News24 Host Compares US DSA to Pre-Revolution Bolsheviks

News24 host James Morrow compared the Democratic Socialists of America to the Bolsheviks of pre-revolution Russia during a broadcast from the studio in Australia [1, 2].

The comparison highlights a perceived ideological fracture within the U.S. Democratic Party. By linking modern political factions to the precursors of the Russian Revolution, Morrow suggests a fundamental shift in the party's internal power dynamics and philosophical goals.

Speaking during a segment on News24 Digital, Morrow described the current state of the Democratic Party as mirroring the historical tension between two socialist factions. He said, "Philosophically, there's this thing going on in the Democrats; it is not an exaggeration to say that this is like before the Russian Revolution when it was Bolsheviks and Mensheviks" [1, 2].

Morrow characterized the established wing of the party as the moderate equivalent of the historical Mensheviks. He said, "The Mensheviks are the old established guys, and the Bolsheviks are the DSA" [1, 2].

The Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA, represent a more radical socialist wing of the American political left. In the context of the early 1900s, the Bolsheviks were the more revolutionary faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, while the Mensheviks favored a more gradual, parliamentary approach to socialism.

This analysis of the U.S. political landscape was presented during an interview with Gabriella Power [1, 2]. Morrow said that this philosophical split is not merely a difference in policy, but a structural divide similar to the one that preceded the 1917 revolution in Russia.