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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Seth Leibsohn: Mamdani and Marxism
Description: About Zohran Mamdani’s election, a few thoughts: Listening to his supporters and statements, there is no question as to Marxist loyalty. And, as DSA Founder Michael Harrington wrote, Karl Marx is “a democratic socialist in the most profound sense of the phrase.” Neither should we be fooled by the DSA’s use of the word “Democratic.” China, Cuba, North Korea, and Venezuela all claim to be Democratic Socialist republics in their constitutions, so did the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (the USSR), in its day. About which: one popular supporter of Mamdani’s, with millions of social media foll...