Christopher Lasch in, "The Agony of the American Left, " published in the late 60's and an essay, here in the NYRB also scores populism for it's deficiencies in class analysis. Michael Pugliese http://www.nybooks.com/articles/10123 This review collected in, "World of Nations." Box 11: World of Nations THE WRITINGS OF CHRISTOPHER LASCH: A BIBLIOGRAPHY-IN-PROGRESS ... note for chap. 12 of 1973-1. "Populism, Socialism, and McGovernism." New York Review of Books (20 July 1972): 15-20. Essay-review of A Populist Manifesto: The ... www.lib.rochester.edu/rbk/LaschBib.HTM