Articles for Identity Politics

Trump Will Overplay His Hand. Here’s How to Be Ready.
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump Will Overplay His Hand. Here’s How to Be Ready.

Politico  

Don’t Panic — Autocracy Takes Time President-elect Donald Trump’s return to power is unnerving but, as I have argued previously, America will not turn into a dictatorship overnight — or in four years. Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Poland’s Law and Justice Party needed years to erode democratic norms and fortify their grip on state institutions. That’s why millions of Turks …

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Maharashtra, Jharkhand Assembly elections: People’s issues missing yet again
1 month ago

Maharashtra, Jharkhand Assembly elections: People’s issues missing yet again

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde being garlanded during a public meeting for the state Assembly election in Nandurbar on Sunday. While this was unfolding, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis slammed AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi – a contender in the Maharashtra elections - for being `descendants of `Razakars’, who tortured the people of Marathwada.’ In other words, there are no …

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Democrats Wonder: Are We Too Correct?
1 month, 1 week ago

Democrats Wonder: Are We Too Correct?

Politico  

But the reward is alluring. “Identity politics did not work electorally and it failed miserably strategically,” Rahm Emanuel, ambassador to Japan and former Obama chief of staff, said of the Democratic Party. Janet Mills, who twice defeated a proto-Trump Republican opponent in her sprawling state, added: “We’ve got to talk about pocketbook issues and get over the identity politics — …

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Letters to the Editor: Blame misogyny and racism? Or are voters just not into Democrats?
1 month, 1 week ago

Letters to the Editor: Blame misogyny and racism? Or are voters just not into Democrats?

LA Times  

To the editor: George Skelton’s column on why Vice President Kamala Harris lost had so many misguided tropes. Just a little research would have dispelled his claim that Harris “overemphasized abortion” and that the issue “had played out.” The majority of the country supports choice, and abortion rights won on several state ballots even where those same women voted for …

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‘America will suffer again’: Independent readers react to Trump’s election win
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘America will suffer again’: Independent readers react to Trump’s election win

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Maybe ‘demonic’ would be a better word, a negative agent of change, with the …

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"Pro-life" identity politics: GOP's sudden support of abortion shows it was never about policy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

"Pro-life" identity politics: GOP's sudden support of abortion shows it was never about policy

Salon  

Before Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, the Supreme Court decision that ended abortion rights, it was a truism in the Beltway press that Americans were "bitterly divided" on abortion. Driven by polls that mostly asked people if they are "pro-life" or "pro-choice," journalists portrayed Republican voters as strongly opposed to abortion for moral and religious reasons. Polls show "GOP support …

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"Pride paradox": Sociologist Arlie Hochschild on Trump's manipulation of white working class voters
2 months, 3 weeks ago

"Pride paradox": Sociologist Arlie Hochschild on Trump's manipulation of white working class voters

Salon  

With slightly more than a month until Election Day, the polls show that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are basically tied. In her new book “Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right,” leading sociologist and author Arlie Hochschild has taken on the task of trying to explain Trump’s powerful appeal for and power over “white working class” …

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From Nixon to Trump: How the GOP has weaponized 'othering' for political gain
3 months, 3 weeks ago

From Nixon to Trump: How the GOP has weaponized 'othering' for political gain

Raw Story  

“Identity politics” can be either helpful to society or destructive of social cohesion and democracy itself. The dark side of identity politics occurs when the dominant race/religion/gender identifies people who aren’t part of their group as an “other” and uses this otherness as a rallying cry to enlist members of the powerful in-group against the “outsiders.” This is what the …

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Mamata Banerjee’s Attack on Hindu Monks: The Deep Shadow of Appeasement Politics
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mamata Banerjee’s Attack on Hindu Monks: The Deep Shadow of Appeasement Politics

News 18  

The 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign may be over, but West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee once again seized the headlines, this time by taking a bold and controversial stance against a section of Hindu monks. While it remains to be seen how effective Banerjee’s strategy was in securing electoral gains in the 2024 elections, her apparent attempt to rally …

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When Purvanchal was dotted by Left flags
7 months ago

When Purvanchal was dotted by Left flags

Hindustan Times  

Communist parties have miniscule presence on the political landscape of Uttar Pradesh having failed to win any Lok Sabha seat here in over three decades and not bagging any Vidhan Sabha seat in the state in the last two decades. Another notable communist name was Satyanarayan Singh, who won from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat in 1967 on CPI ticket while …

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Two Dalit narratives in Kharge heartland
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Two Dalit narratives in Kharge heartland

Hindustan Times  

Among the politicians with the highest stakes in the constituencies that go to the polls today is one who is not contesting. Irrespective of the specific type of Dalit identity that was being highlighted, identity politics eroded Kharge’s Dalit-led inclusive politics. His son, Priyank Kharge, has used his position as minister in the Karnataka government to present a much more …

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Social Populism, Identity Politics: A Self-Goal or a Saviour for Congress?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Social Populism, Identity Politics: A Self-Goal or a Saviour for Congress?

