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A photo of posters pasted on a city wall. In the middle, a ZOHRAN FOR MAYOR poster. The whole photo has an orange and grey filter applied to it.
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Mamdani and the tasks for NYC socialists 

by Tempest (NYC) Organizing Committee

After much collective discussion and debate, the New York City Tempest Collective Organizing Committee here explains the local’s approach to the Mamdani campaign. This includes recognizing the acute need for collective organizing beyond the campaign to win crucial reforms, including those promised by Mamdani, and to defend ourselves against the coming attacks from the right, capital, and the Trump administration.
Foreground: Bearded young man speaks speaks outdoors into a microphone. Background: Rally-goers hold signs and listen as they stand on the steps of a building with large columns. A blue tint filter over the whole photo.
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Will Mamdani be allowed to govern NYC?

by Shamus Cooke

To win the Democratic Party nomination for mayor, Zohran Mamdani ran on a platform that won him a base of support in New York City’s working class. Shamus Cooke argues that Mamdani’s promises can only become a reality if his supporters are ready to fight against ruling-class resistance.
A photo of Zohran Mamdani addressing a crowd on a microphone, covered with a red filter.
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The Mamdani moment

New hopes and new hazards for the NYC Left 

 by BC Hamilton

While the project of reforming the Democratic Party from within is a strategic non-starter, BC Hamilton cautions socialists against mere dismissal of Zohran Mamdani. Rather, he argues that a sober understanding of the limitations of Mamdani’s electoral strategy of inside-out reform must be married to a proactive campaign of solidaristic organizing.
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Within and without?

A great red hope in NYC’s mayoral race

 by BC Hamilton

BC Hamilton explains that Zohran Mamdani’s bid for mayor represents the ongoing battle and committed political tactics of the DSA’s inside-out approach. This is the playbook that Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, and Mamdani have stuck with: democratic socialists who run as Democrats and, when they win, continue to operate within the Democratic Party, forming a left wing inside of whatever body they happen to join, be it in the United States Congress or New York’s 150-person Assembly.