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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 …

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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 …

Boris Johnsons / Brexit / Populism / Uncategorized

Black Lives Matter and the Contradictions of Representative Democracy- Part 3 Class, Nation and Empire

In Part 1 of this blogpost, I referred to Black Lives Matter (BLM) being a movement that challenges the self-image of nations whose symbols and icons include celebration of their …

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Black Lives Matter and the Contradictions of Representative Democracy Part 2- What is democracy?

In the first part of this blog, I said that the BLM movement and Keir Starmer’s reaction to the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston raised important questions for …

Brexit / Populism / The Guardian / Uncategorized

Black Lives Matter and the Contradictions of Representative Democracy- Part 1

When the statue honouring slave trader Edward Colston was toppled from its plinth in Bristol by a crowd of young people and thrown into the river,  the new Labour leader …

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