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Political Splits over Copper-Nickel Mining Political Splits over Copper-Nickel Mining
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Extractive Populism in the Iron Range Extractive Populism in the Iron Range
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Outsiders versus Insiders Outsiders versus Insiders
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Excessive Government Regulation Excessive Government Regulation
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Out-of-Touch Democrats Out-of-Touch Democrats
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Resource Independence and Nationalism Resource Independence and Nationalism
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Grassroots Digital Activism and Networking Grassroots Digital Activism and Networking
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Political Contradictions and Challenges Political Contradictions and Challenges
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Conclusion Conclusion
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5 Extractive Populism: Defending the Iron Range Way of Life
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Published:June 2023
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Abstract
This chapter examines the political implications of conflicts over copper-nickel mining particularly how mining is an important cultural symbol shaping wider rural-urban and class divides and political shifts. Mining supporters use a discourse of extractive populism to rally support of rural, white, and working-class residents and frame new mining as a way to defend locals against outside threats of elite urban environmentalists, federal bureaucrats, and racialized others. Securing resource independence is also claimed as a way to protect the nation from foreign threats. This energizes the rightward political swing happening in the historically leftist Iron Range. I argue that place-based, masculine, and class identities linked to mining are important in how right-wing populist movements create an image of authenticity and emotional appeals to defending "the people" seen in the unprecedented success Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign had in the region.
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