The Class Issues in the New York City Mayoral Election
Support for the Mamdani campaign reflects a shift to the left among workers and youth, but Mamdani’s program does not represent a way forward in the fight against oligarchy and dictatorship.
Election day in New York City is less than a week away, with early voting already underway. Polls indicate that Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) member Zohran Mamdani will be elected, which would make someone claiming to be a socialist the mayor of the largest city in the US and the home of Wall Street, the center of global finance capital.
Mamdani rose from a virtual unknown last year to defeat ex-governor Andrew Cuomo, the favored candidate of the city’s political establishment, in the June Democratic primary. Since then, Mamdani has maintained a comfortable lead in the polls over Cuomo, who shifted to independent, and Republican demagogue Curtis Sliwa.
Author summary: Shift to the left in NYC mayoral election.
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