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21 Century Spectacle: How Disinformation, Populism, and Social Media Are A 21 Century Fulfillment of the Concept of Spectacle

21 Century Spectacle: How Disinformation, Populism, and Social Media Are A 21 Century Fulfillment of the Concept of Spectacle

by Roran Ausman | Jun 10, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

How much of the events that we encounter in our political sphere actually happen in the way we think they do? How much of what we know has to do with the narrative formed around it after it happens, if it happened at all?  In 1967, Guy Debord wrote The Society of...

Trump Stacked The Supreme Court: Roe v. Wade Is Just The Beginning

by Ezra Oyarce | Jun 5, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

Roe v. Wade is just one of the first casualties to come as a result of Trump’s brand of stealth authoritarianism and the gradual weakening of American democracy since his rise to power The recent leaked draft decision of Justice Samuel Alito that would seek to...

Looking for Its First Leftist Leader, Colombia’s Second Round of Presidential Elections Take a Right Turn

by Maggie Pierce | Jun 3, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

Following the first round of presidential elections, in which no candidate received a majority of the votes, Colombia’s top two candidates will compete in a runoff election on June 19, 2022.  Colombia is caught up in their presidential election since the...

The Bottomless Pit: The Steel Trap That Is Populism, and Why Escape May Not Be Feasible Once Sprung

by Andrej Prokolab | May 25, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

With the increasing polarization of Americans, and the newfound wave of popular support for far-right populism as birthed by Donald Trump and his supporters, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ward off disinformation and reconcile the misled masses as all...

The Mexican Recall Election: President Recalls Himself

by Maggie Pierce | May 24, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

President Lopez Obrador uses the process intended to remove an unpopular President from office to instead reinforce his supposed popularity. On April 10, 2022 Mexico held a Presidential recall election  – the first of its kind – which President Lopez...
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