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The Populist Illusion

  • Posted on May 7, 2018April 11, 2021
  • Polemics from Ogreville

This article was originally published in Progress magazine on November 29th, 2017.  It is a sign of our shallow times that despite the ubiquity of the word ‘populism’ over the last two years, so little attention has been paid to the movement which gave it…

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Thomas Frank on Cracking the Liberal Mirror

  • Posted on May 7, 2018May 8, 2018
  • A Struggle for Culture

Interview with author Thomas Frank, originally published in Open Democracy on July 27th, 2016. Now that the Republican Party has chosen a coiffured gargoyle as its nominee for president, the panicked eyes of the world turn to the Democrats, who have just selected Hillary Clinton…

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Thomas Frank’s Angels and Demons

  • Posted on May 7, 2018May 8, 2018
  • A Struggle for Culture

Review of Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank, originally published in Prospect magazine on March 15th, 2016. One of the notable features of this carnival of bunkum we agree to call the US presidential election, with its insurgent candidates and controversial rhetoric, is how none of…

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