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	Mamdani has been known for being hightly critical of "[[State of Israel\|Israel]]" and has condemed the [[apartheid]] system and Israeli war crimes as well as supported the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation\|author=Tom Allon\|newspaper=City&State New York\|title=Opinion: Weaponizing antisemitism is dirty politics\|date=2025-06-30\|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025/06/opinion-weaponizing-antisemitism-dirty-politics/406398/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906170003/https://www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025/06/opinion-weaponizing-antisemitism-dirty-politics/406398/\|archive-date=2025-07-06}}</ref> Unlike most high profile politicians, Mamdani has stated he believes that Israel is committing a [[Palestinian genocide\|genocide]]<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Liam Stack\|newspaper=[[New York Times]]\|title=Mamdani Has Long Criticized Israel. His Opponents Attack Him for It.\|date=2025-06-25\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/mamdani-gaza-israel.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250904195746/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/mamdani-gaza-israel.html\|archive-date=2025-09-04}}</ref> and has said he would arrest [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] if he entered New York.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Lisa Featherstone\|newspaper=[[Jacobin (magazine)\|Jacobin]]\|title=All the Worst People Are Losing It Over Zohran Mamdani’s Win\|date=2025-07-15\|url=https://jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdani-nyc-billionaires-israel-defenders\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250827133149/https://jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdani-nyc-billionaires-israel-defenders\|archive-date=2025-08-27}}</ref> For his stance he has earned the ire of [[Zionism\|Zionists]] and is regularly falsely accused of being [[Antisemitism\|antisemitic]], despite proving himself not to be a radical by condeming the start of [[Israel-Gaza war and genocide\|Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa]] as "a horrific war crime".<ref name=":2" />		Mamdani has been known for being hightly critical of "[[State of Israel\|Israel]]" and has condemed the [[apartheid]] system and Israeli war crimes as well as supported the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation\|author=Tom Allon\|newspaper=City&State New York\|title=Opinion: Weaponizing antisemitism is dirty politics\|date=2025-06-30\|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025/06/opinion-weaponizing-antisemitism-dirty-politics/406398/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906170003/https://www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025/06/opinion-weaponizing-antisemitism-dirty-politics/406398/\|archive-date=2025-07-06}}</ref> Unlike most high profile politicians, Mamdani has stated he believes that Israel is committing a [[Palestinian genocide\|genocide]]<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Liam Stack\|newspaper=[[New York Times]]\|title=Mamdani Has Long Criticized Israel. His Opponents Attack Him for It.\|date=2025-06-25\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/mamdani-gaza-israel.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250904195746/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/mamdani-gaza-israel.html\|archive-date=2025-09-04}}</ref> and has said he would arrest [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] if he entered New York.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Lisa Featherstone\|newspaper=[[Jacobin (magazine)\|Jacobin]]\|title=All the Worst People Are Losing It Over Zohran Mamdani’s Win\|date=2025-07-15\|url=https://jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdani-nyc-billionaires-israel-defenders\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250827133149/https://jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdani-nyc-billionaires-israel-defenders\|archive-date=2025-08-27}}</ref> For his stance he has earned the ire of [[Zionism\|Zionists]] and is regularly falsely accused of being [[Antisemitism\|antisemitic]], despite proving himself not to be a radical by condeming the start of [[Israel-Gaza war and genocide\|Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa]] as "a horrific war crime".<ref name=":2" />

