Can the Left Reclaim Populism?
By Tad Tietze
I was recently on Grant Gallagher and Joseph Sciortino’s excellent podcast The Rabble Report.
It’s a real deep dive, in which we look at the rise and fall of left populism by using the recent book, The Populist Moment: The Left After the Great Recession by Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger (Verso, 2023) as a jumping off point.
The topics covered include:
- Populism in the Discourse
- Historical Populism vs. Today
- Why Study Populism?
- Left Populism + “The Populist Moment”
- Economics/Society and Populism Relationship
- Bernie Sanders + Shrinking Horizons of Left Populism
- Why Right-Wing Populism is Winning
- Immigration
- Democracy + The End of History
- Future of Populism in Power
You can watch it on YouTube here:
If you prefer to just listen, it’s also on Spotify:
Make sure to check out other episodes of The Rabble Report on their YouTube channel.