Archive of populism

Paolo Gerbaudo, author of The Great Recoil, discusses the legacy and future of populism with researcher Giorgos Venizelos 

Even in times of defeat, the class struggle continues. Everything is not possible at all times, but there are always forks in the road and opportunities – all too often missed – for the forces of popular emancipation. Reflecting on the lessons of the student movement of 1986 and the shattered 'Greek Spring',  Stathis Kouvelakis sketches a way forward for the left in 2022. 

Complete your Mouffe bookshelf with this reading list!

In the final installment of our roundtable on The Great Recoil, Paolo Gerbaudo responds to Gabriel Hetland, Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, and Anton Jäger and reflects on pandemic-era neoliberalism, neo-statism, and socialist strategy

As part of our roundtable on Paolo Gerbaudo's The Great Recoil, Gabriel Hetland writes about populism, sovereignty, and what the US and European lefts can learn from comrades in Latin America.

"Populism," as a political concept, gained mainstream traction over the 2010s as the neoliberal consensus broke down internationally. But what is populist theory and what is its relationship to the twentieth-century Marxist thought from which it developed? In this piece, Stathis Kouvélakis offers a critical examination of the political logic of Ernesto Laclau’s theory of populism.

Books that outline the historical dynamics of populist movements, to current left populism and fascism. Featuring Chantal Mouffe, Enzo Traverso, Nancy Fraser, and more.

As Vladimir Putin attempts to extend his grip on power into the future, Tony Wood, author of new-in-paperback Russia Without Putin, picks out five books that will help us think about how Russia works, and where Putin's power came from in the first place.

Jacobin’s David Broder interviews Marco Revelli about the weakening of the traditional parties, the decline of democratic antibodies to the far right, and the possibility of reviving different forms of mass organization.

Chantal Mouffe argues that Jeremy Corbyn represents the success of left populism.