Word: populists
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...change the country wants. "Are we going to have a philosophical version of change, or are we going to have a fight to bring about the change we really need?" Prince asked in a rhetorical flourish meant to contrast philosophical change (Obama) with the real thing (Edwards). Edwards' populist message has focused on stamping out the power of corporate greed in Washington, and he argues that Obama's "Kumbaya" inclusiveness cannot get that job done. "Asking lobbyists to simply give up their power by asking them? In whose world? Not in the real world. That is a complete and total...
...overwhelming evidence suggests was a rigged election. For Kenya's other tribes, angry at what they regard as corrupt Kikuyu dominance of the country's politics and business, this was an outrage. Particularly angered were the Luo - the third largest in this east African nation of 36 million, whose populist candidate, Raila Odinga, was denied the presidency. Violence erupted across the country. Kyamba church burned the next...
...Wire, Simon and a staff of top-shelf crime writers like Richard Price are free to make things up. But in a way, the show is a variation on old-fashioned populist reportage la Studs Terkel. It elevates the lowlifes and mocks the highlifes. It's steeped in lived experience, with voices as distinctive and regional as a crab boil. Simon may be angry and intellectual--The Wire differs from most TV drama, he says, because it's based in Greek tragedy about fated individuals, not Shakespearean tragedy about heroic individuals--but his show doesn't play like...
...very large, vocal, and militant strike; similar demands followed at the University of California at Berkeley. At both institutions, coalitions of students, lecturers, and activists ran Asian American studies with autonomy, overseeing all aspects of the program. from curriculum to faculty hiring, independently of broader university institutions. These populist origins of the Asian American studies movement meant that the guiding principle regarding curricula was that of “relevance”—of issues that addressed the needs and concerns of the represented communities at hand, thus providing a forum for group pride and preservation.The origins...
...Edwards may be worth an estimated $100 million, but his humble roots often convince people that he knows what needs to be done to fix class inequalities. The message certainly resonated with Pat Salvo, who owns his own appliance repair business in Council Bluffs. The self-proclaimed populist waited for more than an hour in subzero temperatures to greet Edwards on his midnight stop in Salvo's home town. "He represents the American dream," said Salvo, 50. "And, at the same time, he's an ordinary guy standing up for poor people. He's going after corporate America. Having grown...