The Populist Party, formed in the late 1880s in the US, was a grassroots movement that aimed to address economic distress in farming communities by advocating for free silver. The party won seats in Congress in the 1892 election but declined after the 1896 election, when its merger with the Democratic Party proved problematic. The […]
Populism is a political philosophy that supports the rights of the masses and opposes the privileged upper class. Populists are typically liberal on economic and national security issues but conservative on social issues. The People’s Party of the United States was formed in the late 19th century to protect the working class from big business […]
