Socialism

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Morales and Arce sit side-by-side, with microphones in front of both of them.
Morales and Arce sit side-by-side, with microphones in front of both of them.

The Internal Rift Threatening Bolivia’s Left

Will the conservative opposition recover political power in one of Latin America’s leftist strongholds?

Presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appears behind a Brazilian national flag .
Presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appears behind a Brazilian national flag .

Latin America’s New ‘Pink Tide’ Is a Mirage

Lula’s reelection in Brazil does not prove that Latin America is turning left again.

Black-and-white portraits of two men are held up by people in red uniforms.
Black-and-white portraits of two men are held up by people in red uniforms.

Sri Lanka’s Left Turn

This year’s protests have revitalized the country’s socialists. But can they capitalize on that momentum electorally?

A glacier sits above a stream running past cabins in Norway.
A glacier sits above a stream running past cabins in Norway.

Nordic Countries Aren’t Actually Socialist

Denmark, Norway, and Sweden shouldn’t be held up as socialist utopias.

Joe Biden waves to supporters before meeting with local labor leaders ahead at the union's state headquarters on Sept. 7, 2020 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Joe Biden waves to supporters before meeting with local labor leaders ahead at the union's state headquarters on Sept. 7, 2020 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

America Is Becoming a Social Democracy

The Biden administration is accomplishing what was once thought historically impossible.

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump in Miami
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump in Miami

Florida Called for Trump

The state was a must-win for the president, and he prevailed thanks in part to broad support from Cuban Americans and other Latino voters.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses supporters
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses supporters

Our Top Weekend Reads

The lasting impact of Sanders and Corbyn, a profile of the UAE’s invisible Palestinian hand, and a drift toward authoritarianism in West Africa.

Demonstrators hold flags with the face of former president Evo Morales during a Movement for Socialism closing rally ahead of presidential elections in El Alto, Bolivia, on Oct. 14.
Demonstrators hold flags with the face of former president Evo Morales during a Movement for Socialism closing rally ahead of presidential elections in El Alto, Bolivia, on Oct. 14.

Will Bolivia’s Elections Usher in a New Wave of Socialism in Latin America?

A year after the leftist leader fled La Paz, Morales is looming over the upcoming vote.

Anne Hidalgo, the incumbent mayor of Paris and member of the French Socialist Party, celebrates after winning the second round of the French Municipal elections in Paris on June 28. Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua via Getty Images
Anne Hidalgo, the incumbent mayor of Paris and member of the French Socialist Party, celebrates after winning the second round of the French Municipal elections in Paris on June 28. Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua via Getty Images

Is France’s Socialist Party Back From the Dead?

As Macron’s luster fades in local elections, Socialist leaders are planning a return to national politics—in alliance with the Greens.

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Daniel Brokstad illustration for Foreign Policy
Daniel Brokstad illustration for Foreign Policy

Socialism: Why It’s Back and What It Means

Essays on how social democracy can save the world, as well as counterpoints on why capitalism remains the best way for populations to thrive.

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Why Socialism Won’t Work

Capitalism is still the best way to handle risk and boost innovation and productivity.

Chloe Cushman illustration for Foreign Policy
Chloe Cushman illustration for Foreign Policy

How Climate Change Has Supercharged the Left

Global warming could launch socialists to unprecedented power—and expose their movement’s deepest contradictions.

Daniel Brokstad illustration for Foreign Policy
Daniel Brokstad illustration for Foreign Policy

The World After Capitalism

The future depends on a social democracy that doesn’t reshape capitalism but transcends it.

Dan Saelinger illustration for Foreign Policy
Dan Saelinger illustration for Foreign Policy

Can Social Democrats Save the World (Again)?

Communism and democratic socialism won’t heal today’s political divisions. But social democracy—which helped ward off extremism following World War II—could.

John Maynard Keynes. Foreign Policy illustration/Gordon Anthony/Getty Images
John Maynard Keynes. Foreign Policy illustration/Gordon Anthony/Getty Images

Socialism’s Biggest Hero Is a Bourgeois British Capitalist

John Maynard Keynes felt little solidarity for workers and inspired a century of establishment economics. The West’s revived socialists have adopted him as their own anyway.

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a protest rally in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4, 2018.
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a protest rally in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4, 2018.

The Myth of Democratic Socialism

The Nordic countries show the limits, not successes, of Bernie Sanders’s plans.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a press conference in Washington on June 24.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a press conference in Washington on June 24.

What the Right Gets Wrong About Socialism

As Scandinavia shows, it does feature plenty of public ownership—but also a thriving economy.

Venezuelan opposition supporters gather to listen to the head of Venezuela's National Assembly and the country's self-proclaimed acting president, Juan Guaidó, during a rally in Caracas on Jan. 26. (FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images)
Venezuelan opposition supporters gather to listen to the head of Venezuela's National Assembly and the country's self-proclaimed acting president, Juan Guaidó, during a rally in Caracas on Jan. 26. (FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images)

The Left Keeps Getting Venezuela Wrong

Anti-imperialists prefer a Russian-backed dictator to a public revolt.

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower at NATO's Paris headquarters in 1951. (AFP/Getty Images)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower at NATO's Paris headquarters in 1951. (AFP/Getty Images)

Want to Win the Midterms? Spend Less on War

The intensification of the liberal-neoconservative alliance under Trump is not good news for Democrats.

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