News 18  

Sam Pitroda’s casual comment on utility and perhaps also the necessity of inheritance tax in India during an interview has triggered a national debate on the economic direction the Congress is willing to take India to, if given the chance. History suggests that the grand old party has always used these political tactics for its own survival and also, more …

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Lok Sabha election in Bihar marked by polarising rhetoric and identity politics. - Frontline
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election in Bihar marked by polarising rhetoric and identity politics. - Frontline

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 27, 2024 14:06 IST - 7 MINS READ The election campaign is frequently vitriolic in Bihar, where the National Democratic Alliance won 39 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 and the Congress won 1. Nitish Kumar’s absence at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent rallies became fodder for the opposition, with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav wondering …

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DANIEL HANNAN: Why, despite two welcome victories, I fear we'll NEVER beat the woke nightmare. And the next generation will be even MORE intolerant
8 months ago

DANIEL HANNAN: Why, despite two welcome victories, I fear we'll NEVER beat the woke nightmare. And the next generation will be even MORE intolerant

Daily Mail  

Could the woke nightmare be coming to an end? This week, the Michaela community school in Brent, north-west London — the strictest and one of the most successful secondary schools in the land — won a court case allowing it to ban public religious rituals, which it argued were against the spirit of cohesiveness that underpins its academic achievements. And …

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Prayer ban ruling: Katharine Birbalsingh’s statement in full
8 months, 1 week ago

Prayer ban ruling: Katharine Birbalsingh’s statement in full

The Telegraph  

The Michaela Community School in north London has successfully defended a High Court challenge over its ban on prayer rituals. Michaela is a school that works miracles in London’s inner city, achieving on average nearly two-and-a-half grades higher at GCSE, with the best Progress 8 score for two years running, out of all of the 4,000 secondary schools across the …

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JK Rowling refuses to bow down to trans identity politics, challenges Scottish police to arrest her for not accepting biological males as 'women'
8 months, 2 weeks ago

JK Rowling refuses to bow down to trans identity politics, challenges Scottish police to arrest her for not accepting biological males as 'women'

Op India  

JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author who is often in headlines for her strong opinion on gender identity issues has literally broken the new ‘hate crime’ law of Scotland on the very first day. Notably, right after the Hate Crime and Public Order Act came into force in Scotland, JK Rowling took to her X account and dropped an 11-post …

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Nikki Haley can’t beat Trump in the game of identity politics
11 months ago

Nikki Haley can’t beat Trump in the game of identity politics

Live Mint  

First Nikki Haley tried to eliminate slavery as a cause of the Civil War. “Anyone listening to Nikki ‘Nimrada’ Haley’s wacked out speech last night, would think that she won the Iowa Primary," Trump posted on Truth Social, misspelling her name. “Part of what Haley is trying to do is make a distinction between individual prejudice and systemic racism," said …

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MP polls: Identity politics plays key role in communally fragile Malwa region
1 year, 1 month ago

MP polls: Identity politics plays key role in communally fragile Malwa region

Hindustan Times  

Ujjain/Indore/Khargone: Mumtaz Khan, 52 and Shivam Joshi, 18, live three kilometres apart in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh, and both blame communal politics for their pain. The Malwa Nimar region of Madhya Pradesh has seen a spurt in the number of communal clashes cases in the past five years “After the death of my son, both Congress and BJP leaders …

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Book Review: ‘Maya, Modi, Azad’ by Sudha Pai and Sajjan Kumar attempts to decode Dalit politics
1 year, 3 months ago

Book Review: ‘Maya, Modi, Azad’ by Sudha Pai and Sajjan Kumar attempts to decode Dalit politics

The Hindu  

This is a must-read for understanding why Dalits are attracted to the Hindu right wing. 599 The dominance of Hindutva politics, its appropriation of marginal groups and their symbols, the shift of Dalit votes to the BJP, the BJP’s welfare politics, and the RSS’ growing influence among marginal sections strongly indicate the end of the era of identity politics, and …

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Cancelling Dilbert: BLM-style reverse racism to fuel White identity politics
1 year, 9 months ago

Cancelling Dilbert: BLM-style reverse racism to fuel White identity politics

Firstpost  

Newspapers across America, including The Washington Post and The USA Today, have dropped the popular comic strip Dilbert after the cartoonist behind it, Scott Adams, reacted angrily to a racial survey. The poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports showed that only 53 per cent of Black Americans agreed with the statement, “It’s OK to be White.” “If nearly half of all …

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Dilemma of Muslim community: How minority politics in India has prioritised 'identity' over issues of actual concern
1 year, 11 months ago

Dilemma of Muslim community: How minority politics in India has prioritised 'identity' over issues of actual concern

Firstpost  

This year has been dubbed the year of electoral “semi-finals” with as many as nine states set to go to the polls over the next few months ahead of the 2024 general elections, the so-called “finals”. The enthusiastic Muslim embrace of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is a classic case of clutching at straws to feel “included” swayed by carefully …

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Guerrero: Latino support for Karen Bass shows voters rejecting Black-brown strife
2 years ago

Guerrero: Latino support for Karen Bass shows voters rejecting Black-brown strife

LA Times  

Karen Bass’ victory in the Los Angeles mayoral race was another blow to the popular caricature of Latino voters as trending conservative. Opinion Columnist Jean Guerrero Jean Guerrero is the author, most recently, of “Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda.” While the ethnic breakdown of the vote is still forthcoming, Bass’ strong performance after election day …

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Bengal rural polls: TMC, BJP set to slug it out again early next year
2 years, 1 month ago

Bengal rural polls: TMC, BJP set to slug it out again early next year

Hindustan Times  

Panchayat polls are due to be held in West Bengal early next year with identity politics likely to be a factor in some places as the ruling Trinamool Congress and Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party are set to slug it out again following a bitter electoral battle in the 2021 assembly polls. A year later, the BJP registered its best electoral …

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Rishi Raj and after: Liberal fallacy of connecting India’s plurality with a Muslim Prime Minister
2 years, 1 month ago

Rishi Raj and after: Liberal fallacy of connecting India’s plurality with a Muslim Prime Minister

Firstpost  

If the liberals really think that some day India’s plurality should reflect in a Muslim Prime Minister, they should promote liberal, secular, democratic and nationalist ethos in the Muslim community, rather than keeping it bogged into the communal quagmire In an ironic twist to the fulfilment of the Macaulayian wish of having a class of people, “Indian in blood and …

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