Tag: New York City
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Resisting anti-trans policies in NYC and beyond
Danielle Bullock discusses examples of organized resistance to the attacks on trans youth in New York City and beyond.
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Mamdani and the tasks for NYC socialists
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,…
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Will Mamdani be allowed to govern NYC?
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.
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The Mamdani moment
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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Assessing the queer fightback
Within a few days of Trump’s first anti-trans executive order, protests were called, and trans people and their allies began to gather in large numbers to demonstrate their opposition in NYC and beyond. To grow and sustain this opposition, it is important for organizers to recount and reflect on the shape and form of struggle…
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Within and without?
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…
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Defending trans students in NYC schools
Educator Danielle Bullock reports on the struggle to defend transgender students, arguing that solidarity among teachers, transgender students, activists, and community members will be crucial for NYC to remain a progressive oasis in Trump’s America.
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Not showing up for Harris
With a focus on the supposed shift toward Trump in New York City, BC Hamilton argues that the real story of the election was a lack of motivation to vote for status-quo politics.
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Health care concessions in the NYC public sector?
Robert Cuffy and Peter Allen-Lamphere argue that the heralded citywide contract is anything but a victory for New York City public sector workers.
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How NYC nurses won their strike
Tempest’s Mel Bienenfeld shares an account by NYSNA member Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez of how nurses organized themselves and their community ahead of the victorious NYC nurses strike.