Professor Adolph Reed: The Structural Contradictions That Gave Rise to Trumpism Remain Unresolved

Interview by Selcuk Gultasli Is Trumpism a personal aberration or the direct result of neoliberal capitalism's decay? Host Selcuk Gultasli sits down with Professor Emeritus Adolph Reed Jr. (UPenn / Mount Holyoke) for a materialist critique of American politics. Professor Reed breaks down why structural contradictions will outlive Donald Trump, why identity politics erases class analysis, and why real social transformation requires patient, multi-racial working-class organizing rather than electoral shortcuts. Here is our interview with Professor Adolph Reed, edited lightly to enhance clarity, readability, and overall flow for publication: https://www.populismstudies.org/prof-...