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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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A Dictionary of Bern-Speak

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

This article was originally published in the New Statesman on May 6th, 2016. One major achievement of the Bernie Sanders campaign in the US has been to build support for left-wing policies that only months ago would have seemed beyond the pale. In a relatively…

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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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