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In late 2024, the Conservative Party of Canada appeared poised to claim a landslide electoral victory in the upcoming 2025 Canadian Federal Election. With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approval rating hitting rock bottom, the Liberal Party seemed dead in the water. Pierre Poilievre, the populist leader of the Conservative Party, becoming the country’s next prime minister looked like a forgone conclusion. (more…)
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Keith Wood’s speech from the Counter-Currents 2025 Spring Retreat symposium on America and Europe in the Age of Trump. (more…)
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There are a few interesting trends playing out right now with Trump’s second term. One is the more aggressive stance his administration has taken towards Europe. I think you’re seeing that reflected in the rhetoric of some of his supporters as well, which creates something of an unnecessary rift between Europeans and Americans on social media. (more…)
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I was an outspoken “five percenter” back in 2020, one of the “5% of people who supported Trump in 2016 but withdrew their support in 2020.” I stand behind that decision, as Trump’s 2020 campaign was running with the team and on the laurels of his first administration, which was a total disaster. Trump didn’t drain the swamp. Trump nominated and was controlled by a rotating cast of the worst uniparty insider neocon swamp creatures possible. (more…)
The Grange Movement, an early example of American populism.
The Grange Movement, an early example of American populism.
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Introduction here, Chapter 4 Part 1 here, Chapter 5 Part 1 here
Translated by F. Roger Devlin
Like “communitarism,” “populism” has today become a garbage-bag term. The proof is that this label has been applied to people as different as Donald Trump, Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales, Nigel Farage, Beppe Grillo, Viktor Orbán, Nicolas Sarkozy, Georges Marchais, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, (more…)