Marxist

Example Sentences

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Chávez, a former army officer inspired by Marxist thinkers and revolutionaries such as Simón Bolivar and Fidel Castro, was one of the most consequential political figures in recent Latin American history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

In an article for the Times of India this month, Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor of the American socialist magazine Jacobin, called Mr. Mamdani “the real deal—a Marxist by training and conviction.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

I first encountered his name, in fact, in a 1970s biography of the Irish revolutionary Liam Mellows by Marxist historian Desmond Greaves, who mentions Hillquit several times without bothering to explain who he was.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

Paramilitary groups emerged in Colombia in the 1980s to fight Marxist guerrillas that had taken up arms against the state.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

Laski was a prominent politician and the leading socialist intellectual of the day; he was enough of a Marxist to have a taste for the word ‘revolution’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton