“DSA strategy views the Democratic Party as the key arena for building anti-corporate coalitions, though tensions arise when socialists defeat establishment Democrats. Membership surged from 6,200 in 2015 to 95,000 in 2021, fueled by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. A 2025 Cato/YouGov poll shows 62% of under-30s view socialism favorably, signaling growing mainstream acceptance of once-radical ideas.”
(Selwyn Duke – New American) Meet Hannah Shvets, a 20-year-old Cornell University sophomore and one of the newest members of New York’s Ithaca Common Council.
Shvets is also a member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA).
She additionally has membership in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), as does New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, whom she admires.
Joining her on the Council is newly elected Jorge DeFendini. He’s not a member of the CPUSA — just the DSA. But both are part of a new old-style “red” wave:
More than 250 DSA members now hold office across the U.S. And, reportedly, 90 percent of them have been elected just since 2019.
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