	While Mamdani become famous for his promise to stay in New York instead of flying off to Tel Aviv during the Democratic primary debates, he has since pivoted on his stances on "[[Israel]]" after winning the primary. In a ~~event~~ with CEOs, he ~~told~~ that he would “discourage” use of ‘intifada’ after listening to Jewish leaders,<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Mark Chiusano\|newspaper=[[Time Magazine\|Time]]\|year=2025\|title= ‘A Politics of No Translation.’ Zohran Mamdani on His Unlikely Rise\|quote=Few events got as much attention as the closed-door one with the CEOs, hosted by the Partnership for New York City, a nonprofit business leadership group. In a conference room floating above the city and stocked with a spread of cookies, fruit, and cheese, Mamdani was not swarmed for selfies upon entry, as he usually is these days. He did a fireside chat and Q and A, during which he was grilled about his thoughts on the “globalize the intifada” brouhaha.		While Mamdani become famous for his promise to stay in New York instead of flying off to Tel Aviv during the Democratic primary debates, he has since pivoted on his stances on "[[Israel]]" after winning the primary. In a meeting with CEOs, he said that he would “discourage” use of the phrase ‘intifada’ after listening to Zionist Jewish leaders,<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Mark Chiusano\|newspaper=[[Time Magazine\|Time]]\|year=2025\|title= ‘A Politics of No Translation.’ Zohran Mamdani on His Unlikely Rise\|quote=Few events got as much attention as the closed-door one with the CEOs, hosted by the Partnership for New York City, a nonprofit business leadership group. In a conference room floating above the city and stocked with a spread of cookies, fruit, and cheese, Mamdani was not swarmed for selfies upon entry, as he usually is these days. He did a fireside chat and Q and A, during which he was grilled about his thoughts on the “globalize the intifada” brouhaha.

	To the CEOs, however, Mamdani said he would discourage the use of the phrase—a small but pointed evolution in language. In our interview, Mamdani frames the shift as the consequence of listening to New Yorkers, including Jewish leaders, as well as a rabbi who said the phrase evoked memories of bus bombings in Haifa. “The job of the mayor is to deliver for New Yorkers,” he says. “And it’s also to take care of New Yorkers.”}}</ref> even though 'intifada' is merely Arabic for 'uprising' and not an [[antisemitic]] phrase, ~~even so far as having~~ been used in the Arabic translation of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising exhibit in the U.S. Holocaust Museum. In an [[MSNBC]] interview with Al Sharpton, Mamdani talked about the "complexities of viewpoints" when referring to the [[Gazan genocide]].<ref>{{News citation\|title=WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ZOHRAN!??\|date=2025-09-09\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXVffXk2DuE}}</ref>		To the CEOs, however, Mamdani said he would discourage the use of the phrase—a small but pointed evolution in language. In our interview, Mamdani frames the shift as the consequence of listening to New Yorkers, including Jewish leaders, as well as a rabbi who said the phrase evoked memories of bus bombings in Haifa. “The job of the mayor is to deliver for New Yorkers,” he says. “And it’s also to take care of New Yorkers.”}}</ref> even though 'intifada' is merely Arabic for 'uprising' and not an [[antisemitic]] phrase, demonstrating this fact: it has been used in the Arabic translation of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising exhibit in the U.S. Holocaust Museum. In an [[MSNBC]] interview with Al Sharpton, Mamdani talked about the "complexities of viewpoints" when referring to the [[Gazan genocide]].<ref>{{News citation\|title=WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ZOHRAN!??\|date=2025-09-09\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXVffXk2DuE}}</ref>

	== Mayoral Cabinet ==		== Mayoral Cabinet ==
	The ADL investigated the transition committee appointees chosen by Zohran Mamdani and objected to around 20% of them. This means that the Zionist organization approves of 80% of his appointees.<ref>{{News citation\|title=At least 20% of Mamdani appointees have ties to anti-Zionist groups, ADL says\|date=2025-12-22\|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-least-20-of-mamdani-appointees-have-ties-to-anti-zionist-groups-adl-says/}}</ref>		The [[Anti-Defamation League\|ADL]] investigated the transition committee appointees chosen by Zohran Mamdani and objected to around 20% of them. This means that the Zionist organization approves of up to 80% of his appointees.<ref>{{News citation\|title=At least 20% of Mamdani appointees have ties to anti-Zionist groups, ADL says\|date=2025-12-22\|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-least-20-of-mamdani-appointees-have-ties-to-anti-zionist-groups-adl-says/}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==

