Democrats are both fighting to take back control of the House while progressives and socialists are also pushing for more control in Congress.
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Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
The new mayor is fond of his On the Waterfront rhetoric, and tends to suggest that, before the socialists came to power, city government was dismissive of the poor and working class.
And in the 1930s, there were a group of young, mostly Jewish kids who were communists.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
Set against the backdrop of 1930s East London, the musical dramatizes a pivotal historical moment when over 100,000 residents – Jews, Irish dockers, trade unionists, communists and everyday locals – united to oppose the rise of fascism in their neighborhood.
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