by CAROLINA ARMENTA | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
Populism emerged in Greece for many reasons. The increase in refugees and government overspending of the nation’s money to name the two biggest reasons. Greece is a country that does not put the interests of their citizens first; instead, they prioritize the...
by ISABELLA MULLEN | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
Even though it looks like it gained a win in the United States in 2016, populism has seen comparable setbacks in the rest of the world. Le pen in France, Maduro in Venezuela, and Frauke Petry in Germany, all failed to amass the momentum that Donald Trump did in...
by Ricardo Taylor | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
The right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD), has gained momentum in the recent years, and has managed to use social media to their advantage. In the recent 2017 elections AfD, gained 13% of the vote, which led them to gain seats in the German...
by Lindsey Powell | Mar 14, 2018 | University of Pennsylvania
On March 12th, Austrian citizens and political elites gathered at Heldenplatz, the public courtyard in front of Vienna’s Hofburg Palace. The date marks the 80th anniversary of Hitler’s “Anschluss”, or annexation, of Austria in 1938. On that date, Hitler...
by COLE ANTHONY KINDER | Mar 13, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
We like to think of Western European nations and the European Union as entities that uphold the fundamental rights of humanity and democracy. We grow up thinking that in Western Europe, the people are able to decide their government and their governments will protect...
