{"id":17733,"date":"2021-02-25T11:58:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T19:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=17733"},"modified":"2021-02-25T11:58:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T19:58:12","slug":"word-built-world-poplarism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/word-built-world-poplarism\/","title":{"rendered":"Word-built world:  Poplarism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Feb 24, 2021  (wsmith@wordsmith.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ecp.yusercontent.com\/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwordsmith.org%2Fwords%2Fimages%2Fpoplarism.jpg&amp;t=1614282757&amp;ymreqid=3424e100-25d4-8d73-2f6c-fd04be01a700&amp;sig=pwveoTSvz3ygmDc7rkzrfQ--~D\" alt=\"poplarism\" width=\"450\" height=\"505\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A mural commemorating the Poplar Rates Rebellion (detail)Photo: Ceridwen \/ Wikimedia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/a.word.a.day\/\" target=\"_blank\">A.Word.A.Day<\/a> with Anu Garg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poplarism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>PRONUNCIATION:(POP-luh-riz-uhm)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordsmith.org\/words\/poplarism.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ecp.yusercontent.com\/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwordsmith.org%2Fwords%2Fimages%2Fsound-icon.png&amp;t=1614282757&amp;ymreqid=3424e100-25d4-8d73-2f6c-fd04be01a700&amp;sig=6Nw93OH5UUmUfQ7ayBtAFA--~D\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MEANING:<em>noun<\/em>: The policy of giving generous compensation, benefits, unemployment relief, etc.<br><br>ETYMOLOGY:After Poplar, a district in London, where in 1921 the mayor, George Lansbury, and the council decided to use the tax money to provide relief to the poor instead of sending it to London. The mayor and councilors were imprisoned for contempt of court and the incident is known as the Poplar Rates Rebellion. Rate is the British term for property tax. Earliest documented use: 1922.<br><br>USAGE:\u201cPoplarism sought to unite the unemployed and employed by establishing a discourse, embodied in policy, that no working person should be allowed to fall below a level set by a measure of human need.\u201d<br>Gerry Mooney, Michael Lavalette;\u00a0<em>Class Struggle and Social Welfare<\/em>; Routledge; 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 24, 2021 (wsmith@wordsmith.org) A mural commemorating the Poplar Rates Rebellion (detail)Photo: Ceridwen \/ Wikimedia A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg Poplarism PRONUNCIATION:(POP-luh-riz-uhm)&nbsp; MEANING:noun: The policy of giving generous compensation, benefits, unemployment relief, etc. ETYMOLOGY:After Poplar, a district in London, where in 1921 the mayor, George Lansbury, and the council decided to&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/word-built-world-poplarism\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17734,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17733\/revisions\/17734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}