From August 5, 2004: Intrinsically, populism should be a movement of the Left. Its basic premise of giving common people power against an established elite has been the premise of Left-wing politics not only in America, but throughout the history of the Western world. But in the past fifteen years, the Democratic Party has distanced [...]
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Reclaiming Populism
Posted in History, Politics, tagged Democratic Party, DLC, Joe Klein, John Kerry, populism, Thomas Frank on March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Only Thing They Have to Fear is Democracy Itself…
Posted in History, Politics, tagged Andrew Jackson, Democratic Party, DLC, Howard Dean, John Kerry, William Jennings Bryan on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From February 20, 2004: The original principle of the Democratic Party was increased political participation. The Federalists, and later the Republicans, were aristocratic and afraid of mob rule, while the Democrats trusted the people. Andrew Jackson opened the White House doors to the public for his inaugural party. Windows were broken and damage was done, [...]
