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✊ Popular Protest

The history and mechanics of people taking to the streets, examining how collective action, civil disobedience, and grassroots movements reshape societies from below.
This Is an Uprising
by Mark Engler • 2016
Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.
4.20
1k+
🕊️ Civil Resistance📢 Social Movements🧱 Movement Building
This Is an Uprising Summary
This Is an Uprising 91%
Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.
by Mark Engler 2016
4.20
1k+ ratings
🕊️ Civil Resistance📢 Social Movements🧱 Movement Building
Blueprint for Revolution
by Srdja Popovic • 2015
Rice pudding, Lego men, and the nonviolent playbook that wins twice as often as violence.
4.30
2k+
🕊️ Civil Resistance🌱 Grassroots Organizing🧱 Movement Building
Blueprint for Revolution Summary
Blueprint for Revolution 90%
Rice pudding, Lego men, and the nonviolent playbook that wins twice as often as violence.
by Srdja Popovic 2015
4.30
2k+ ratings
🕊️ Civil Resistance🌱 Grassroots Organizing🧱 Movement Building
From mobilization to revolution
by Charles Tilly • 1978
Rioters calculate, revolutions are chess matches, and the state always stacks the board.
3.98
42
🏛️ Political Contention✊ Social Movements🏴 Revolutionary Theory
From mobilization to revolution Summary
From mobilization to revolution 90%
Rioters calculate, revolutions are chess matches, and the state always stacks the board.
by Charles Tilly 1978
3.98
42 ratings
🏛️ Political Contention✊ Social Movements🏴 Revolutionary Theory
A Force More Powerful
by Peter Ackerman • 2000
A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.
4.11
300
🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance✊ Civil Disobedience📢 Social Movements
A Force More Powerful Summary
A Force More Powerful 90%
A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.
by Peter Ackerman 2000
4.11
300 ratings
🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance✊ Civil Disobedience📢 Social Movements
Wobblies and Zapatistas
by Staughton Lynd • 2008
What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.
3.89
473
🏴 Libertarian Socialism📜 Radical History✊ Direct Action
Wobblies and Zapatistas Summary
Wobblies and Zapatistas 90%
What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.
by Staughton Lynd 2008
3.89
473 ratings
🏴 Libertarian Socialism📜 Radical History✊ Direct Action
Why Civil Resistance Works
by Erica Chenoweth • 2011
The most effective weapon against a dictator is not a gun: 200,000 people refusing to cooperate.
3.98
729
🏳️ Civil Resistance🏛️ Regime Change🗳️ Democratization
Why Civil Resistance Works Summary
Why Civil Resistance Works 90%
The most effective weapon against a dictator is not a gun: 200,000 people refusing to cooperate.
by Erica Chenoweth 2011
3.98
729 ratings
🏳️ Civil Resistance🏛️ Regime Change🗳️ Democratization
The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson • 1963
Not steam but struggle: how riots, chapels, and radical printers built the English working class.
4.21
4k+
📜 Social History🛠️ Labor History⚔️ Class Struggle
The Making of the English Working Class Summary
The Making of the English Working Class 90%
Not steam but struggle: how riots, chapels, and radical printers built the English working class.
by E.P. Thompson 1963
4.21
4k+ ratings
📜 Social History🛠️ Labor History⚔️ Class Struggle
Reveille for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
3.84
589
🤝 Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Democracy👥 Indigenous Leadership
Reveille for Radicals Summary
Reveille for Radicals 89%
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
by Saul D. Alinsky 1946
3.84
589 ratings
🤝 Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Democracy👥 Indigenous Leadership
From Dictatorship to Democracy
by Gene Sharp • 1993
Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.
3.83
2k+
🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance🗳️ Democracy Movements📊 Strategic Nonviolence
From Dictatorship to Democracy Summary
From Dictatorship to Democracy 89%
Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.
by Gene Sharp 1993
3.83
2k+ ratings
🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance🗳️ Democracy Movements📊 Strategic Nonviolence
Social Movements, 1768-2004
by Charles Tilly • 2004
Protest is ancient; the social movement is an 18th-century invention with an uncertain future.
