SOS Democracy with Fintan O’Toole — The US elections and the politics of self-pity

Irish Times columnist and author Fintan O'Toole draws on the Irish experience to explain the rise of populism and authoritarianism in the United States. This event was recorded at the Vice-Chancellor's Democracy Forum at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) on 26 September 2024. Speakers Fintan O'Toole Columnist with the Irish TImesLiterary Editor with the New York Review of BooksAuthor of We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958, Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain, and Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic TigerProfessor of Irish letters at Princeton University Anna Funder (host) Author, Wifedom, Stasiland, All That I AmLuminary and Ambassador, UTS Roy Green (host) Emeritus Professor and Special Innovation Advisor, UTSFormer Dean, UTS Business School