One only has to think about the British fight against Nazism to be reminded that it was made of imperialists, constitutionalists, stick-in-the-mud aristocrats, and the socialists who first helped put Winston Churchill into power and then five years later helped push him out again.
—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
As the vote count continues in the mayor’s race, democratic socialists in Los Angeles already have some wins down-ballot.
—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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