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With its rhetoric of "the 99%" (the people) against "the 1%" (the elite), the international Occupy movement is an example of a (left-wing) populist social movement.

A New Populism in the United States

… in this strange election season.  Omar Ali teaches history at Long Island University and is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
A photo of Al Gore I\in Manchester, New Hampshire, campaigning for President of the United States in 1999

The Case of the Disappearing Vice President

… “gracious” exit speech, and then swept him off the stage of history. The New York Times’s Thomas Friedman is typical. He … at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. … History News Service …
A wood engraving of President Woodrow Wilson from 1918.

The Osama bin Laden of 1916

… bin Laden. Donald R. Shaffer teaches 19th-century U.S. history at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, and he is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
The flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

A European Future for NATO?

… for the future. Carolyne V. Davidson is a writer for the History News Service and a Ph.D. candidate in history at Yale University. Her dissertation is entitled, … History News Service …
Lady Bird Johnson in the Texas Hill Country.

The Power of the Pedestal

… Bird as our First Lady. Catherine Allgor, a writer for the History News Service, is a professor of history and a Presidential Chair at the University of … History News Service …
President George W. Bush

Propaganda: Necessary but Difficult

… struggle. Allan M. Winkler is Distinguished Professor of History at Miami University, Ohio, and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
The flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Critique of NATO’s Expansion

… War III. Robert H. Whealey is an associate professor of history at Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, United States President George W. Bush, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after reading statement to the press during the closing moments of the Red Sea Summit in Aqaba, Jordan, June 4, 2003.

A Flawed Basis for Middle East Peace

… flawed agreement. Dr. Jonathan Goldstein is a professor of history at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
A KFC in Hanoi, Vietnam

Kentucky Fried Globalization

… branches was based in Taiwan, not Seattle, and local guidebooks in Shanghai classified these outlets as … of globalization. Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom is a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, a writer for the History News Service and the author of "China's Brave New …
John Kerry addressing reporters in 2015.

What’s a Convention For, Any More?

… conventions unfold. Robert David Johnson is a professor of history at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He … American Dissenting Tradition" (1998) and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967.

How to Intervene and Get Out

… be so lucky. Alan McPherson is an associate professor of history at Howard University and a writer for the History News Service. He is the author of "Yankee No! … History News Service …
Ellis Island, New York City.

Hiding Behind Reform

… poison it. Edward T. O'Donnell is an associate professor of history at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass., and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
A woman voting in the early 20th century.

Could We Postpone the Election — Even If We Wanted To?

… election machinery. Robert David Johnson is a professor of history at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He … American Dissenting Tradition" (1998) and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
The Algerian flag.

Torture in Iraq: Lessons from Algeria

… crisis in Iraq. Shawn McHale is an associate professor of history and international affairs at the Elliott School of … Affairs, George Washington University, and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife before their assassinations in Sarajevo.

The Enduring Lesson of Sarajevo

… on the world. Matthew Levinger is an associate professor of History at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …