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Conceived together, these sections parse examples from socialist history and form connections between the past and present.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

“For some reason that no one can figure out, I really, really like you,” Johnson’s Trump told Mamdani, poking fun at the unlikely rapport between the president and the democratic socialist mayor.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Just before Bannon spoke, democratic socialist Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont told the same crowd that Washington policymakers had not addressed the "potentially catastrophic consequence" of unregulated AI.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

As the German political theorist Werner Sombart wrote in 1906, in America “all socialist utopias came to nothing on roast beef and apple pie.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Then there was Dr. James Parkinson, who was also an early socialist and author of many provocative pamphlets with titles like "Revolution without Bloodshed."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

She has helped draw an entire generation of progressives into politics, and totally changed the game for young people, young women, and democratic socialists.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

COINTELPRO, or the Counter Intelligence Program, targeted all the usual suspects — communists, socialists, civil rights organizations and yes, the left, with a particular focus on protest organizers.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026

A CNN poll last summer found that one-third of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents think of themselves as democratic socialists like Ms. Ocasio-Cortez.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

Legislation liberalizing the sector is expected to sail through parliament, where Rodriguez's socialists have a majority.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

It is a common mistake, he said, to think that socialists take their stand on equality.

From Contemporary Socialism by John Rae