Square movements targeted elite collusion, not capitalism per se.

Evidence

Their main targets were not capitalists and multinational corporations per se. Instead they attacked the unholy alliance between economic and political elites—the “caste.” … Rather than relying upon the old industrial working class, these new populists sought to construct a broad and inclusive popular subject, capable of reclaiming democratic institutions in the name of “the many not the few.” — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 93

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the new populist enemy as the ‘caste’ alliance rather than the bourgeoisie - a shift in target.
• XREF: connects to: Left protest shifted from workplace to spectacle because it lacked embedded organizations. — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 156; Antiracist policy should target elites, not the general population. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1070; Square movements attacked elite collusion rather than capital itself, breaking from labor tradition — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 93

Broader Connections

• Antiracist policy should target elites, not the general population. #expands (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1070