Precarious Populism

February 25, 2009 | This article appeared in the March 16, 2009 edition of The Nation.

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The global depression is spawning social unrest, which the extreme right might try to hijack--a good reason for the left to be well organized and engaged.

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Gary Younge

Gary Younge, the Alfred Knobler Journalism Fellow at The Nation Institute, is the New York correspondent for the ...

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