Source: Inequality.org
by AJ Schumann
“A familiar spectre is haunting the nation: communism. Or so one might conclude from the Republican Party’s increasingly frantic rhetoric. Following a string of wins by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in congressional primaries from New York to Colorado to Michigan, even reaching as far as Florida, the GOP is dusting off an old refrain. ‘Communism is on the ballot this November,’ warned House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) at a press conference. President Donald Trump has gone further still, calling communism ‘the biggest threat to our nation there is, maybe since our founding.’ At first glance, this reads like little more than election-year theatrics. The candidates provoking such alarm are, on the whole, hardly the revolutionaries their critics imagine. Many of the policies promoted by today’s Democratic Socialists fall comfortably within the lineage of the New Deal …” (09/07/26)
https://inequality.org/article/the-new-red-scare-is-a-desperate-smoke-screen/