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Published in: Rethinking Populism: OpinionProgressive politics in Latin America needs a Green Democratic Revolution
A green populism could be the basis of a new kind of politics in Latin America, one that embraces many of the...
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Published in: Rethinking Populism: OpinionTo achieve real political change, populism is necessary
But the Left needs to know how to mobilise the people against power blocs
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Published in: Rethinking Populism: OpinionThe systemic metamorphosis of Greece’s once radical left-wing SYRIZA party
SYRIZA is not the same party that rose to power in 2015 – is this the end of its populist adventure?
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Published in: Rethinking Populism: InterviewSituating populism beyond the deformation of Eurocentric and post-democratic narratives
Spyros Sofos talks to Paula Biglieri and Luciana Cadahia about their book ‘Seven Essays on Populism’ and...
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Published in: Rethinking Populism: OpinionRethinking politics, populism and platforms
How can we create a progressive ‘popular force’ in an era of digital media platforms dominated by the innovations of...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismGlobal transformation: the precariat overcoming populism
A contribution to debate urging the mainstream left not to be distracted by populism. Aim instead for what we know...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: InterviewSpain’s political laboratory – from 15-M to Podemos: an interview
From the Spanish left’s response to financial crisis against austerity, to Black Lives Matter and reclaiming the...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismPrecarity, populism, and prospects for a green democratic transformation
The proper Left alternative to the class struggle is subverting capitalism by mobilizing an ever wider and more...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismIs Left populism possible?
We need to fight precarity now and to ensure that, in the process, we retain and enhance the best of our...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismA world to win and a planet to save
Left populism and socialist strategy under Corbyn – how could this prepare us for the Green New Deal? In response to...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismThe blind spots of Left populism
What the left needs is to refocus on its core principles of social justice and have the courage to defend them.
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismWhy a populist Left should rally around a green democratic transformation
The Left must draw a frontier between the people and the oligarchy, and ecological transition is the thing around...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Could Turkey’s opposition provide a model for the defeat of populist authoritarian rule?
COVID-19 could strengthen global resilience against populist authoritarianism. Those movements should also learn...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismGender and authoritarian populism in Turkey: the two phases of AKP rule
Unless a strong democratic left alternative appears, it will not be possible to curb and reverse the patriarchal...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismCharting the waters: populism as a gendered phenomenon
Take this first “walking tour” of openDemocracy’s rich archive of material dealing with the complex relation between...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismThe ‘gender turn’ of the populist radical right
Gender perspectives are essential to understanding the means through which populist radical right parties...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismThe new age politics of gender in the Hindutva movement and faith-based identity contestation
While motherhood may be associated with nurturing bodies and minds, in contemporary Hindu nationalist discourse it...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismBringing gender into the populism debate: a guided walk
openDemocracy’s latest partnership launches with an ambitious question to answer.
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismMarine Le Pen’s goosebump politics
Marine Le Pen as a rightwing populist is rather adored by supporters for her extraordinary ability to be a sexual...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismThe “genocide on mothers”: moral panic underpinning anti-gender campaigns in Czechia
Has the new femonationalism solved the riddle of how to be a strong woman while supporting a fundamentally...