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POPULISM  POPULISM 1. WHAT IS POPULISM? 2. IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM 3. UNITED STATES 4. CANADA 5. EUROPE 1. WHAT IS POPULISM? POPULISM ‘A perspective that advocates putting power in the hands of the people rather than...

POPULISM  POPULISM 1. WHAT IS POPULISM? 2. IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM 3. UNITED STATES 4. CANADA 5. EUROPE 1. WHAT IS POPULISM? POPULISM ‘A perspective that advocates putting power in the hands of the people rather than the elites who control politics and society.’ A challenge to ‘corrupt’ elites Institutions, including government, media, sometimes banks… Science/scientists ‘experts’, corporate executives, ‘ivory tower academics’ ‘politicians’, ‘gatekeepers’, ‘special interests’ vs globalization, ‘outside’ ideas/people/immigration/multiculturalism Leaders [elites] claiming to represent true or authentic people Seek control of institutions limiting power: legislatures, courts, social/economic organizations/groups [WEF, WHO…] Direct democratic mechanisms Referendum, citizen initiatives, recall  2. POPULISM: WHERE DOES IT FIT ON THE SPECTRUM? Liberal Conservative Socialist Libertarian Communist Fascist 3. UNITED STATES POPULISM Donald Trump – right wing/ new-right populism ‘not a politician’/ ‘drain the swamp’ vs immigrants, media, courts, poll workers… ‘The People’s Party’/ The Populist Party 1890s a response to discontented farmers 1960s George Wallace, Alabama governor pro-segregation, amplified racist sentiments Richard Nixon conservative populist? Opposed civil rights and anti-war movements, media Ross Perot – Reform Party 3. UNITED STATES POPULISM Pat Buchanan vs ‘establishment’, immigration, feminism, gay rights, affirmative action, the UN Bernie Sanders Democratic socialist vs excessive wealth, corporate greed 4. CANADA POPULISM UFA [United Farmers Association] – post WW1 Prairie populism Progressive Party 1920s Institutions, including government, sometimes banks… CCF 1932 [Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]  NDP Tommy Douglas Social Credit Party vs Eastern banks, business, transportation policies Alberta 1935-1971 BC – W.A.C. Bennett 1952-1972 Reform Party  Canadian Alliance Party ‘common sense of the common people’ Preston Manning Referendum, citizen initiatives, recall 4. CANADA POPULISM Newfoundland Fisherman’s Protective Union [FPU] 1908 William Coaker challenged businesses Joey Smallwood Alberta Ralph Klein Ontario Doug Ford 5. EUROPE POPULISM vs immigration, Islam, EU… France – Marine Le Pen National Front Netherlands – Geert Wilders Party for Freedom Italy – Georgia Meloni – PM Brothers of Italy UK United Kingdom Independence Party Nigel Farage  Nick Tenconi 5. EUROPE POPULISM Hungary – Victor Orban Poland – Jaroslaw Kaczynski – Law & Justice Party Both have altered the electoral system, state-run media/ restrictions on independent media, the judicial system Russia – Vladimir Putin Left-wing populist parties Against economic unfairness & corruption Greece: Syriza [Coalition of the Radical Left] Spain: Podemus [‘We Can’] Italy: Five Star Movement [M5S]