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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Polish Left Gets Transfusion of Young Blood


On a recent Saturday night at Brave New World, an expansive, smoke-filled bar and leftist club that has become one of the capital’s hippest venues, clutches of stylishly dressed young people expounded on the virtues of Karl Marx and social democracy, in between gyrations on a dance floor and copious shots of vodka.

The ritual would not be notable, except that this is conservative Poland, where Ronald Reagan and unbridled free markets are still treasured icons.

Read more:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/world/europe/13iht-poland.html