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Populism vs. Oligarchy: Prof. Charles Derber on How to Reclaim America from the Billionaires (G&R 490)
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Summary
In our latest, Scott discusses the roots of populist politics in American history, from the anti-robber baron movements of the Gilded Age to the New Deal era to the current Trump era with Professor Charles Derber. Guest Bio// Charles Derber is an American academic, author and political activist. He is a professor of sociology at Boston College. His work focuses on capitalism, globalization, corporate power and oligarchy, populism, authoritarianism and democracy, militarism, the climate crisis, cultural individualism, and social justice movements. He is the author of "Fighting Oligarchy: How Positive Populism Can Reclaim America." --------------------- 🎸 Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody 🔗 Links 🌐 Charles Derber- Fighting Oligarchy: How Positive Populism Can Reclaim America (https://bit.ly/4u33P8U) 🌐 Charles Derber (https://bit.ly/4eKv8Az) 💚 Support the Green and Red Podcast 🎉 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast ☕ One-time donation: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR 🎙️ Follow Green and Red 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast 🌐 Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org 🌍 Our Networks 🎧 Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org 📢 Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: https://linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork 📻 Listen on WAMF (90.3 FM) New Orleans: https://wamf.org 🎬 A Green and Red Podcast production 👨🏫 Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969) ✂️ Edited by Scott 🔔 Subscribe for more analysis on U.S. politics, leftist strategy, and anti-establishment resistance.