Winning the Battle, Not the War
Pink Tide populism was built in the context of two decades of deindustrialization and industrial fragmentation. But we need a socialist left that can reverse those very trends.
Jonah Walters
Why is populism relevant for understanding politics in Latin America?
René Rojas
An anti-elite character is a core feature of populism. Populism in Latin America has generally taken up labor rights, the expansion of social services, and the redistribution of resources (like land reform, for instance).
Mainstream definitions of populism are all about the centrality of demagogues — despotic strongman leaders manipulating the masses. Mainstream discourse focuses on the “illiberal” facets of populism. There’s this idea that populism violates our republican institutions and the basic rule of law.
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