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Michael Moore's Grapes of Wrath

Dan Siegel | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Reagan, Elizabeth Warren, Populism, Flint, Gm, Ronald Reagan, Frank Capra, George W. Bush, Michael Moore Capitalism: A Love Story, Franklin Roosevelt, Michael Moore Capitalism, Dick Cheney, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Casino-Capitalism, Marcy Kaptur, Fdr, Grapes of Wrath, Entertainment News
Dan Siegel

With the glimmering hope of the Obama campaign behind us, Moore's film is a wake-up call to renew and expand America's democratic promise.

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Is the Opposite of Capitalism Democracy? A Review of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story

Anis Shivani | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Foreclosures, Populism, Ronald Reagan, Larry Summers, Globalization, Economic Bill of Rights, Republic Windows and Doors, Goldman Sachs, Capitalism: A Love Story, General Motors, Dennis Kucinich, General Motors Bankruptcy, Roger & Me, Plutonomy, Financial Deregulation, Deindustrialization, Bill Clinton, Economic Crisis, Flint, Democracy, Franklin Roosevelt, Capitalism, Oligarchy, Nafta, Barack Obama, Sicko, Robert Rubin, Glass-Steagall Act, Jimmy Carter, Michael Moore, Alan Greenspan, Business News
Anis Shivani

Moore explicitly states that we ought to turn to democracy as the alternative to capitalism. But the opposite of capitalism is not democracy, it is socialism.

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The Tea Party Movement's Populism

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Tea Party Movement, Glenn Beck, Populism, Us-vs-Them, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

If the slogan of left-wing populism might be "What about us?" the slogan of right-wing populism is "What about me and my kind?"

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Roots of Right-Wing Populist Rage -- Reds to Beds

Chip Berlet | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Homosexuality, Values Voters, Populism, Family Values, Evangelical Christians, Sociology, Anti-Abortion, Christian Right, Right Wing, Right-Wing Populism, Sex Education, Politics News
Chip Berlet

There are tens of millions of conservative Christian evangelicals who read, watch, or hear crazy messages on a weekly basis. Stop laughing and start organizing.

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Roots of Right Wing Populist Rage -- Realignment

Chip Berlet | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christian Right, Right Wing, Populism, Evangelical Christians, Right-Wing Populism, Sociology, Politics News
Chip Berlet

It is neither accurate nor useful to see the current Right wing as one gigantic top-down, corporate run, astroturf, revolt of ignorant wingnuts.

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Joe, You Ignorant Slut

John Feffer | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Joe Wilson, Populism, Barack Obama, Politics News
John Feffer

Yesterday's satire has become today's headlines. The fine art of argument is dead. In its place, we must endure playground taunts and invective. The temptation to respond in kind is enormous....

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A Virtuous Tax

Robert Kuttner | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Tobin, Populism, Adair Turner, Tobin Tax, Financial Regulation, Peer Steinbrueck, Financial Collapse, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

A little bit of populist retribution is overdue against the people who brought down the system -- and will bring it down again if the hegemony of the traders is not constrained.

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Salon: Is Sarah Palin America's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

Salon | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palin Resignation, Populism, Globalization, Sarah-Palin-Farewell, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Elections, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Katie Couric, Sarah Palin, Mavericks, Alaska, Juan Cole, Politics News

Aug. 3, 2009 | Is Sarah Palin America's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? The two differ in many key respects, of course, but it is remarkable how similar they are...

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Jobless Non-Recovery

Mike Lux | Posted 07.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Populism, 2009 Obama Administration, Economic Crisis, Economy, Business News
Mike Lux

When you hear the phrase "but jobs are a lagging indicator," let's be clear: that's just another way of saying trickle-down economics.

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Wall St. Lobbyists Fight 'Populist Overreaction'

bloomberg.com | Robert Schmidt | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Populism, Hank Paulson, Wall Street, Bank Lobbying, Business News

june 25 (Bloomberg) -- Wall Street's largest trade group has started a campaign to counter the "populist" backlash against bankers, enlisting two form...

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Exclusive Interview With Geoffrey Nunberg, On The Years Of Talking Dangerously

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Non-Apology, President Obama, Um, Obama, Linguist, Refugee, Language Police, Wurzelbacher, Grammar Police, Fascist, Bailout, Joe Sixpack, Elite, Socialist, Geoffrey Nunberg, Katrina, Joe, American Dialect Society, Looting, Evacuee, Populism, Elitist, Omnigooglization, I Fought the Law, Joe Blow, Phonetosphere, Socialism, J Edgar Hoover, Joe the Plumber, Volvo Driving, Npr, Lingua Branda, Barack Obama, Interview, Joe Schmo, Loot, Progressive, New Foundation, Talking Right, Chris Weigant, Liberal, Legacy Asset, The Years of Talking Dangerously, Under a Bus, Fresh Air, Pluto, Berkeley School of Information, Under the Bus, Hiawatha, Nunberg, L-Word, Media News
Chris Weigant

Epithets like "socialist" and "fascist" enable people on the right to bond with each other and -- though they may not acknowledge it -- to alienate everybody else.

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Populism Is Not A Style

Jim Hightower | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Populist Movement, Populism, Populist, Politics News
Jim Hightower

Everyone's a populist now -- Limbaugh, Palin, Beck -- pretty much anyone claiming to speak for the people. But those people are to populism what near beer is to beer, only not as close.

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Who Woulda Thunk It? Populism Is Popular!

David Sirota | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Populism, Politics, Politics News
David Sirota

It's really Orwellian - you can barely find a news story referring to populism that doesn't put the word populism next to a word like "dangerous" or "angry."

