Category: opinions

The melodramatic dimensions of Philippine politics cannot be dismissed as a sideshow in the national political scene; the melodrama of Senate hearings and other mediated political encounters is important to understand because these moments generate the emotional ties that push people to support politicians in times of tension and transition

Keywords: academic , duterte , populism

What is Duterte’s brand of populism? This text is a small part of my literature review for my PhD thesis.

https://reneekarunungan.com/2020/09/24/dutertes-brand-of-populism

Trump has failed badly on many of his over 200 campaign promises in 2016 that were directed to working people

Keywords: news , articles 2015

The list of broken promises could fill volumes. Compare Trump’s words and deeds and misdeeds. “We will honor the American people with the truth and nothing else.”

https://www.radiofree.org/2020/09/14/trumps-broken-promises-to-his-voters-he-didnt-deliver-3

The answer both to rightwing fraud and liberal elitism must come from us – from the democratic public itself.

Keywords: world

The only real answer, to Trump and plutocracy both, is a mass movement of ordinary people, hailing from all different backgrounds, joined together by a common desire to understand and dismantle the forces that make their toil so profitless.

https://portal4news.com/world/we-need-to-reclaim-populism-from-the-right-it-has-a-long-proud-leftwing-history-thomas-frank

Religious affiliation is actually an issue that unites many americans from both parties

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what the democrat party ended up doing by keeping clinton from talking about her religious experience was to cut out a large portion of america she could’ve appealed to. who knows how clinton felt about this at the time. there’s no doubt she should’ve stood up for herself and her religious affiliation.

https://loku.home.blog/2020/09/08/consequences-of-uncommon-sense

The overwhelming majority of populist leaders have been men

Keywords: dr denise r ames , populism , populists

They often present themselves as men of action and images rather than men of words, talking of the need for bold action and common-sense solutions to issues which they call crises. Male populist leaders often express themselves using simple and sometimes vulgar language in an attempt to present themselves as the common man or “one of the boys” to add to their populist appeal. Overstepping traditional political boundaries, they may use language that draws attention to their virility and sexual prowess.

https://thecenterforglobalawareness.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/the-rise-of-populism-part-2