> As much as I dislike both liberalism and the Nation, the following is
> quite good; it is in particular something for Europhiles in the u.s. to
> ponder.
Perhaps that's because the author is a black British left-winger with a history of trade unionism and anti-racist activism, and is therefore somewhat insulated against the degenerative tendecies of American liberalism. Younge is the best writer The Nation has signed up in years.