3.84
145
🏛️ Historical Sociology📢 Social Movement Theory🗳️ Political Sociology
Social Movements, 1768-2004 Summary
Social Movements, 1768-2004 89%
Protest is ancient; the social movement is an 18th-century invention with an uncertain future.
by Charles Tilly 2004
3.84
145 ratings
🏛️ Historical Sociology📢 Social Movement Theory🗳️ Political Sociology
A Protest History of the United States
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
4.12
188
🪧 Social Movements📖 People'S History✊🏿 Racial Justice
A Protest History of the United States Summary
A Protest History of the United States 89%
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025
4.12
188 ratings
🪧 Social Movements📖 People'S History✊🏿 Racial Justice
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority
by Martin Gurri • 2014
The digital revolution gave the public the power to destroy institutions but not to replace them.
4.19
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📱 Digital Media Politics🏛️ Crisis Of Authority✊ Populist Revolt
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority Summary
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority 89%
The digital revolution gave the public the power to destroy institutions but not to replace them.
by Martin Gurri 2014
4.19
2k+ ratings
📱 Digital Media Politics🏛️ Crisis Of Authority✊ Populist Revolt
Seven Social Movements That Changed America
by Linda Gordon • 2025
Seven American movements, from the Klan to the farmworkers, and the hidden engine that powered them.
3.91
108
🏘️ Grassroots Organizing🔬 Social Movement Theory⚠️ Authoritarian Movements
Seven Social Movements That Changed America Summary
Seven Social Movements That Changed America 89%
Seven American movements, from the Klan to the farmworkers, and the hidden engine that powered them.
by Linda Gordon 2025
3.91
108 ratings
🏘️ Grassroots Organizing🔬 Social Movement Theory⚠️ Authoritarian Movements
Two Cheers for Anarchism
by James C. Scott • 2012
The anarchist's case: local know-how, small defiance, and messy disorder beat grand plans.
3.96
2k+
🏴 Anarchist Thought🏛️ State Critique📜 Local Knowledge
Two Cheers for Anarchism Summary
Two Cheers for Anarchism 89%
The anarchist's case: local know-how, small defiance, and messy disorder beat grand plans.
by James C. Scott 2012
3.96
2k+ ratings
🏴 Anarchist Thought🏛️ State Critique📜 Local Knowledge
Basics of Resistance
by Claire Wolfe • 2018
The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.
4.04
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🪧 Civil Resistance✊ Direct Action🕵️ Tradecraft
Basics of Resistance Summary
Basics of Resistance 89%
The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.
by Claire Wolfe 2018
4.04
67 ratings
🪧 Civil Resistance✊ Direct Action🕵️ Tradecraft
On Tyranny
by Timothy Snyder • 2017
What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.
4.29
112k+
🔗 Authoritarianism🛡️ Democratic Defense✊ Civil Resistance
On Tyranny Summary
On Tyranny 88%
What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.
by Timothy Snyder 2017
4.29
112k+ ratings
🔗 Authoritarianism🛡️ Democratic Defense✊ Civil Resistance
Hegemony How-To
by Jonathan Smucker • 2017
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
4.24
442
🧭 Movement Strategy🗳️ Community Organizing🧠 Gramscian Politics
Hegemony How-To Summary
Hegemony How-To 88%
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
by Jonathan Smucker 2017
4.24
442 ratings
🧭 Movement Strategy🗳️ Community Organizing🧠 Gramscian Politics
Demanding the Impossible
by Peter H. Marshall • 1992
Self-rule predates the state. Anarchist thought from ancient Taoism to the modern era.
4.12
1k+
🏴 Anarchist Thought🌿 Spontaneous Order✊ Anti-Authoritarianism
Demanding the Impossible Summary
Demanding the Impossible 88%
Self-rule predates the state. Anarchist thought from ancient Taoism to the modern era.
by Peter H. Marshall 1992
4.12
1k+ ratings
🏴 Anarchist Thought🌿 Spontaneous Order✊ Anti-Authoritarianism
Harvest the Vote
by Jane Kleeb • 2020
Democrats lost rural America by walking away. A Nebraska organizer shows how to win it back.
3.82
214
🏘️ Rural Politics✊ Grassroots Organizing🏢 Corporate Power
Harvest the Vote Summary
Harvest the Vote 88%
Democrats lost rural America by walking away. A Nebraska organizer shows how to win it back.
by Jane Kleeb 2020
3.82
214 ratings
🏘️ Rural Politics✊ Grassroots Organizing🏢 Corporate Power
In Mistrust We Trust
by Ivan Krastev • 2013
More rights, more information, less collective power: the paradox at the heart of modern democracy.
