WTH Do Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists Really Believe? James Kirchick Explains.

With just one week until Election Day in New York City, we’re
reflecting on the past and future of the Democratic Party, Gracie
Mansion, and the political home of mayoral hopeful, Zohran
Mamdani. Mamdani is a Democratic Socialist, having campaigned
alongside and accepted donations from members of the Democratic
Socialists of America, a group with a clear, parasitic strategy
towards the Democratic establishment and post-colonial West. What
does this mean for our political parties? If successful, what
does it mean for New York? And for our country?


James Kirchick is a journalist and the New York Times-bestselling
author of Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington and
The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark
Age. A contributing opinion writer to the New York Times, a
writer at large for Air Mail, and a contributor to the Axel
Springer Global Reporters Project, he has reported from over 40
countries and his writing has appeared in many publications
including the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street
Journal.


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