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Showing posts with label Mamdani. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mamdani. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Weekly Roundup: Abdul El-Sayed and the New Red-Green Scare + Project Esther (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
The Christian Nationalist Red-Green Scare Has Arrived.
In the Weekly Roundup, Brad Onishi examines how the American Right and MAGA are reacting to Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan by calling him anti-American, communist, socialist, and more. As Brad explains, these rhetorical choices are strategies that correspond to a larger effort by the Trump administration to criminalize dissent. Brad traces the code words used by the American Right against Sayed, Mamdani, and others to NSPM7 and Project Esther.This is about more than one Senate race in Michigan. It’s about who gets to define what counts as “American,” what kinds of political disagreement are considered legitimate, and what happens when the language of political opposition becomes the language of political persecution.
Interview:
Saturday, July 18, 2026
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Zohran Mamdani rebukes Trumpism with pro-immigrant speech for US’s 250th birthday
New York mayor’s speech cut ideological counterpoint to policies of president, who will deliver his own remarks later today…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/03/zohran-mamdani-america-250-new-york
Democratic socialists ride wave of momentum in primaries from New York to Colorado
Mamdani’s election was a “game changer”, Isserman said. NYC-DSA’s wins – both last November, with Mamdani’s election, and last week, when all but one of the candidates backed by the chapter prevailed – indicate that the chapter “has indeed become the left wing of the possible”, he said.
“It has proven again that it’s serious, it’s capable, it runs a great ground game, it’s attracting young and talented candidates and organizers,” added Isserman. “It’s really a model for a future American left.”
Governing – as opposed to finding themselves always in the opposition, where the left has historically remained – will also be a good experience for democratic socialists, he suggested, pointing to Mamdani’s early wins and ability to build support for his policies as a roadmap.
“One thing about actually governing is that it’s very different than simply being an echo chamber with your 20 closest comrades and trying to please them,” said Isserman. “It’s going to be a maturing experience for a generation of young socialists.”…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/01/mamdani-new-york-democratic-socialist
Monday, June 29, 2026
Democratic socialists are winning in US cities with message of getting stuff done
Mayors such as New York’s Zohran Mamdani show leftwing ideology can go hand-in-hand with effective governance…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/28/democratic-socialist-mayor-mamdani-wilson
Sunday, June 28, 2026
Weekly Roundup: How Protest Became Terrorism in Trump's America (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
This week, Brad Onishi argues that a series of seemingly separate headlines point to a single political project: the construction of a white Christian homeland.
He examines the unprecedented sentencing of the Prairie Land protesters under domestic terrorism charges, the Trump administration's growing use of "Antifa" as a catch-all label for political dissent, Supreme Court decisions affecting Temporary Protected Status, and the continued targeting of Haitian immigrants.
Together, Brad argues, these developments reflect an effort to criminalize protest, narrow who belongs in America, and reshape citizenship around the ideals of white Christian nationalism.
Brad also breaks down new efforts to restrict voting through the SAVE Act, analyzes the rhetoric of figures like Stephen Miller, Megyn Kelly, and Rep. Tom Emmer, and reflects on what Zohran Mamdani's growing political influence reveals about the future of the Democratic Party.
Interview:
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Mamdani called AIPAC dark money 'monsters.' None of the congressional candidates he's backing seem to care. - POLITICO
“We’re taking on corporate greed. We’re taking on a lobby that has been upholding and supporting a genocide in Gaza now for two and a half years, but has kept so many Democrats silent because they’re worried about a donor base,” Assemblymember Claire Valdez, Mamdani’s endorsed candidate for the seat, said on a Monday episode of “Breaking Points,” a YouTube show focused on news and politics. “The mayor is calling that out, and I think we have to.”…
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Zohran Mamdani condemns ICE after police and protesters clash in Brooklyn
New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and other local officials on Monday condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after federal officers dragged a man out of a hospital building where he had been taken following an arrest, prompting a crowd of protesters to gather outside, where they clashed with police…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/zohran-mamdani-ice-police-protesters-clash-brooklyn
Friday, April 10, 2026
Teens accused of bombing attempt at Mamdani home openly discussed plans to kill
Prosecutors have claimed that Balat and Kayumi drove from Pennsylvania to the New York protest site carrying the bombs. On that day, the far-right provocateur Jake Lang and some 20 supporters were planning to protest in a demonstration called Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City.
