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Sweden faces critical election on Sunday

Sweden is set to hold an election on Sunday that will be pivotal in shaping the cou…
#Sweden #Sverige #SE #Europe #Europa #EU #ECR #farright #generalelection #GustavGellerbrant #interference #JimmieÅkesson #LEADERSHIP #MagdalenaAndersson #ModerateParty #NATO #NicholasAylott #nyheter #populism #Right-wingextremism #Russia #SocialDemocrats #sweden #swedendemocrats #Ukraine #ulfkristersson #white-supremacism #ZethIsaksson
https://www.europesays.com/3246221/

Sweden faces critical election on Sunday https://www.byteseu.com/2357839/ #ECR #FarRight #GeneralElection #GustavGellerbrant #interference #JimmieÅkesson #leadership #MagdalenaAndersson #ModerateParty #NATO #NicholasAylott #populism #RightWingExtremism #Russia #SocialDemocrats #Sweden #SwedenDemocrats #Ukraine #UlfKristersson #WhiteSupremacism #ZethIsaksson

»CDC vs. Pennsylvania: Why conflicting public health messages jeopardize public safety« https://theconversation.com/cdc-vs-pennsylvania-why-conflicting-public-health-messages-jeopardize-public-safety-291239?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

»CDC vs. Pennsylvania: Why conflicting public health messages jeopardize public safety« https://theconversation.com/cdc-vs-pennsylvania-why-conflicting-public-health-messages-jeopardize-public-safety-291239?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

»CDC vs. Pennsylvania: Why conflicting public health messages jeopardize public safety« https://theconversation.com/cdc-vs-pennsylvania-why-conflicting-public-health-messages-jeopardize-public-safety-291239?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

»Populists claim to speak for ‘the people’ – but who are they actually talking about?« https://theconversation.com/populists-claim-to-speak-for-the-people-but-who-are-they-actually-talking-about-290641?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

»Populists claim to speak for ‘the people’ – but who are they actually talking about?« https://theconversation.com/populists-claim-to-speak-for-the-people-but-who-are-they-actually-talking-about-290641?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

»Populists claim to speak for ‘the people’ – but who are they actually talking about?« https://theconversation.com/populists-claim-to-speak-for-the-people-but-who-are-they-actually-talking-about-290641?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

https://www.europesays.com/ee/273291/ ERAKONDADE VOX POPULI Jaak Madison: AfD venemeelsus on probleem, aga see probleem ei alanud AfDst – arvamus.postimees.ee #afd #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #EE #Eesti #EestiKeel #Estonia #Estonian #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #kliimapoliitika #LatestNews #LatestNews #Maailm #News #paremäärmuslus #PopulaarseimadLood #populism #Saksamaa #SaksiAnhaltiLiidumaa #sisseränne #TopStories #TopStories #ÜldisedUudised #Uudised #ViimasedUudised #World #WorldNews #WorldNews

https://www.europesays.com/ee/273269/ Rändevastane partei võib parembloki võidu korral pääseda Rootsi valitsusse | Välismaa #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #EE #Eesti #EestiKeel #Estonia #Estonian #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #LatestNews #LatestNews #Maailm #News #parempoolsed #PopulaarseimadLood #populism #Rootsi #TopStories #TopStories #ÜldisedUudised #Uudised #vasakpoolsed #ViimasedUudised #World #WorldNews #WorldNews

»Americans agree their democracy is in crisis – yet the solution is as simple as it is elusive« https://theconversation.com/americans-agree-their-democracy-is-in-crisis-yet-the-solution-is-as-simple-as-it-is-elusive-286541?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

»Americans agree their democracy is in crisis – yet the solution is as simple as it is elusive« https://theconversation.com/americans-agree-their-democracy-is-in-crisis-yet-the-solution-is-as-simple-as-it-is-elusive-286541?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

