Democratic socialism is on the rise some places, but has roots in KY • Kentucky Lantern

Democratic socialism is on the rise some places, but has roots in KY • Kentucky Lantern

This church cemetery near Viola, Ky. features a headstone carved with the words "Christian socialist." (Photo by Berry Craig for the Kentucky Lantern.)Democratic socialism is on the rise in some blue states, but socialists are still rare in ruby red Republican Kentucky. That wasn’t always so. Six-score years ago, Louisville hosted the Christian Socialist Fellowship movement’s first national convention. The movement even spread to the Jackson Pur…

Democratic socialism is on the rise some places, but has roots in KY - The Lexington Times

By Berry Craig, Kentucky Lantern · July 16, 2026 Democratic socialism is on the rise in some blue states, but socialists are still rare in ruby red Republican Kentucky. That wasn’t always so. Six-score years ago, Louisville hosted the Christian Socialist Fellowship movement’s first national convention. The movement even spread to the Jackson Purchase, arguably Kentucky’s Trumpiest territory today. The CSF aimed “to perfect an organization of the…