Zohran Mamdani's win is the start of genuine political change.
Zohran Mamdani's Democratic primary win is exactly the type of jolt we need to catalyze a movement. Yes, the Democratic Party establishment will try to undermine him. Yes, this is only one city in a Democratic state. Yes, it was against an unpopular, corrupt, sex criminal in Andrew Cuomo.
But put this into perspective. Zohran's campaign overcame Cuomo's massive financial donors due to a solid grassroots movement founded in working class politics. He openly ran as a socialist who unapologetically held his ground against ridiculous mischaracterizations, smears, and overt racism. Also, consider just how huge NYC is. If it were a state, it would the 13th most populous state; it has more people than the entire state of Washington.
One silver lining about the Democratic Party being so weak and feckless is that genuine left candidates have an opportunity to shine. People want genuine change. People want a true left opposition to the rising fascism in this country and the impotent neoliberalism that facilitated it.
Zohran's campaign has given a blueprint for how to achieve it: a ground-up working class, unifying political movement with clear positions and messaging. We must continue to advocate, communicate, and show up. Let's make this a nationwide movement!
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Zohran Mamdani's Democratic primary win is exactly the type of jolt we need to catalyze a movement. Yes, the Democratic Party establishment will try to undermine him. Yes, this is only one city in a Democratic state. Yes, it was against an unpopular, corrupt, sex criminal in Andrew Cuomo.
But put this into perspective. Zohran's campaign overcame Cuomo's massive financial donors due to a solid grassroots movement founded in working class politics. He openly ran as a socialist who unapologetically held his ground against ridiculous mischaracterizations, smears, and overt racism. Also, consider just how huge NYC is. If it were a state, it would the 13th most populous state; it has more people than the entire state of Washington.
One silver lining about the Democratic Party being so weak and feckless is that genuine left candidates have an opportunity to shine. People want genuine change. People want a true left opposition to the rising fascism in this country and the impotent neoliberalism that facilitated it.
Zohran's campaign has given a blueprint for how to achieve it: a ground-up working class, unifying political movement with clear positions and messaging. We must continue to advocate, communicate, and show up. Let's make this a nationwide movement!
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anyone else feel like we were promised a life that doesn’t exist?
go to school, get a degree, find work, meet someone, buy a place, build a life.
that’s what they said.
but most days it feels like i’m just floating through noise — overworked, underpaid, disconnected.
i don’t feel lazy. i don’t feel broken.
i just feel... lost.
and i know i’m not the only one.
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go to school, get a degree, find work, meet someone, buy a place, build a life.
that’s what they said.
but most days it feels like i’m just floating through noise — overworked, underpaid, disconnected.
i don’t feel lazy. i don’t feel broken.
i just feel... lost.
and i know i’m not the only one.
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‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/jun/25/tipping-points-coral-oceans-climate-crisis-marine-ecologist?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs
David Obura believes humans have been using nature for free, and tipping points at some reefs have already passed
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Senior Citizens at Capitol Hill are Being Arrested for Protesting Medicaid Cuts
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r/collapse featured in The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/rcollapse-reddit-apocalypse-news
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On r/collapse, people are ‘kept abreast of the latest doom’. Its moderators say it’s not for everyone
A subreddit tracking apocalyptic news in a calm, logical way comforts users who believe the end times are now
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Zohran Mamdani asked about antisemitism and "If Israel has the right to exist" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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AOC when asked what it says that Zohran Mamdani won his NYC mayoral primary without throwing immigrants under the bus.
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Zohran Mamdani with environmental lawyer Steven Donziger, who was illegally targeted by the oil company chevron.
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Zohran Mamdani's victory is also DSA's victory. This was not an individual politician's campaign, it was a campaign by a mass socialist organization.
Seeing a lot of posts here trying to understand Zohran's victory in the Democratic mayor primary. And a surprising number of explanations focus on Zohran's individual characteristics.
He no doubt has a lot of natural charisma and is a great speaker. Those qualities are important. But the overall key to understanding the campaign is organization. As socialists we have absolutely no business trying to think of these things as qualities of individual politicians. We need to think in terms of how socialist organizations can incubate and develop working-class political leaders, and the required skills to lead political campaigns like this.
And in this case, this is as much DSA's victory as Zohran Mamdani's. Zohran is a cadre of NYC-DSA and has been for years, he helped build up the chapter and the chapter has helped build him up. NYC-DSA was an integral part of planning and leading his campaign. He would not have run if NYC-DSA did not endorse him and make his campaign an organizational priority.
You want to see his victory replicated elsewhere, maybe where you live? Stop thinking purely in terms of the characteristics of politicians and campaigns - think about the organization required to develop the cadre and the mass base to produce strong socialist candidates and campaigns.
And yes yes, its debatable whether electoral campaigning is True Socialism and what Zohran can actually get accomplished, but let's put that aside for now
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Seeing a lot of posts here trying to understand Zohran's victory in the Democratic mayor primary. And a surprising number of explanations focus on Zohran's individual characteristics.
He no doubt has a lot of natural charisma and is a great speaker. Those qualities are important. But the overall key to understanding the campaign is organization. As socialists we have absolutely no business trying to think of these things as qualities of individual politicians. We need to think in terms of how socialist organizations can incubate and develop working-class political leaders, and the required skills to lead political campaigns like this.
And in this case, this is as much DSA's victory as Zohran Mamdani's. Zohran is a cadre of NYC-DSA and has been for years, he helped build up the chapter and the chapter has helped build him up. NYC-DSA was an integral part of planning and leading his campaign. He would not have run if NYC-DSA did not endorse him and make his campaign an organizational priority.
You want to see his victory replicated elsewhere, maybe where you live? Stop thinking purely in terms of the characteristics of politicians and campaigns - think about the organization required to develop the cadre and the mass base to produce strong socialist candidates and campaigns.
And yes yes, its debatable whether electoral campaigning is True Socialism and what Zohran can actually get accomplished, but let's put that aside for now
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