»Americans agree their democracy is in crisis – yet the solution is as simple as it is elusive« https://theconversation.com/americans-agree-their-democracy-is-in-crisis-yet-the-solution-is-as-simple-as-it-is-elusive-286541?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

Kaikille tiededenialismia episteemisen populismin muotona miettiville iloinen uutinen, että Christobal Bellolion tuore SERRC-artikkeli tarjoaa Alexandre Billonin SE-artikkelia ruotiessaan ravitsevaa ajankulua useammaksikin toviksi,

https://social-epistemology.com/2026/08/18/assessing-scientific-denialism-as-epistemic-populism-cristobal-bellolio/

Kirjoittaja johtaa Chilessä tutkimusprojektia ilmastokriisin poliittisista haasteista.

#serrc #tiede #science #denialism #populism #society #epistemology #criticalThinking #standpoint #tieto #knowledge #conspiracy #valistus #enlightenment #understanding #wisdom #climate #research #tutkimus

Canadians not confident public service is prepared for the future
#Canada #Politics #PublicService #Government #Economy #PublicPolicy #MarkCarney #StateCapacity #PublicTrust #CivilService #Governance #Taxpayers #Trade #Leadership #Federal #Populism
https://the-14.com/canadians-not-confident-public-service-is-prepared-for-the-future/

Loss - the belief in progress and the reality of experiences of loss.

* Grievance-fuelled violence at home and psychological harm reduction

"The family violence workforce is stretched in Western societies... 20 out of 38 reviewed cases of fatal family violence were "grievance-fuelled"...The Fixated Grievance Perpetrator Intervention Pilot brings together experts in forensic psychology and psychiatry, criminology, policing, perpetrator intervention and victim support."

World-first trial testing whether counterterrorism strategies can prevent domestic homicide >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/dv-new-trial-terrorism-domestic-violence-grievance-homicide/106658162
#violence #FamilyViolence #grievance #loss #ressentiment #precarity #masculinity #entitlement #resentment #anger #GenderBasedViolence #homicide #DV #terror #CrisisOfReproduction #crimes #HarmReduction #therapists #psychologisation

* The role of loss within society
Andreas Reckwitz 's book 'Loss, A Modern Predicament, The first comprehensive study of the role of loss within society", 2025 explains loss not only from a psychological perspective, but also from a sociological one.

"Loss has come to occupy a central position in late modernity – whether in the consequences of climate change or the entrenchment of negative expectations about the future, the ‘losers’ of post-industrial modernisation or the collective processing of ‘historical wounds’ and of who is acknowledged as the victims and perpetrators of these crimes, in a heightened psychological awareness of vulnerability, in political populism, a nostalgia for things past, or programmes of resilience."

"Loss is the bread and butter of populism." >>
https://res.cloudinary.com/suhrkamp/images/q_auto/v1742134247/151338/loss_9783518588222_sample_translation.pdf
#loss #progress #ProgressNarrative #improvement #credibility #modernity #stagnation #precariousness #experience #inequality #StatusAnxiety #SocialHierarchy #CollectiveExperiencesOfLoss #populism #nostalgia #socioanalysis #ClimateDisasters #PolyCrisis #WesternModernity #future #book

I recently read a couple of Elmore Leonard crime novels -- "Riding the Rap" and "Out of Sight".

I don't read that much contemporary fiction, nor do I have a deep background in crime fiction as a genre, so you'll have to make do with the remarks of a relatively ill informed reader.

I can see why Leonard is a both popular and respected writer. He knows how to structure a gripping narrative, and his dialogue rings true.

On a more critical note, I can imagine these two novels providing future students of US culture with material for a study of the anxieties and aspirations of middle class white men in an America seemingly riven with disorder.

In "Riding the Rap", Leonard's background as a writer of westerns comes across; the US marshal protagonist brings order to a lawless frontier by acting on his own initiative rather than a mere agent of a federal bureaucracy. Here though, the frontier is no longer in the west, but in Florida, and the threatening nonwhite others are no longer American Indians but a Puerto Rican hitman and a Black Bahamian immigrant who, as part of his assimilation to Black America, adopted an Islamic name.

