From Washington DC and Brasilia to Islamabad, populist uprisings have been framed as revolts of the people against 'corrupt elites. But in We, The Mob, Nadeem Farooq Paracha posits that these uprisings were clashes between rival clites, each cloaking its power struggle in the language of mass resistance. He traces the evolution and dynamics of modern-day populism in the Global North and the Global South by exploring three populist uprisings: In the US (January 6, 2021), Brazil (January 8, 2023), and in Pakistan (May 2023).