Tag: Jair Bolsonaro
The structural weaknesses of democracies: Part III –elites
The citizens and the elites, have failed democracy and thus enabled right-wing authoritarian populism to flourish in many, ex-democracies.
Right-wing populism’s Orwellian tactics
Right wing populism is quickly emerging as a new dominant political discourse. It is radically re-constituting the uneven field of politics on which ideological battles are fought. Right-wing demagogues use a diversified repertoire of rhetorical tools to not only temporarily acquire dominance but to disaggregate frozen beliefs and re-configure them. To analyse this process of re-constitution, this article uses the vocabulary provided by George Orwell in his seminal book “1984”.
India’s 71st Republic Day: Two Republics clash with each other
The presence of Bolsonaro and Modi at India’s 71st Republic Day celebration will be countered by the Republic Day celebration by millions on the streets.