populism

A conversation on current US politics with Thomas Frank.
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Across Europe parties opposing Net Zero and mass immigration are gaining power as millions of citizens shift their allegiance towards populist Right-wing parties.
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The 372-page book that the European Center for Populism Studies published in March 2023, The Impacts of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Right-wing Populism in Europe, opens its Chapter (p. 200-209) on “The Russia-Ukraine War and Right-Wing Populism in Latvia” by saying something that has broad applicability across all U.S.-and-allied nations, Right-wing populism, and […]

CJ Hopkins So, here’s a “conspiracy theory” for you. This one is about the global-capitalist thoughtpolice and their ongoing efforts to purge society of “insensitivity.” Yes, that’s right, insensitivity. If there is anything the global-capitalist thoughtpolice can’t stand, it is insensitivity. You know, like making fun of ethnic or religious minorities, and the physically or …

But for now, let me repeat: the world’s richest 85 individuals do not have the same amount of accumulated wealth as the world’s poorest 50 percent. They have vastly more. The multitude on the lower rungs—even taken as a totality—have next to nothing. — Michael Parenti Funny stuff seeing the MoveOn outfit go after ONLY […]
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Aaron Copland (Photo Credit:  Erich Auerbach/Getty Images 1965) In the mid-20th century (say, 1930-1970), orchestral music played a much more prominent role in national culture–both in the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.–than it does today.  In part, the advent of radio in the 1920s could bring live concerts to a mass audience.  Radio networks attracted top-notch […]
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President Trump remains too good to be true. In the very first seconds of this video you are about to see, he delivers the truth about “woke” politics and policies that simply must be said. And now, it has become evident that Donald Trump is running an organization behind the scenes that has some effectiveness. Dr. […]

The killing of a Muslim family on June 6 in Ontario, Canada, again presented an opportunity for Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, to brand himself as a voice of reason and communal harmony. However, Trudeau’s amiable and reassuring language is designed to veil a sinister reality which has, for many years, hidden the true face of […]
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There’s been a new public fracturing of the intellectual left, typified by an essay last week from Nathan J Robinson, editor of the small, independent, socialist magazine Current Affairs, accusing Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi of bolstering the right’s arguments. He is the more reasonable face of what seems to be a new industry arguing […]