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“Trump is a hybrid phenomenon as I see it. He is somewhat like UKIP and Le Pen with his right-wing populism that espouses some fascist overtones, but he's also partly just the old neoliberalism in disguise, especially if we look at some of the people he appointed to his cabinet.”

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John Bellamy Foster

John Bellamy Foster is an American scholar specializing in political economy, environmental sociology, and Marxist theory. Born on August 15, 1953, he is currently a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. more

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