Against totalitarianism. For progress. No apology.

With fewer and fewer bugbears to assail, the left will have to face real monsters sooner or later, and when it does, it will find that all of its old casuistries and excuses have come to dust.

Our first priority must be a declaration of common cause with the victims of religious or state totalitarianism. . . we don’t believe that anyone who remains silent on the issue can be properly called a person of the left.

That's from Comrade Weiss, a fellow Eustonard, in a helpful overview of some recent goings-on.

Weiss has a good go at Ignatieff (who did eventually sign up, to be fair). I was an early supporter of the manifesto, and explained why here.