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The following is a list of populist parties, leaders and movements. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2019) Africa.
In American political rhetoric, populist was originally associated with the Populist Party and related left-wing movements; beginning in the 1950s, it began to take on a more generic meaning, describing any anti-establishment movement regardless of its position on the left–right political spectrum. [17]
Few populist social movements survive for more than a few years, with most examples, like the Occupy movement, petering out after their initial growth. [237] In some cases, the social movement fades away as a strong leader emerges from within it and moves into electoral politics. [ 237 ]
In the 1950s, France was swept by a right-wing populist movement founded by a rural bookstore owner named Pierre Poujade.. Poujade, a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II and a powerful ...
In Mexico and Indonesia, populist sentiment has come down in recent years, while it is on the rise in the U.K. and South Africa. Past analysis suggests that elections themselves can tamp down ...
Party for the Animals (Dutch: Partij voor de Dieren) 2004–2019 Belgium EU: Merged into Vlaams Belang in 2019. [3] Animal Protection Party of Canada: 2005– Canada: Original name: Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada. Italian Animalist Party (Italian: Partito Animalista Italiano) 2006– Italy EU: Animal Welfare Party: 2006– [2]
Some scholars also speak of nationalist left-wing populist movements, a feature exhibited by the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua or the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. Unlike exclusionary or right-wing populism , left-wing populist parties are generally supportive of minority rights, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] as well as to an idea of nationality that ...
The roots of the right-wing populist movement in Hungary are deep, and over the past few decades it has significantly influenced politics in the country. Right-wing populism is growing in Hungary at present because its origins can be found in the post-communist era, particularly in the economic and political chaos of the 1990s.