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All Blog Posts Tagged 'populism' (3)

What Created the Populist Explosion and How Democrats Can Avoid the Shrapnel in November

By Drew Westen, AlterNet

Posted on September 1, 2010, Printed on September 6, 2010

http://www.alternet.org/story/148045/…

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Added by Cromag on September 6, 2010 at 2:05pm — No Comments

Encouraging Reflections on Activism - Jim Hightower and American populism

Bill Moyers sits down with populist Jim Hightower to look at the history and legacy of people's movements and discuss how ordinary people can reclaim political power. Hightower frames progressive views better than anyone I've heard, even George Lakoff. This was from the last episode of The Journal, which spanned 40 years. Moyers adds a cutting exclamation point on U.S. Plutocracy, but first, here is why Bill Moyers decided to end The… Continue

Added by Ice Goldberg on May 1, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

The Disadvantages of an Elite Education

Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers

By William Deresiewicz

It didn’t dawn on me that there might be a few holes in my education until I was about 35. I’d just bought a house, the pipes needed fixing, and the plumber was standing in my kitchen. There he was, a short, beefy guy with a goatee and a Red Sox cap… Continue

Added by Cromag on February 12, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments