What is Trumpism? Part 4: the White Working Class
Introduction In the previous post What is Trumpism? Part 3: Race, class and nation, I started to identify what constituted the social base of Trumpism. In that post, I showed …
What is Trumpism? Part 3: Race, class and nation
We knew he was a bore and boor. Now we have learned that Donald Trump is an honorary Boer. When he turned his attention to South Africa on Wednesday, it may come as no …
What is Trumpism? Part 2 The Old, the New Working Class and National Identity
What is Trumpism? Part 2- The Old, the New Working Class and National Identity In my previous post What is Trumpism? Part 1- The Root of the Problem, I developed the idea …
What is Trumpism? Part 1- The Root of the Problem
a Introduction Like everyone else I know, I have been shocked by the first few days of the Trump presidency. The man seems to be worse than my worst expectations. …
The rise of the far-right in Germany and the Ukraine war
Introduction I am part of a WhatsApp group of Portuguese tracking the electoral rise of the far right and trying to understand the reasons for it. It started as a …
Reflections on multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism and globalisation- Part 1
Introduction A story appeared recently (Friday 13 May) in the Guardian (‘Global hit Pasoori opens doors for Pakistani pop’), in the print edition the title was ‘Break through beat: Pakistanis …