The original intention of the so-called third way is to step beyond the division between the old left and the new right. This was meant to be the basis for the renewal of social democracy. In practical sense, the main objective of third way thinkers is to explain why the post-war welfare state has to be abolished.

The manifest aim of the Afghan war is to fight international terrorism. War, however, is strongly linked to the general geopolitical objectives of the US. This has fundamental social, political and economic consequences in the Islamic world, and will have an impact on left-wing movements all around the world.

IN America after 11 September 2001 terrorism as a word started to function as communism in the 1950s. It stands in the way of the people and they are prepared to abandon their rights for the shake of the fight. The FBI and other secret services started to harrass aartists and activists. This might just be the beginning…