Democratic decline and inequality are not inevitable. But if restoring broad prosperity and social stability are the goals, they may require revisiting the New Deal-style policies.
The real animal is subsumed by the fantasy, in the way that the real human lives under threat—every man, woman and child under the gun of a government carried away with its own gleeful cruelty—become nameless statistics or worse, fodder for photo-ops
Mamdani’s agenda will face serious obstacles. A massive wave of new voters doesn’t just carry you into office. It shifts the landscape, it creates political capital that can be turned toward other ends; changes political calculations for others...
Ian Brossat, Interviewed by Harrison Stetler
Jacobin
As Paris’s deputy mayor, Ian Brossat massively expanded the French capital’s public housing stock. He spoke to Jacobin about the left-wing city hall’s record and what lessons it might have for Zohran Mamdani in New York.
Israel’s defense minister has laid out plans to force all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah, in a scheme that legal experts and academics described as a blueprint for crimes against humanity.
For immigrants on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, documentation does not guarantee access to health care. Rural America is changing rapidly, and immigrants are central to that transformation.
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Jeffery C. Mays and Nicholas Fandos
The New York Times
Though Zohran Mamdani scored a resounding victory in New York City’s Democratic primary, some in his own party are strategizing about how to defeat him in November.
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