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A socialist's primary win doesn't herald a workers revolution in the US

  • Written by Daniel Pout, Instructor School of Politics & Global Studies, Arizona State University
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a California fundraiser in AugustAP/Jae C. Hong

Anyone anticipating a golden dawn of Marxist-Leninist communism soon in the United States might have to wait a while longer – perhaps forever.

The surprise victory of socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over longtime Democratic New York Congressman John Crowley in a...

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