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A[^22]: For a sampling of arguments about populism’s resurgence, see James Lardner, “Populism’s Revival,” Around the Kitchen Table: A Demos Journal, November, 2006; David Brooks, “The Fighting Democrat,” New York Times November 5, 2006, Paul Krugman, “True Blue Populists,” New York Times November 13, 2006; Timothy Egan, “Fresh Off the Farm in Montanta, a Senator-to-Be,” New York Times November 13, 2006. Evidence of populism’s re-appearance seems world wide.

For instance, though it doesn’t use populist language, the special May, 2006, issue of the South African Communist Party, Bua Kominisi! on the presidential succession debates struck a populist tone. It revised a crucial tenet of Marxism, that the capitalist workplace with its productive relations are the image of the future (when socialized).…