Last week, Edward Miliband beat his brother to become the new head of the Labour Party. Norman Birnbaum, a longtime family friend, explains their amazing history and the impact of their parents.
Norman Birnbaum is University Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University law Center, and is on the Editorial Board of The Nation. He is a columnist for El Pais and Tageszeitung. His most recent book is After Progress: American Social Reform And European Socialism In The Twentieth Century (Oxford University Press, 2001).