‘Venezuelan Leader Uplifted Poor From Caracas to the Bronx’
Mar 8, 2013 As millions gather to mourn Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the spate of criticism still pouring from the mouthpieces of the U.S. corporate media confirms elite hostility toward poor people and their defenders around the world.
Obama’s Late Payment to Mortgage-Fraud Victims
Jan 26, 2012 In his State of the Union address, many heard echoes of the Barack Obama of old, the presidential aspirant of 2007 and 2008.
So Much for a Populist GOP
Jan 19, 2012 In the end, the corporate and economically conservative wing of the Republican Party always seems to win.
There’s Hope for Republicans Yet
Jan 12, 2012 GOP candidates are embracing populism, but as the presidential election is now shaping up, voters will not be given a choice to rebuke Wall Street by either major party.The Populism of the Privileged
Apr 19, 2010 Both parties stand to lose if they accept the laughable notion that the media-created protest movement known as the tea party is the voice of true populism.
Dear Barack, Spare Me Your E-Mails
Dec 9, 2009 Obama’s faux populism is beginning to grate, and when yet another one of those “we the people” e-mails from the president landed on my screen as I was fishing around for a column subject, I came unglued.
Dutch Rightists Score in Elections
Jun 5, 2009 Exit polls show the notoriously anti-immigrant Dutch politician Geert Wilders gaining 15 percent of the vote and second place in elections for the European Parliament in the Netherlands -- even as he faces prosecution on charges of inciting hatred in his speeches.News Flash: Populism Is Popular
Apr 24, 2009 Both parties are suddenly listening to "the people" instead of the Establishment. They know the political class, however offended, can no longer stop a voter backlash.
