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How Zohran Mamdani Should Govern

Waleed Shahid The Nation
If Mamdani becomes mayor, he’ll have the chance to prove something few American socialists have ever gotten close enough to power to demonstrate: that progressive values aren’t just compatible with effective governance—they’re strengthened by it.

American Jews Were Played — Now What?

Rabbi Jay Michaelson Jewish Daily Forward
It is now obvious that antisemitism was never the real reason for the Trump administration’s attacks on universities. What lessons can we learn from this great exploitation? And now we have Columbia University caving in to Donald Trump.

Zohran Mamdani vs. Donald Trump

Aziz Huq Jacobin
It’s clear that Donald Trump will aim to make governance as difficult as possible for Zohran Mamdani’s potential New York City mayoralty. But Mamdani has a range of options available to counter the president’s attacks.

Zohran Mamdani Has Awakened a Powerful New Political Force

Errol Louis New York Magazine
Where all politics is tribal, Mamdani has emerged as a leader of New York’s South Asian community, 600,000 strong, which is now following its Irish, Italian, Jewish, Black, and Latino predecessors in demanding a seat at the table inside City Hall.

Socialism Is Good Politics

Hamza Shehryar CounterPunch
Build movements from the ground up. Refuse to back down on core principles. Refuse to let the right set the terms of the debate. Because no matter what the strategists or the pundits on legacy media outlets say: Socialism is good politics.

Friday Nite Videos | July 11, 2025

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What Can Zohran Accomplish?

J.W. Mason Dissent Magazine
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...

Zohran Mamdani Can Learn From Paris Housing Victories

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.
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