Leonard's depiction of racial attitudes intersects with his representation of socioeconomic class distinctions. The two nonwhite criminals act for a while as henchmen to a drink and drug addled wealthy white playboy, whose kidnapping plan drives the plot forward. His exploitation of his senile mother's wealth and the revelation of her ugly racist attitudes point to the class and status tensions that exist between a decadent white upper class and the Appalachian coalmining heritage of the US marshal protagonist.

These racial and white populist themes recur in "Out of Sight", where middle aged, middle class, white bank robbers are contrasted with African American home invaders, the latter being characterized by their cruelty, treachery, idleness, lust, and greed.

In both novels the middle aged male protagonist beds a much younger female character; some readers might find these glimpses of the fantasy life of ageing men unintentionally ludicrous.

I think I'll reserve final judgment on Leonard until I've read another of his books. "Swag" is supposed to be good, but neither my local second bookstore nor my libraries have it available at the moment, and I don't want to pay full price for it.

#Books #ElmoreLeonard #USLiterature #CrimeFiction #RidingTheRap #OutOfSight #Race #Racism #Populism #USCulture

BestoftheLeft #1736: "Not the Opposition Party the Country Needs Right Now"

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🎙 EDITOR’S NOTE: On the murder of Charlie Kirk

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#podcast #progressive #progressives #ProgressivePolitics #politics #USpolitics #democrats #schumer #jeffries #zohranmamdani #mamdani #OppositionParty #DemocraticSocialism #populism #democracy

Lauri Snellman kirjoitti Etiikka.fi:ssä turvallisuusvaltiosta eli sekurokratiasta uutena tyrannian muotona, joka on ominainen kriisiytyneelle globaalille verkostoyhteiskunnalle, https://etiikka.fi/turvallisuusvaltio-aikamme-tyrannia/

Turvallisuusvaltio on totalitarismin perillinen, joka oikeuttaa itsensä populismilla ja pitää oikeusvaltiota ja yhtäläisiä ihmisoikeuksia sinällään turvallisuusuhkana. Sen oligarkiaverkostot nojaavat rahan ja vallan keskittämiseen, ja oikeutus haetaan "todellisen kansan" turvaamisesta Noita Toisia vastaan. Yhteiskunta ajautuu jatkuvaan poikkeustilaan, ja "vallan vastavoimat, kuten oppositio, tiede- ja kulttuuri-instituutiot, vapaat markkinat, riippumaton työväenliike ja ylikansalliset kansalaisliikkeet" leimataan epäkansalliseksi eliitiksi.

Aikaisemmassa kirjoituksessaan Snellman pohti turvallisuutta yhteiskunnallisena paheena, https://etiikka.fi/onko-turvallisuus-sittenkin-yhteiskunnallinen-pahe/

#turvallisuus #yhteiskunta #etiikka #totalitarismi #security #society #totalitarianism #oligarkia #oligarghy #securocracy #sekurokratia #kansa #vapaus #populismi #populism #suomi #SuomiTurvallisuus #journal

Oscar Whitle, #StJohnsCollege, speaks in opposition of the motion that This House Believes #Populism is a Threat to #Democracy.

https://youtu.be/4Iv7sLM_PPw?si=rt_FATtvE1Ep3D_u

#OxfordUnion #political #Academic #debate #politics

Well, it is a good article. It claims the emergence and success of "populism" is NOT the result of changes in what people think but it is more the result of changes in the information space and in the political process. The reservoir have been almost constant but recently ways have been found to transform the reservoir into votes... And there is more. Worth reading.

@tinkebell #JesseFrederik #populism

I don't get how #Finland can ignore that key positions in the cabinet are held by explicit racists and sexists - and how little backlash is palpable from #Europe or the international community. Extreme right #populism is being normalized in a big way as we speak... #Purra #junnila #hallaaho #Rydman