Around noon, they arrived at the protest site, which also played host to an anti-Lang counter-protest. The indictment claims that dashboard camera video in their car recorded them freely discussing potential casualties.
Kayumi allegedly told Balat: “All I know is I want to start terror, bro” and “I want to petrify these people.”…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/08/gracie-mansion-bomb-attempt-mamdani
What one campaign rally in Michigan reveals about young voters right now | PBS News
Still, that frustration hasn't led to disengagement for Koenig. He waited for hours to see El-Sayed. He described the campaign as different from what he's used to seeing, something more like Zohran Mamdani's successful run for mayor in New York City. He wanted that kind of energy in Michigan.
"You're not going to get people out with business as usual," Koenig said.
Karol Molina, an artist who recently moved from New York City, said she had been hunting for a candidate in Mamdani's mold when she arrived in Michigan. She settled on El-Sayed, who is facing U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow in the state's primary.
"We want to be able to live and, like, afford life without constantly scraping by," she said...
Saturday, March 21, 2026
NYC Mayor Mamdani launches community safety office | PBS News
Mamdani initially envisioned a $1 billion-per-year agency that would dispatch civilian workers, instead of police, in non-criminal emergencies. His initial proposal is far more modest, though, launching with only two staff members and few immediate plans to shift the city's approach to 911 calls...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/nyc-mayor-mamdani-launches-community-safety-office
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
‘No shortage of wealth’: Mamdani, other Democrats chide NYC hospital executives over nurses’ strike - POLITICO
There is no shortage of wealth in the health care industry, especially so at the three privately operated hospital groups at which nurses are striking," Mamdani said Monday at the picket line outside New York-Presbyterian's upper Manhattan hospital campus. "But for too many of the 15,000 NYSNA nurses who are on strike, they are not able to make their ends meet."
Mamdani's framing aligns with the union's strategy of focusing on hospital executives' seven- and eight-figure pay packages throughout its contract campaign. The union launched a website called "NYC Hospital Greed" to highlight the substantial sums going to hospital leaders, including Montefiore CEO Philip Ozuah's $16.4 million compensation package from 2023, and projects like Mount Sinai's $100 million artificial intelligence center...
Sunday, January 11, 2026
Measles at Ark Encounter (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #617)
— A single Chick-fil-A store congratulated a gay couple, and conservatives lost their damn minds. (2:35)
— People who visited Ark Encounter may have been exposed to measles. (18:55)
— Christian Nationalists can’t handle Zohran Mamdani’s oath on a Qur’an. (29:07)
— Judge says school must shield kindergartner from all things LGBTQ at Christian dad’s demand. (37:40)
— New Jersey finally stops Christians from blocking access to a public beach on Sunday mornings. (58:55)
— Indiana Republicans are reviving a decades-old fight over a Ten Commandments monument. (1:15:07)
Interview:
— People who visited Ark Encounter may have been exposed to measles. (18:55)
— Christian Nationalists can’t handle Zohran Mamdani’s oath on a Qur’an. (29:07)
— Judge says school must shield kindergartner from all things LGBTQ at Christian dad’s demand. (37:40)
— New Jersey finally stops Christians from blocking access to a public beach on Sunday mornings. (58:55)
— Indiana Republicans are reviving a decades-old fight over a Ten Commandments monument. (1:15:07)
Interview:
Friday, January 9, 2026
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
No, New York City’s wealthiest are not fleeing the city after Mamdani’s win
Conservatives warned of a mass exodus if the democratic socialist won, but experts, and property data, paint a very different picture…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/new-york-city-wealthy-mamdani-win
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