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socialism

[soh-shuh-liz-uhm] / ˈsoʊ ʃəˌlɪz əm /


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For decades, the island was celebrated by U.S. critics worldwide as a scrappy symbol of anti-imperialism and a utopic experiment in socialism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

Just before Christmas, in what now seems like the distant past before the U.S. military captured Mr. Maduro, these questions about socialism were still largely abstract.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

This is where I should stop and define what democratic socialism is, as it’s been at the center of much of the misinformation about Mamdani.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

"Everybody's rushing out the -isms - corporatism, socialism, state capitalism," DeHaven said.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

They talked about revolution vs. reform and anarchism vs. socialism, and Andrew was struck, as he always had been, by the way Sasha carefully considered things instead of just echoing the opinions of other people.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater