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. …
Reflections on multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism and globalisation- Part 2
Introduction In the first part of this post (Reflections on multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism and globalisation- Part 1) I introduced the Guardian story about the global musical hit Pasoori, a song by …
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 …
The New Working Class and the Question of National Identity
Introduction In these blog posts I have been attempting to grapple with the issue of the relationship between the working class and nationalism, particularly in countries that industrialised through an …
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 …
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 …