American socialism: Quick Facts

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Members of the Democratic Socialists of America hold a large red banner and wave red flags while gathered for a May Day demonstration on a city street in New York.

Zohran Mamdani speaks outdoors at a podium with a sign reading Zohran for New York City, campaigning for mayor with microphones in front of him and trees in the background.

Karl Heinrich Marx (1818-1883), German philosopher, national economist and leading exponent of scientific socialism or communism. Photograph. Photo: Heliogravure, Corpus Imaginum, Hanfstaengl Collection.

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