Showing posts with label populism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label populism. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 01, 2019

The Politics of Conspiracy Theorists

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Who knew? Populists have a ravenous appetite for conspiracy theories . You can feed those bastards just about anything and they'll t...
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Saturday, March 30, 2019

Democracy on Trial - In the United Kingdom

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The New York Times headline reads, "‘We’re in the Last Hour’: Democracy Itself Is on Trial in Brexit, Britons Say." As I'm...
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Saturday, April 28, 2018

An Excellent Introduction to Neoliberalism. How Our Political Caste Came to Serve the Special Interest Over the Public Interest.

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The first thing you need to know about neoliberalism is that it's made up. It's an economic ideology, one of a succession of be...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

The NYT Asks: What Does Real Populism Look Like?

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The term "populism" has been smothered in negative connotations lately as though it is the preserve of sketchy characters like ...
Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Oh Yeah, About that "Post-National" Business

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Justin Trudeau has proclaimed Canada the "first post-national state."   We're not the first country to be smeared with that l...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Listen Up. Does This Sound Familiar?

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It seems to be an unavoidable part of neoliberalism - the sense of being ruled, not governed by consent.  It's the degradation of de...
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Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Rebirth of Populism

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Rachel Maddow and Bill Maher and 100,000 Dubliners may just be right. We may be about to witness the restoration of populism. The Dubline...
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Friday, April 04, 2008

Four Out of Five Americans Agree

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...that the United States has come off the rails. A New York Times/CBS News poll has found that 81% of Americans believe that “ things have...