The left has yielded language to the right

Populism has been no stranger to either Canada or the U.S. So it seems odd that it has become, among left-liberals, a dirty word, writes Thomas Walkom.

U.S. President Donald Trump has become synonymous with the word populist, which once had neutral or even leftist connotations, writes Thomas Walkom. Department of Homeland Security photo via Barry Bahler

Opinion

BY THOMAS WALKOM

November 5, 2018

The right has seized the language of social change. The left has allowed this to happen. Words like populism, which just a few years ago had neutral or even leftish connotations, are now associated exclusively with Donald Trump....

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