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Obama Needs to Be Tough on Credit Card CEOs

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Greed, Populism, Class Warfare, Bankruptcy, Economic Crisis, Credit Cards, New Depression, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Global Recession, Credit Card Abuses Legislation, Obama Credit Card Abuses, Credit Card Rate Increases, Banks, Banking Crisis, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Business News
Robert S. McElvaine

The American people do not want the unconscionable interest rate increases made "easier to understand" -- we want them reversed.

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Keep the Bank Pirates on the Run

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Greed, Credit Card Abuses Legislation, Populism, Class Warfare, Bankruptcy, Economic Crisis, Credit Cards, Obama Credit Card Abuses, New Depression, Global Recession, Credit Card Rate Increases, Banks, Banking Crisis, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Business News
Robert S. McElvaine

President Obama seems to be hearing the growing outcry against the big bank pirates' declaration of war on the American people through their outrageous increases in credit card interest rates.

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Is Gov't 2.0 Having A Tea-Bagging, Twittered Moment?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Tax Day Tea Party, Populism, Twitter, Wilshire and Washington, President Obama, New Media, Glenn Beck, Facebook, Tea Party, Online Organizing, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Adriel Hampton joins our hosts Ted Johnson and Maegan Carberry to talk twitter and populism.

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Banks Declare War on America

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Greed, Populism, Bankruptcy, Capitol One, Economic Crisis, Bank of America, Recession, New Depression, Credit Cards, J.P. Morgan Chase, Credit Card Rate Increases, Citibank, Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, Banks, Class Warfare, Amex, Great Depression, Business News
Robert S. McElvaine

These rate increases -- some to as high as 29 percent -- are exactly the opposite of what the bad economy needs for recovery.

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Obama Declares Himself President-For-Life (No Fooling!)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Market, Populism, President Obama, Economy, Jindal, Poll, Obama, Media, Agenda, America, Blagojevich, Hat. Aretha Franklin, Pelosi, Muslim, Populist, Bonus, Socialist, Tax Cut, Auto Workers, Over-Exposed, Stimulus Package, Limbaugh, Reid, Teleprompter, Rush Limbaugh, Budget, Socialism, Do Too Much, Conservative, Congress, Right Wing, Sixty-Percent, Capitalism, Bipartisan, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Palin, Hypocrisy, Political Capital, Msm, Two-Thirds, Bipartisanship, Pundit, Class Warfare, Partisan, Leona Helmsley, President-for-Life, Helmsley, Politics News
Chris Weigant

"I am ashamed at getting my stimulus bill passed so quickly. Republicans, those masters of bipartisanship, offered their sincere efforts to delay this bill for months and, I admit, I ignored them."

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NBC's David Gregory Says: You're Stupid

Adam Green | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Meet the Press, Populism, Erin Burnett, Wall Street, Cnbc, David Gregory, Financial Crisis, Adam Green, Nbc, Media News
Adam Green

David Gregory, instead of calling the public stupid, how about saying on the air that there are, in fact, no "best and brightest" at AIG worth giving bonuses to if they threaten to leave?

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Give Populism a Chance

Jim Jaffe | Posted 04.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Aig, Obama, Populism, Wall Street Bonuses, Aig Bonuses, Economy, Home News
Jim Jaffe

Whether that history remains relevant today is the question of the moment. I'm not convinced that we're compelled to disown populism because of its anti-intellectual past.

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Fred Goodwin, Ex-Chief Of Royal Bank Of Scotland's, Home Vandalized

AP | BEN McCONVILLE | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Executive Homes Vandalized, Fred Goodwin, Populist Anger, Populism, Ex-Chief of Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh-Scotland, Business News

EDINBURGH, Scotland — Vandals attacked the home of the former head of the Royal Bank of Scotland, smashing windows early Wednesday at the house ...

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Calm After the AIG Storm? No Way!

Dave Astor | Posted 04.24.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Populism, New York Times, Greed, Aig, Toaster Ovens, Purple Dinosaur, Barney, Comedy News
Dave Astor

Calming down about the obscene greed of AIG and other corporations weakens pressure on politicians to rein in that greed. It also sets a bad example.

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Enough With The Pitchforks And Head-Rolling

Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aig Congressional Hearing, Populist Rage, Populism, Populist, Aig Bonuses, AIG Bailout, Aig, AIG Scandal, American International Group, Barack Obama, Timothy Geithner, Aiu, AIU Holdings, AIU Holdings Ltd., Politics News
Stuart Whatley

Such knee-jerk populist rage is precisely what gave populist rage a bad name in the first place, whereby a valid democratic outlook is construed as nothing more than an angry-mob uprising.

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Stop the Financial Services "Super Czar" (Updated)

Don McNay | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Fiddler on the Roof, Wall Street Bailout, Populism, Hank Paulson, Shelia Bair, Main Street, Regulation, Bailout, Insurance, Obama Average Americans, Washington, Kentucky, Constitution, Wall Street Bonuses, Lexington KY, National-Association-of-Insurance-Commissioners, Personal Finance, State-Insurance-Regulators, Fdic, Financial Services, Systemic-Risk, Aig, Don McNay, Representative-Government, Insurance Companies, FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, Barack Obama, Wall Street Regulators, Tim Geithner, Deregulation, Car Czar, Banking Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Systemic Risk Regulator, House Financial Services Committee, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Don McNay

There has been talk about appointing a new "Systemic Risk Regulator." This "Super Czar" would oversee all of the financial services industry. We had a "Super Czar" last year. His name was Henry Paulson.

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Put Down the Pitchforks!

Howard Schweber | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aig, Congress, Populism, Bailout, Aig Bonuses, Banks, Pitchforks and Torches, Geithner, Stimulus, Rule of Law, Politics News
Howard Schweber

Once the decision was made to avoid receivership, honoring existing contracts was exactly what Obama promised his administration would deliver: the Rule of Law.

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