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Downstate Socialism

By: Editors

New York’s socialist movement found a mid-century standard-bearer in an Italian American congressman from the Bronx.

In the early 20th century, when George Lunn served as mayor of Schenectady, New York City also managed to elect the occasional socialist to Congress and the city council. This tradition ended in 1951 with Vito Marcantonio, New York’s last socialist member of Congress until the Bronx and Queens sent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Washington in 2019. […]

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In the early 20th century, when George Lunn served as mayor of Schenectady, New York City also managed to elect the occasional socialist to Congress and the city council. This tradition ended in 1951 with Vito Marcantonio, New York’s last socialist member of Congress until the Bronx and Queens sent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Washington in 2019. […]

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In the early 20th century, when George Lunn served as mayor of Schenectady, New York City also managed to elect the occasional socialist to Congress and the city council. This tradition ended in 1951 with Vito Marcantonio, New York’s last socialist member of Congress until the Bronx and Queens sent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Washington in 2019. […]

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In the early 20th century, when George Lunn served as mayor of Schenectady, New York City also managed to elect the occasional socialist to Congress and the city council. This tradition ended in 1951 with Vito Marcantonio, New York’s last socialist member of Congress until the Bronx and Queens sent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Washington in 2019. […]