3.96
73
🏛️ Post-Democracy🎓 Meritocracy Critique📱 Digital Activism
In Mistrust We Trust Summary
In Mistrust We Trust 88%
More rights, more information, less collective power: the paradox at the heart of modern democracy.
by Ivan Krastev 2013
3.96
73 ratings
🏛️ Post-Democracy🎓 Meritocracy Critique📱 Digital Activism
Heatwave
by John L. Williams • 2025
A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.
3.89
134
📚 Social History🔍 Microhistory🚔 Race And Policing
Heatwave Summary
Heatwave 88%
A record-breaking heatwave, a nation on the brink: how the summer of 1976 remade Britain.
by John L. Williams 2025
3.89
134 ratings
📚 Social History🔍 Microhistory🚔 Race And Policing
The Quiet Before
by Gal Beckerman • 2022
Why the movements that changed the world began with letters and zines, not viral posts.
3.79
485
🏴 Social Movements📰 Media History📢 Political Communication
The Quiet Before Summary
The Quiet Before 88%
Why the movements that changed the world began with letters and zines, not viral posts.
by Gal Beckerman 2022
3.79
485 ratings
🏴 Social Movements📰 Media History📢 Political Communication
Notes on Resistance
by Noam Chomsky • 2022
Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.
4.30
405
🌍 Us Foreign Policy🏛️ American Politics✊ Political Resistance
Notes on Resistance Summary
Notes on Resistance 88%
Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.
by Noam Chomsky 2022
4.30
405 ratings
🌍 Us Foreign Policy🏛️ American Politics✊ Political Resistance
The Politics of Collective Violence
by Charles Tilly • 2003
Violence isn't chaos; it's politics, shaped by regimes and the relationships leaders exploit.
3.85
151
✊ Contentious Politics🔗 Relational Sociology💥 Political Violence
The Politics of Collective Violence Summary
The Politics of Collective Violence 88%
Violence isn't chaos; it's politics, shaped by regimes and the relationships leaders exploit.
by Charles Tilly 2003
3.85
151 ratings
✊ Contentious Politics🔗 Relational Sociology💥 Political Violence
Bandits
by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1969
Every peasant society produces its own Robin Hood. A historian maps the universal pattern.
3.75
800
🌾 Peasant Resistance📚 Comparative History☭ Marxist History
Bandits Summary
Bandits 88%
Every peasant society produces its own Robin Hood. A historian maps the universal pattern.
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1969
3.75
800 ratings
🌾 Peasant Resistance📚 Comparative History☭ Marxist History
The Silenced Majority
by Amy Goodman • 2012
The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.
4.06
251
📻 Independent Media📺 Media Criticism🔍 Investigative Journalism
The Silenced Majority Summary
The Silenced Majority 88%
The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.
by Amy Goodman 2012
4.06
251 ratings
📻 Independent Media📺 Media Criticism🔍 Investigative Journalism
The Democracy Project
by David Graeber • 2013
Democracy only ever comes from below. Occupy Wall Street reminded America what that looks like.
4.08
2k+
💸 Financialization🇺🇸 American Left🗳️ Direct Democracy
The Democracy Project Summary
The Democracy Project 88%
Democracy only ever comes from below. Occupy Wall Street reminded America what that looks like.
by David Graeber 2013
4.08
2k+ ratings
💸 Financialization🇺🇸 American Left🗳️ Direct Democracy
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
by Howard Zinn • 1994
History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.
4.34
4k+
🚩 American Leftism✊ Civil Disobedience☮️ Anti-War Activism
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train 88%
History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.
by Howard Zinn 1994
4.34
4k+ ratings
🚩 American Leftism✊ Civil Disobedience☮️ Anti-War Activism
Rules for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky • 1971
A tactical handbook for the powerless: how ridicule, pressure, and their own rules become weapons.
3.73
9k+
🏘️ Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Activism♟️ Political Tactics
Rules for Radicals Summary
Rules for Radicals 88%
A tactical handbook for the powerless: how ridicule, pressure, and their own rules become weapons.
by Saul D. Alinsky 1971
3.73
9k+ ratings
🏘️ Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Activism♟️ Political Tactics
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky • 2012
Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.
