Workers of the World Aren’t Uniting Behind the DSA

The socialist wave is less a proletarian phenomenon than a project of frustrated Ph.D. candidates and medium-grade professionals.

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Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) is introduced by Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a rally in Detroit, Mich., May 3, 2026.

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What did the country ever do to white college graduates to make them feel so disaffected from its economic and political system?

The wave of socialist victories in Democratic primaries is being driven by well-educated white voters who are more extreme than the rest of the Democratic coalition.

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