The Democratic Socialists of America are riding a new wave of momentum. Their candidates have scored notable victories in Democratic primaries in cities such as Denver, New York City, and Washington, D.C. Prominent DSA members are also advancing an extreme Marxist agenda on national television.

What stands out is that several of these rising figures are immigrants or the children of immigrants from countries that suffered under socialist policies or communist insurgencies.

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Nithya Raman, a Los Angeles city councilmember and 2026 mayoral candidate, came to the United States from India at age six. Melat Kiros, who recently defeated a long-serving incumbent to win the Democratic nomination in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, arrived from Ethiopia as an infant. Gustavo Gordillo, cochair of the DSA’s New York City chapter, was born in Peru and moved to the U.S. as a young child.

Their countries of origin — India, Ethiopia, and Peru — experienced socialist-oriented experiments or Maoist violence that produced severe economic and human costs.

India’s post-independence years under Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi featured heavy state planning and widespread nationalization, contributing to decades of slow growth. Ethiopia........

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