In the United States, socialism has long been a dirty word. But in an era of growing inequality, more people are seeing capitalism as the source of their problems.

The rise of figures like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and organisations like the Democratic Socialists of America, seems to suggest that socialism has gone from a dirty word to the coolest new trend. But what exactly is ‘democratic socialism’?

redfish travelled through the U.S. to look at the revival of radical politics in the country.