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 …
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 …
Antisemitism and Populism
The respected Marxist historian and biographer of Stalin and Trotsky Isaac Deutscher gave a lecture on the topic of antisemitism to the World Jewish Congress held in London in September …