Hannah Gurman

Sep 27, 2024 | jacobin.com | Hannah Gurman

The Capital Hilton in Washington, DC, is just three miles from Capitol Hill. But in early July, these two places might as well have been on different planets. As congressional Democrats clenched their jaws and paced the halls trying to figure a way to drop an imploding Joe Biden presidential campaign, the mood at the […]

Jul 13, 2024 | jacobin.com | Hannah Gurman

The Capital Hilton in Washington, DC, is just three miles from Capitol Hill. But last week, these two places might as well have been on different planets. As congressional Democrats clenched their jaws and paced the halls trying to figure a way out of the mess that is the imploding Joe Biden campaign, the mood at the conference center was bright.

Sep 28, 2023 | dissentmagazine.org | Hannah Gurman |Simon Brown |Bécquer Seguín |Bill Fletcher Jr.

Inconsistent Populists: Sohrab Ahmari and the Anti-Neoliberal Right Tyranny, Inc. aims to build a working-class coalition between the left and right. But Ahmari cannot get around the GOP populists’ dismal record on labor. ▪ September 28, 2023 Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What to Do About Itby Sohrab AhmariForum Books, 2023, 288 pp. It’s no secret that many younger Americans are disillusioned with the neoliberal order.

Sep 11, 2023 | thebaffler.com | Hannah Gurman |Jasper Craven |Rafia Zakaria |Fady Joudah

Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future by Patrick Deneen. Sentinel, 288 pages. 2023. In its elaborate campaign to rebrand the Republican Party as something other than an alliance of big money and cultural grievance, the GOP has taken great pains to fashion itself “populist.” Since 2016, when Donald Trump railed against a “rigged system,” the right’s performance of populism has become so familiar that it reads as grotesque self-parody.

May 31, 2023 | jacobin.com | Hannah Gurman

In 1979, the year Thatcher was elected prime minister, British scholar Stuart Hall penned “The Great Moving Right Show,” a short but incisive essay where he attempted to explain the nature and ascent of Thatcherism.