Why the right is freaking out about “third worldism”
His book on democracy, The Reactionary Spirit, was published 0n July 16. This group isn’t dominant on the socialist left, but could create problems for them down the line.“The Left is moving from ‘woke’ to Third-Worldism,” Chris Rufo, perhaps the right’s leading activist, recently wrote. So what are Rubio, Rufo, and Shapiro talking about?
- ▪His book on democracy, The Reactionary Spirit, was published 0n July 16.
- ▪This group isn’t dominant on the socialist left, but could create problems for them down the line.“The Left is moving from ‘woke’ to Third-Worldism,” Chris Rufo, perhaps the right’s leading activist, recently wrote.
- ▪So what are Rubio, Rufo, and Shapiro talking about?
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PoliticsWhy the right is freaking out about “third worldism”Conservatives are ginning up a familiar panic about subversive leftists — but also getting at something real. by Zack BeauchampJul 27, 2026, 10:00 AM UTCShareGiftRoberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty ImagesZack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he covers ideology and challenges to democracy, both at home and abroad. His book on democracy, The Reactionary Spirit, was published 0n July 16. You can purchase it here.The American right has a new enemy.In a new report on Cuba, the State Department argued that Havana has become “the beating heart of a new and distinct kind of Marxism” — which the State Department calls “Third Worldism.” Cuba is spreading this doctrine, per Secretary of State of Marco Rubio, with the…
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