3.59
2k+
🪙 Income Inequality🗳️ Money In Politics🏗️ Movement Building
Occupy Summary
Occupy 88%
Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.
by Noam Chomsky 2012
3.59
2k+ ratings
🪙 Income Inequality🗳️ Money In Politics🏗️ Movement Building
Steal This Book
by Abbie Hoffman • 1971
The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.
3.60
4k+
🏴 Counterculture Manuals✊ Direct Action🎭 Culture Jamming
Steal This Book Summary
Steal This Book 88%
The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.
by Abbie Hoffman 1971
3.60
4k+ ratings
🏴 Counterculture Manuals✊ Direct Action🎭 Culture Jamming
How Change Happens
by Leslie R. Crutchfield • 2018
Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.
3.74
160
📢 Social Movements✊ Community Organizing🗳️ Political Strategy
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens 88%
Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.
by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018
3.74
160 ratings
📢 Social Movements✊ Community Organizing🗳️ Political Strategy
No Is Not Enough
by Naomi Klein • 2017
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
4.10
11k+
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics
No Is Not Enough Summary
No Is Not Enough 88%
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
by Naomi Klein 2017
4.10
11k+ ratings
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics
The New Rulers of the World
by John Pilger • 2002
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
4.14
1k+
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
The New Rulers of the World Summary
The New Rulers of the World 88%
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
by John Pilger 2002
4.14
1k+ ratings
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
Twitter and Tear Gas
by Zeynep Tufekci • 2017
Twitter can fill a square overnight. Why that speed so often leads to a movement's collapse.
4.08
1k+
🧑‍💻 Digital Activism📢 Attention Economics🛡️ Information Warfare
Twitter and Tear Gas Summary
Twitter and Tear Gas 88%
Twitter can fill a square overnight. Why that speed so often leads to a movement's collapse.
by Zeynep Tufekci 2017
4.08
1k+ ratings
🧑‍💻 Digital Activism📢 Attention Economics🛡️ Information Warfare
Power Systems
by Noam Chomsky • 2012
The American empire playbook: erase the natives, crush foreign democracy, silence the home front.
4.12
3k+
🗽 American Empire📢 Propaganda Studies🛠️ Labor History
Power Systems Summary
Power Systems 88%
The American empire playbook: erase the natives, crush foreign democracy, silence the home front.
by Noam Chomsky 2012
4.12
3k+ ratings
🗽 American Empire📢 Propaganda Studies🛠️ Labor History
Rules for Revolutionaries
by Becky Bond • 2016
The volunteer-led organizing model that scales from a living room to a nationwide movement.
3.84
762
📢 Political Organizing🌱 Grassroots Campaigns🤝 Volunteer Mobilization
Rules for Revolutionaries Summary
Rules for Revolutionaries 88%
The volunteer-led organizing model that scales from a living room to a nationwide movement.
by Becky Bond 2016
3.84
762 ratings
📢 Political Organizing🌱 Grassroots Campaigns🤝 Volunteer Mobilization
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel • 1978
Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.
4.22
4k+
🏛️ Totalitarianism🇪🇺 Cold War Europe🎭 Social Conformity
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless 88%
Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.
by Václav Havel 1978
4.22
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Totalitarianism🇪🇺 Cold War Europe🎭 Social Conformity
The Socialist Manifesto
by Bhaskar Sunkara • 2019
Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.
3.62
2k+
🗳️ Democratic Socialism📚 Marxism🏭 Labor History
The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto 88%
Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.
by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019
3.62
2k+ ratings
🗳️ Democratic Socialism📚 Marxism🏭 Labor History
The Populist Explosion
by John B. Judis • 2016
Populism is a language, not an ideology. The Great Recession taught the West to speak it.
3.74
2k+
🔥 Populist Politics💰 Neoliberalism Critique🇺🇸 American Populism
The Populist Explosion Summary
The Populist Explosion 88%
Populism is a language, not an ideology. The Great Recession taught the West to speak it.
by John B. Judis 2016
3.74
2k+ ratings
🔥 Populist Politics💰 Neoliberalism Critique🇺🇸 American Populism
Unmasked
by Andy Ngo • 2021
The black-clad rioters aren't random. They have a century-old playbook, and democracy is the target.
