Against Progressive Neoliberalism, A New Progressive Populism
To establish a counterhegemony against that of finance capital, we must build a new, “progressive-populist” bloc combining the goals of emancipation and social protection.
To establish a counterhegemony against that of finance capital, we must build a new, “progressive-populist” bloc combining the goals of emancipation and social protection.
In a moment of political upheaval, it is up to the left to reject the false choices on offer and seize upon widespread discontent to redefine the terms of debate.
In 1990 I spoke at a Chicago teach-in about the possibility that something genuinely new and emancipatory might emerge from the wreck of Soviet communism. I explained that the democratic deficits and economic failures of that social system in no …