Europe’s New Authoritarianism
The Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco came of age in the 1930s and 1940s, during the fascist regime of
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populism
Social Democracy or Fortress Democracy? A Twenty-First Century Immigration Plan
In 1903, W.E.B. DuBois observed that “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line—the relation of
Read MoreMexico’s Wall of Resistance: Why AMLO’s Fight for Energy Sovereignty Needs Our Support
It has been more than two years since Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known as “AMLO”) began his six-year term as
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Left-Wing Populism Meets “La Grande Crisi”
The enigma at the heart of Italian politics.
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Why Did a Majority of White Women Vote for Trump?
Deciphering the political enigma of the women’s vote.
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White Working-Class Voters and the Future of Progressive Politics
In the aftermath of the 2016 election, there have been hundreds of reflections written on the behavior, attitudes, needs, and prospects of the “white working class,” a segment of the population that will prove vital to any progressive coalition that stands for both social and economic justice. But what do we mean by “white working class”?
Read MoreHistory’s Mad Hatters: The Strange Career of Tea Party Populism
*This article was originally printed on www.tomdispatch.com. On a winter’s day in Boston in 1773, a rally of thousands at
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The Fissuring of the Republican Party: A Road Map to Political Chaos
Donald Trump took his own stab at idiocy by reading out Graham’s phone number, encouraging his audience to “try it.” Trump’s antics came in response to Graham’s own a day before when in an effort to defend his friend John McCain, another of the billionaire’s targets, he called the rich politico the “world’s biggest jackass.” The contest intensified in September after GOP polls…
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Marxism and Consumer Culture
Our obsession with the question of what sort of consciousness attaches itself most readily to the culture of consumption has paradoxically blinded us to the ways in which the ideal type of the American consumer has achieved a new level of uncontested sovereignty in the political rhetoric of our market culture.
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