Archive: Populism

• WCP: Economic Nationalism and the Half-Life of Deindustrialization

  Four decades ago a major mill in Youngstown shut its doors, setting of a massive process of deindustrialization in the Rust Belt that still stings working people. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, Sherry Linkon and John Russo trace today’s politics of resentment to the economic changes that disrupted places like Youngstown 40 years ago.

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Black Monday, Deindustrialization, John Russo, Politics of Resentment, Populism, Rust Belt, Sherry Linkon, Steve Bannon, WCP, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives, Youngstown

• WCP: Will the British Working Class Stand Up and Fight Back?

  A tired and familiar pattern has emerged in several countries: working-class voters rally behind nationalist, often populist politicians who promise relief but deliver policies that bring more econo

  Categories: Labor Studies, Visiting Scholars Tags: Austerity, Electoral Politics, Great Britain, John Russo, Labour, Margaret Thatcher, Populism, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, Tories, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives, Working-Class Voters