism, anti- Semitism, terrorism and radical Islam that inspired it. They called for a two-state solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. The Euston Manifesto struck a nerve. More than 2,700 people, ...