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Omaha Platform

Omaha Platform

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Aug 27, 2026

Charles DerberGUEST
54:23
... back in the 1890s, right? They formed the People's Party.
Charles DerberGUEST
54:26
If you go back and look at the, um, the ca- the manifesto of the People's Party, it was called the Omaha Platform, 1890.
Charles DerberGUEST
54:33
We're going back to Rockefeller and JP Morgan.
Charles DerberGUEST
54:36
And ordinary people wrote this manifesto as a big revolutionary movement which said, probably the most democratic period in American history, um, which said Wall Street had to be taken over by ordinary people, that we, the country would not survive if the Morgans of the world continued to dominate.

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Why Americans Don't Vote — How Institutions Shape Participation

Aug 23 · 1 Mention

speaker_0HOST
17:47
So in 1892, they gathered in Nebraska and formed the People's Party, which we know as the Populist Movement.
speaker_1HOST
17:53
The Omaha Platform of 1892 was a staggering document for its time.
speaker_1HOST
17:58
It demanded radical economic interventions that terrified the ruling class.
speaker_0HOST
18:02
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