Journalists long confined the populism label to the right before left forces adopted it

Evidence

For years, journalists reserved the name “populism” for forces on the right and farther right, often eagerly seconded by right-wing figures; now, figures on the left were plotting their own populist turn. But what did it mean for the left to “go populist”? — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 158

Categorization

• QUESTION: The chapter closes on this framing question as the animating concern to carry forward.
• XREF: connects to: Neoliberals once named themselves openly and then abandoned the label — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 103

Broader Connections

• Neoliberals once named themselves openly and then abandoned the label #corroborates (0.80) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 103