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We distinguish "personal unfairness",
-- the view that one’s own economic situation is unfair,
from "social unfairness",
-- the view that the economic situation of others in society is unfair.
Uncertainties associated with the transition to a globalized knowledge economy heighten people’s feelings of personal unfairness
Feelings of personal unfairness increase support for the "populist right"
and feelings about social unfairn…

Left-Wing Populism vs. Right-Wing Populism - What's the Difference? | This vs. That
What's the difference between Left-Wing Populism and Right-Wing Populism? Left-wing populism and right-wing populism are both political movements that aim to...

A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the fiery, anti-AI politics of the progressive wing (Calder McHugh/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/12/28/ai-j…

Every few years, Democrats try to convince themselves they’ve found the one
– a candidate who can finally speak fluent rural, who looks and sounds like the voters they’ve lost.
In 2024, that hope was pinned on #Tim #Walz, the flannel-wearing, “Midwestern nice” governor whose small-town roots were supposed to unlock …

Why rural Maine may back Democrat Graham Platner’s populism in the Senate campaign − but not his party
Whether Maine’s Graham Platner wins or loses, his campaign to knock off longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins already points to a deeper question: Can Democrats do more than rent rural authenticity?

#Syriza's capitulation to the #Troika, 10 years on.
<<The limits of left populism when it gains power: without sufficient institutional and economic support, symbolic actions can rebound on those who promote them.>>
"los límites del populismo de izquierdas cuando este alcanza…

El largo final del verano de la izquierda griega
Diez años después del referendo y la capitulación ante la troika, la izquierda griega intenta resurgir de sus cenizas pero sin un proyecto clave ni ningún liderazgo que la guíe.

🧑‍🏭 It’s Still Possible to Rebuild a Working-Class Majority
#politics

It’s Still Possible to Rebuild a Working-Class Majority
Labor organizing can’t succeed at scale without a supportive legal and political environment, created by majoritarian coalitions that can win reforms, confront corporate power, and prove to skeptical workers that progressive governance delivers.

Abundance vs. Populism: A Former White House Aide Wants Democrats to Have It Both Ways (Victoria Guida/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/10/22/abundance-vs-populism-a-former-white-house-aide-wants-democrats-to-have-it-both-ways-00617550
http://www.memeorandum.com/251022/p33#a251022p33

Essay trying to explain the rise of populism.
It's about an "appeal to common sense" instead of allowing for elitist analytical thinking and theorizing.
https://josephheath.substack.com/p/populism-fast-and-slow

Populism fast and slow
It is natural that a person who is both concerned by the rise of right-wing populism and possessed of a bookish disposition might turn to the academic political science literature in search of a better understanding of the phenomenon.

'Catastrophic populism:' Critics push back against Zelensky's winter support package for Ukrainians: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/05/catastrophic-populism-critics-push-back.html

Post-truth and populism in politics, communication and discourse https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/09/post-truth-and-populism-in-politics-communication-and-discourse

The hallmark of populism: indecency trumps decency.

Democratic candidates can win Rust Belt voters by … attacking the Democratic party
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/09/democrats-rust-belt-economy

"is there a way to encourage voters to calm down, slow down and think twice, in an information environment that pushes us all to hurry up and feel?"
How populism became popular - https://on.ft.com/4nT3lyP via @FT

"One pretty foolproof way of encouraging right wing populism in the UK is to pretend the market requires public spending cuts when public spending levels are already weak."
mainly macro: What the call for fiscal headroom reveals
https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/

What the call for fiscal headroom reveals
  Everyone, including the IFS, is agreed that the Chancellor should in the budget create more fiscal headroom than she did previously. Rath...

Misinformation and populism also appear to be finite fuels, like fossil gas. In a generally sluggish German heating market, gas boilers are now losing out to heat pumps.
https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/energie/waermepumpen-heizung-energie-100.html

Günstigeres Heizen: Der stille Siegeszug der Wärmepumpe
Während der Ampel-Regierung galt die Wärmepumpe bei einigen als Symbol für ideologische Energiepolitik. Inzwischen werden in Deutschland erstmals mehr Wärmepumpen als Gasheizungen verkauft. Was ist passiert?

The Dutch choose optimism over anti-immigrant populism
https://economist.com/europe/2025/10/30/the-dutch-choose-optimism-over-anti-immigrant-populism
from The Economist

"Demokratische Kultur entsteht durch Übung. Jedes Gespräch, das von aufmerksamem Zuhören und aufrichtigem Sprechen geprägt ist, ist ein kleiner Schritt hin zu einer menschlicheren, inklusiveren und effektiveren Demokratie."
Josef Merk
#SprechenUndZuhören
#DemokratieStärken

Bridging Political Divides Through Democratic Dialogue: The »Speaking & Listening« Approach in Germany — Democracy & Belonging Forum
It is important to oppose authoritarian populism with fact-checking and critique, but we believe it is also crucial to pursue a positive, alternative vision. For us, this vision is an embodiment of democratic values, best expressed by the narrative: “Even when I strongly disagree with your opinion,

"..in the UK. Populist rhetoric has moved away from talking about immigrants in general and towards the demonisation of particular ethnic or religious groups, and away from a concern about current immigration numbers towards demands for deportation of legal migrants. Associating immigrants and asylum seekers with crime is part of that pattern."

mainly macro: Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse…

Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse in the UK
  I never cease to be amazed at how bad Labour politicians are at politics. It may seem arrogant for an economist to say that, but it’s not ...

The recent election results proved something important.
Voters responded to candidates who spoke directly to economic pain.
When Democrats leaned into economic populism, they won.
They won by acknowledging reality, not sugarcoating it.
They won because they talked like people who know what a grocery bill feels like in 2025.
The mandate was clear:
tell the truth about the economy and fight for people who are getting squeezed.
And now comes Trump,…

THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS TRUMP WANTS YOU TO IGNORE
America is living through a cost of living crisis that is bigger than any talking point, any spin, any press event and the President is insulting our intelligence.

How elites destroyed the Democratic Party in the US and fuelled populism
... great and concise analysis of the confluence of right wing and left wing populism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoD6ccdmlfI

Post-truth and populism in politics, communication and discourse
https://ift.tt/yMC8Oiu
updated: Friday, October 10, 2025 - 11:21amfull name / name of organization: Sapienza University of…
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