4.17
3k+
🔥 Political Extremism🏴 Anarchist Movements💥 Political Violence
Unmasked Summary
Unmasked 88%
The black-clad rioters aren't random. They have a century-old playbook, and democracy is the target.
by Andy Ngo 2021
4.17
3k+ ratings
🔥 Political Extremism🏴 Anarchist Movements💥 Political Violence
Red State Revolt
by Eric Blanc • 2019
How illegal teacher strikes in red states won, and what it reveals about working-class power.
4.18
454
🍎 Teachers Strikes✊ Union Activism🏭 Labor History
Red State Revolt Summary
Red State Revolt 88%
How illegal teacher strikes in red states won, and what it reveals about working-class power.
by Eric Blanc 2019
4.18
454 ratings
🍎 Teachers Strikes✊ Union Activism🏭 Labor History
Elite Capture
by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò • 2022
How the powerful co-opted identity politics: from solidarity to symbolic gestures.
3.98
4k+
🏛️ Movement Co-Optation🏗️ Structural Power🎭 Symbolic Politics
Elite Capture Summary
Elite Capture 88%
How the powerful co-opted identity politics: from solidarity to symbolic gestures.
by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò 2022
3.98
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Movement Co-Optation🏗️ Structural Power🎭 Symbolic Politics
Revolutionary Suicide
by Huey P. Newton • 1973
Some deaths surrender dignity. He risked one that refused to let the state take his.
4.49
7k+
✍️ Radical Memoir✊ Black Power Movement🔫 Armed Self-Defense
Revolutionary Suicide Summary
Revolutionary Suicide 88%
Some deaths surrender dignity. He risked one that refused to let the state take his.
by Huey P. Newton 1973
4.49
7k+ ratings
✍️ Radical Memoir✊ Black Power Movement🔫 Armed Self-Defense
Unhumans
by Jack Posobiec • 2024
The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.
3.99
1k+
📜 Communist History⚔️ Political Warfare🚫 Anti-Communism
Unhumans Summary
Unhumans 88%
The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.
by Jack Posobiec 2024
3.99
1k+ ratings
📜 Communist History⚔️ Political Warfare🚫 Anti-Communism
Static
by Amy Goodman • 2006
When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.
4.05
384
📺 Media Criticism🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy🔍 Investigative Journalism
Static Summary
Static 88%
When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.
by Amy Goodman 2006
4.05
384 ratings
📺 Media Criticism🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy🔍 Investigative Journalism
Consequences of Capitalism
by Noam Chomsky • 2020
The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.
4.33
2k+
🏛️ Political Economy📺 Media Criticism✊ Anti-Capitalism
Consequences of Capitalism Summary
Consequences of Capitalism 88%
The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.
by Noam Chomsky 2020
4.33
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📺 Media Criticism✊ Anti-Capitalism
The Utopia of Rules
by David Graeber • 2013
Every market reform increases paperwork. The violence, stupidity, and secret appeal of bureaucracy.
4.02
7k+
🌍 Political Anthropology🗄️ Bureaucratic Critique⚡ Structural Violence
The Utopia of Rules Summary
The Utopia of Rules 88%
Every market reform increases paperwork. The violence, stupidity, and secret appeal of bureaucracy.
by David Graeber 2013
4.02
7k+ ratings
🌍 Political Anthropology🗄️ Bureaucratic Critique⚡ Structural Violence
Fight Oligarchy
by Bernie Sanders • 2025
Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.
4.37
3k+
🏛️ American Oligarchy💰 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Power
Fight Oligarchy Summary
Fight Oligarchy 87%
Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.
by Bernie Sanders 2025
4.37
3k+ ratings
🏛️ American Oligarchy💰 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Power
National Populism
by Roger Eatwell • 2018
National populism isn't a passing fury. It's a lasting demand for voice from a forgotten majority.
3.80
1k+
🗣️ Populist Movements🌐 Comparative Politics🛂 Immigration And Identity
National Populism Summary
National Populism 87%
National populism isn't a passing fury. It's a lasting demand for voice from a forgotten majority.
by Roger Eatwell 2018
3.80
1k+ ratings
🗣️ Populist Movements🌐 Comparative Politics🛂 Immigration And Identity
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