Understanding the rise of ‘democratic socialism’

Recently, in the U.S., there’s been a wave of self described democratic socialists running for and winning elected office. There is the improbable case of Zohran Mamdani who won his New York mayoral campaign. But there are other high profile races where establishment incumbents are being unseated by much younger insurgents. From Denver to New York, Washington D.C. to Seattle. Even here in Canada, NDP leader Avi Lewis is a long-time self-described democratic socialist. According to new Gallup polling, “socialism” is officia...