The left never actually lost its desire for communism / Bolshevism, even after the fall of the USSR in 91.
It just packaged Marxist ideas in other ways, such as the socially engineered push for equal outcomes (rather than equal opportunities) participation trophies for children, identity politics, transgender-ism, etc.
But sometimes the mask slips, like this weekend.
Even in August of last year, the NYT wrote an editorial for gullible feminists.
Look at this title: