Last week I attended an Alt-Right rally hoping that I might be able to understand the white-supremacist movement and the people who subscribe to it. I went in open-minded with few expectations...
A wave of populist sentiment is sweeping the West, with large numbers of people angry and disaffected. The Trump and Brexit victories were political earthquakes that have been described as a...
Relief! The Dutch voted against xenophobe populism. A clear victory against extremism, Francois Hollande called it. The nationalist Geert Wilders didn’t win. That’s what’s making the...
Populism can run in a variety of directions, with a variety of unexpected results, as American Republicans are learning to their chagrin at the moment. But were those results really so unexpected?...
Good morning! This week we're delving into longreads on the present and future of women, the groundwork for Trump, and...cloning? Follow us down the rabbit hole, please drop your favourite reads of...
Who is drawn to right-wing populism and why is it so dangerous? The real danger of right-wing populism lies in its ability to forge broad societal alliances In the United Kingdom, United States,...
I am of the opinion that had it not been for his positions on trade, Donald Trump would not be President. By using rhetoric that strongly denounced free trade agreements cooked up by “elites” as...
Today, the United States is preparing to swear a populist demagogue into the office of the presidency, overseeing a Republican-controlled Congress and a conservative majority in most U.S. states,...
Good morning! This week we're exploring the shifting character of populist politics in Poland, Catalonia, Africa in the aftermath of colonialism, and the US, examining common threads and the series...
People the world over are rejecting the legitimacy of liberal democracy, hardening themselves against ‘enemies’, retreating to the security of their tribe, and placing faith in populist leaders...