Lawrence Rosenthal

Lawrence Rosenthal is the founder and executive director of the <a href="http://issc.berkeley.edu/research_newmetro.php">Center for the Comparative Study of Right-Wing Movements</a>, University of Cal

Empire of resentment

Emotions can be politically transformative; just look at Donald Trump and his supporters.

By Lawrence Rosenthal

/ 4 Oct 2020

The Donald and the Duce

Is the Trump movement a variant of fascism? In the weeks following the 8 November election will organized vigilantism emerge among Trump supporters?

By Lawrence Rosenthal

/ 31 Oct 2016

US: behind the Republican implosion

The profound dysfunction on display in the Republican party’s contest for its 2016 presidential nomination reflects an intraparty civil war that has been simmering for the past 25 years and has now burst out of control.

By Lawrence Rosenthal

/ 18 Feb 2016

Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party: bedfellows?

The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street are expressions of pain from differing points of view of the same social process, says Lawrence Rosenthal

By Lawrence Rosenthal

/ 4 Nov 2011