![]() Judis and New America co-founder Michael Lind on the social and economic upheaval roiling politics on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the Atlantic. ![]() Join New America NYC for a conversation with John B. must also come to terms with the implications of the rise of Sanders and Trump: growing numbers of people are insisting that our standard worldview is breaking down and in desperate need of repair. As the EU grapples with the aftershock of Brexit, the U.S. What started in the United States spread to Europe and back again. Judis, The Populist Explosion , traces the phenomenon of populism back to its roots in the 1890s United States and sees it in a new light: as a warning sign for the ideological crises to come. As if overnight, many Democrats backed a socialist named Bernie Sanders the United Kingdom voted to the leave the European Union, in a stunning rebuke the nativist billionaire Donald Trump became the presidential nominee of the Republican Party and a slew of extreme parties continued to win election after election in countries like Norway, Austria, and Greece.Ī new book by John B. Judis, one of Americas most respected political analysts, tells us why we need to understand the populist movement that began in the United States. In the spring and summer of 2016, the world's richest democracies witnessed a collective upheaval that shocked the globe. Over the next year the "people's movement" will play a decisive role in elections at home and across the world. The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics John B. ![]() ![]() Populism is making a bold, modern comeback. ![]()
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