Thomas Frank tells Brendan O’Neill about the progressive history of populism and the elite war on democracy.
Thomas Frank, historian and author of the The People, No, joins spiked’s editor for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. They discuss the rise and fall of the People’s Party, how populism became a dirty word, and the establishment’s contempt for democracy.
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