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Recent Examples of Marxism
With Marxism tainted by its aggressive materialism, and mere democratic socialism so mere, anarchism could be imagined as a series of defiant spiritual acts.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Assad was an ally of the Soviet Union, and the PKK adhered to Marxism-Leninism until the end of the Cold War.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2025
Her friends vaguely discuss gentrification and Marxism.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
In a similar way, even most of those who worked for the Soviet regime had stopped believing in Marxism by the 1980s.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
The writers and academics who abandoned Marxism to found the neoconservative movement were deeply concerned with political freedom and the moral decline of American society.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Opponents scoffed at many of his ideas, calling them impractical or misguided, perhaps bordering on Marxism.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
As purported truth-tellers seeking to advance society toward maximal gains, Great Men expose and combat political and existential threats, such as critical race theory and Marxism.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
At the time, the event’s key trio of organizers — Chris Bartley, John Hugo, and Mark Sahady — were linked to Resist Marxism, a far-right group with ties to white supremacist organizations.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 8 Oct. 2024
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Assad was an ally of the Soviet Union, and the PKK adhered to Marxism-Leninism until the end of the Cold War.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2025
Her friends vaguely discuss gentrification and Marxism.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
In a similar way, even most of those who worked for the Soviet regime had stopped believing in Marxism by the 1980s.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
The writers and academics who abandoned Marxism to found the neoconservative movement were deeply concerned with political freedom and the moral decline of American society.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Opponents scoffed at many of his ideas, calling them impractical or misguided, perhaps bordering on Marxism.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
As purported truth-tellers seeking to advance society toward maximal gains, Great Men expose and combat political and existential threats, such as critical race theory and Marxism.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
At the time, the event’s key trio of organizers — Chris Bartley, John Hugo, and Mark Sahady — were linked to Resist Marxism, a far-right group with ties to white supremacist organizations.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 8 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Marxism
Noun
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This critique involved not just intellectuals on the left, but also famous American realists who played a key part in rallying U.S. liberal opinion to resist Nazism and Stalinism.—
Anatol Lieven,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Again, Breaking With Trump Caroline Ellison, Star Witness in FTX Case, Should Receive Lenient Sentence, Prosecutors Signal Trumpism, Stalinism and the Tariff Debate An 8-Year-Old Ohio Girl Takes a Solo Drive to Target in Family’s SUV Trump and Other Presidents Embrace Golf.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Sep. 2024
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In emphasizing the importance of the group, Volkov is in line with Soviet propaganda and thought, where stories of friendship were used to promote unity and collectivism.—
Christin Bohnke,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Mar. 2025
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In summary, Chinese culture strongly influences workers in manufacturing, fostering values of respect for authority, dedication, and collectivism while also contributing to long working hours and a focus on family and societal obligations.—
Dave Evans,
Forbes,
26 Nov. 2024
Noun
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On these matters, he is not guided by rational cost-benefit analysis or dealmaking so much as by real animus against democracy, liberalism, and the West, together with a determination to resurrect the Russian empire.—
Michael McFaul,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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The original Nature article that features the heatmaps examines how the two main political ideologies — liberalism and conservatism — reflect differences in the levels of moral compassion.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2025
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