Engulfing New York With A Socialist Tidal Wave

"I don't think that we should have billionaires because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality."

"[New York is] the wealthiest city in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, and yet one in four New Yorkers are living in poverty." 

"Globalise the intifada [is] a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights." 

"I have already to start to get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, who I am, ultimately because he wants to distract from what I am fighting for." 

"Why is it that there are five or six fast food restaurants in a five-block radius, but I can’t find anywhere where I can actually afford to buy groceries?"

"What this [proposed] network of municipally-owned grocery stores would provide is a guarantee of cheaper groceries and a recognition that food is a non-negotiable for New Yorkers."

Zohran Mamdani, Democratic candidate for mayor of New York  

Mamdani made history last week as the first Muslim American to win a mayoral primary race in New York City   Bloomberg via Getty Images

"What you've built goes far beyond New York City." 

"You've captured the imagination of progressives everywhere with a blueprint for how we can win: with hope, with values, and with the belief that politics can be a force for good."

"We're watching -- and we're inspired."

Marit Stiles, Ontario NDP leader  

He is 33 years old, has held American citizenship for all of seven years. And he has won a primary to be the Democratic representative in a ballot for mayor of the wealthiest, most populous city in the United States, a huge proportion of which are Jewish New Yorkers. He is also held to be a rampant antisemite, although he denies it. He does champion the 'Palestinian cause' and faults Israel. He represents the most progressive of the democratic movement in the United States and he feels he is able to diagnose all the ills of American society and in the process change the culture to reflect what many call a communist ideal.

 

 

 

Openly socialist, he champions the very essence of far-left causes, beloved of radicals that cling to the socialist ideal. His sudden appearance as the successful nominee for the city's November mayoral election has been a shock to many and a celebratory event to many others. At the present time he appears favoured to win the city government mayoralty. This is not just any American city; it is the most vitally important financial and cultural centre anywhere on Earth. Seated as mayor this man has the potential to become the most influentially prominent of American politicians.

 

Andrew Cuomo, once lionized as New York's progressive mayor who impressed Americans during his  tenure with his leadership before falling into disfavour, appeared not to have stood a chance against this personality cult campaign he was unable to compete with, a vibrant personality prized by the young and disaffected, and those for whom life's expenses were a drain on their expectations of the future. 

 

His supporters celebrate his promises of free transit, public daycare and government services to New Yorkers, all paid for by draining the wealth of rich New Yorkers. Law and order, as far as he is concerned can look after itself, with a reduction in the number of NYPD police. And nor will prisons be needed under his administration, since solving poverty will also solve the commission of crime. The 'progressive prosecutors' and public disorder solutions will carry on as before. 

 

Skilled in non-English languages, Mamdani was able to reach out  to those for whom English is not their mother tongue, in a city and a country increasingly beset with illegal immigration and migrant penetration. His attention to foreign conflicts greatly appeals to many of that segment of the population in this sanctuary city that takes Emma Lazarus's 'New Colossus' more seriously than ever: "Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free".

 

His winning political ways scrutinizing far-off conflicts makes him a critic of Israel, refusing to condemn the phrase "Globalize the Intifada", with all its glorious connotations of destroying Israel, and handing the territory vacated over to the Arabs who call themselves Palestinians in favour of inheriting by force the ancestral homeland of ancient Judea. Mamdani's supporters and admirers are also those who admire and support Hamas, big surprise.

 

In the best progressive manner conceivable, the prospective New York mayor supports the use of public funds to subsidize transgender health care, supports sexual minority rights, typifying modern left-wing populism with its aspiration to tax the wealthy under a government planning to seize power to manipulate the economy to its liking. And that liking extends to rent caps, subsidized public housing and free city government services. 

 

In the process the new city council under its new mayor will succeed in driving out capital with its hostility to private wealth management, along with its averse attitude to law enforcement. The smiling man that now basks in the adoration of New York's disaffected whose cost of living agony demands rescue, is prepared to introduce socialism on steroids to the most interesting, dynamic city in the world.  

 

New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) speaks to supporters during an election night gathering on June 24, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)