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Zohran Needs To Create Popular Assemblies

Gabriel Hetland and Bhaskar Sunkara Convergence
If Zohran Mamdani is serious about delivering on his promises, he needs more than policies — he needs institutions that empower working people. Popular assemblies offer a way to build a new, bottom-up political culture in New York City.

Tidbits-Jan. 1- Reader Comments: Israel Preparing for Permanent Gaza Presence; New “New Deal” About To Wipe Out the Old Political Order; Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg; Exchange: Why Portside Ran SMART Union President’s Message; Cartoons

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Reader Comments: Israel Preparing for Permanent Gaza Presence; New “New Deal” About To Wipe Out the Old Political Order; Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg; Exchange: Why Portside Ran SMART Union President's Message; Announcements; Cartoons

Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson Is Caught in a Trap

Preston H. Smith II Convergence
The challenges Chicago’s progressive mayor, Brandon Johnson, has faced demonstrate that Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York will have to out-organize what’s soon to be a mighty opposition to his every move from finance, insurance, and real estate intere

Is a New “New Deal” About To Wipe Out the Old Political Order?

Thom Hartmann Hartmann Report
My grandfather (a 1917 Norwegian immigrant) frequently and proudly described himself as a socialist. When I asked him what he meant, he always pointed me to FDR, the New Deal, and his proposed Second Bill of Rights. And here we are again.

The Resistance Moves Left

Eric Blanc, Waleed Shahid, Leah Greenberg, Daniel Denvir Convergence
How the socialist left and the anti-Trump Resistance are slowly but surely learning to work together.

Inside the Mamdani Campaign’s Appeal to Black Voters

Afua Atta-Mensah and Maya Meredith Hammer & Hope
Afua Atta-Mensah was hired after the primary with the mission to build Mamdani’s multiracial support, including deepening relationships with Black voters by implementing a community organizing political strategy.

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