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José Clemente Orozco's painting The Demagogue. A demagogue (/ ˈ d ɛ m ə ɡ ɒ ɡ /; from Greek δημαγωγός, a popular leader, a leader of a mob, from δῆμος, people, populace, the commons + ἀγωγός leading, leader), [1] or rabble-rouser, [2] [3] is a political leader in a democracy who gains popularity by arousing the common people against elites, especially through ...
Denis Kearney (1847–1907) was a California labor leader from Ireland who was active in the late 19th century and was known for his anti-Chinese activism. [1] [2] Called "a demagogue of extraordinary power," [3] he frequently gave long and caustic speeches that focused on four general topics: contempt for the press, for capitalists, for politicians, and for Chinese immigrants.
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) uses three-letter abbreviation country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in both the Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Youth Games. Each code identifies a Commonwealth Games Association. Several of the CGF codes are different from the standard ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes.
The Committee created a code, which was ratified in October 1939, that required all radio broadcasters to submit their scripts to the radio stations for review before broadcast. Stations that did not comply with the code faced the threat of license revocation. [56] [57] This code was drafted specifically as a response to Coughlin and Golden ...
Publius Clodius Pulcher (c. 92 [1] – 18 January 52 BC) was a Roman politician and demagogue.A noted opponent of Cicero, he was responsible during his plebeian tribunate in 58 BC for a massive expansion of the Roman grain dole as well as Cicero's exile from the city.
Geographically the +388 "country" code was an overlay on top of all the pre-existing, state-bounded country codes of the countries in Europe. Among "special" country codes, +388 was unique in that it was both supranational yet geographically bounded (other special codes, such as +881 and freephone +800 , are completely international).
Max Nomad was the pseudonym of Maximilian Nacht (15 September 1881 – 18 April 1973), an Austrian-born American author and educator. In his youth he espoused militant anarchism and in the 1920s he was a supporter of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin and the Great Depression is a 1982 history by Alan Brinkley of contemporary left-wing criticism of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal Programs, [1] [2] focusing primarily on Huey Long and Father Charles Coughlin. It won the National Book Award for History in 1983. [3]