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	Mamdani has been known for being hightly critical of "[[State of Israel\|Israel]]" and has condemed the [[apartheid]] system and Israeli war crimes as well as supported the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation\|author=Tom Allon\|newspaper=City&State New York\|title=Opinion: Weaponizing antisemitism is dirty politics\|date=2025-06-30\|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025/06/opinion-weaponizing-antisemitism-dirty-politics/406398/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906170003/https://www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025/06/opinion-weaponizing-antisemitism-dirty-politics/406398/\|archive-date=2025-07-06}}</ref> Unlike most high profile politicians, Mamdani has stated he believes that Israel is committing a [[Palestinian genocide\|genocide]]<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Liam Stack\|newspaper=[[New York Times]]\|title=Mamdani Has Long Criticized Israel. His Opponents Attack Him for It.\|date=2025-06-25\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/mamdani-gaza-israel.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250904195746/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/mamdani-gaza-israel.html\|archive-date=2025-09-04}}</ref> and has said he would arrest [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] if he entered New York.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Lisa Featherstone\|newspaper=[[Jacobin (magazine)\|Jacobin]]\|title=All the Worst People Are Losing It Over Zohran Mamdani’s Win\|date=2025-07-15\|url=https://jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdani-nyc-billionaires-israel-defenders\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250827133149/https://jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdani-nyc-billionaires-israel-defenders\|archive-date=2025-08-27}}</ref> For his stance he has earned the ire of [[Zionism\|Zionists]] and is regularly falsely accused of being [[Antisemitism\|antisemitic]], despite proving himself not to be a radical by condeming the start of [[Israel-Gaza war and genocide\|Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa]] as "a horrific war crime".<ref name=":2" />		Mamdani has been known for being hightly critical of "[[State of Israel\|Israel]]" and has condemed the [[apartheid]] system and Israeli war crimes as well as supported the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation\|author=Tom Allon\|newspaper=City&State New York\|title=Opinion: Weaponizing antisemitism is dirty politics\|date=2025-06-30\|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025/06/opinion-weaponizing-antisemitism-dirty-politics/406398/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906170003/https://www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025/06/opinion-weaponizing-antisemitism-dirty-politics/406398/\|archive-date=2025-07-06}}</ref> Unlike most high profile politicians, Mamdani has stated he believes that Israel is committing a [[Palestinian genocide\|genocide]]<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Liam Stack\|newspaper=[[New York Times]]\|title=Mamdani Has Long Criticized Israel. His Opponents Attack Him for It.\|date=2025-06-25\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/mamdani-gaza-israel.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250904195746/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/mamdani-gaza-israel.html\|archive-date=2025-09-04}}</ref> and has said he would arrest [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] if he entered New York.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Lisa Featherstone\|newspaper=[[Jacobin (magazine)\|Jacobin]]\|title=All the Worst People Are Losing It Over Zohran Mamdani’s Win\|date=2025-07-15\|url=https://jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdani-nyc-billionaires-israel-defenders\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250827133149/https://jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdani-nyc-billionaires-israel-defenders\|archive-date=2025-08-27}}</ref> For his stance he has earned the ire of [[Zionism\|Zionists]] and is regularly falsely accused of being [[Antisemitism\|antisemitic]], despite proving himself not to be a radical by condeming the start of [[Israel-Gaza war and genocide\|Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa]] as "a horrific war crime".<ref name=":2" />

	Mamdani become famous for his promise to stay in New York instead of flying off to Tel Aviv during the Democratic primary debates, he has since pivoted on his stances on "[[Israel]]" ~~since~~ winning the primary. In a event with CEOs, he told that he would “discourage” use of ‘intifada’ after listening to Jewish leaders,<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Mark Chiusano\|newspaper=[[Time Magazine\|Time]]\|year=2025\|title= ‘A Politics of No Translation.’ Zohran Mamdani on His Unlikely Rise\|quote=Few events got as much attention as the closed-door one with the CEOs, hosted by the Partnership for New York City, a nonprofit business leadership group. In a conference room floating above the city and stocked with a spread of cookies, fruit, and cheese, Mamdani was not swarmed for selfies upon entry, as he usually is these days. He did a fireside chat and Q and A, during which he was grilled about his thoughts on the “globalize the intifada” brouhaha.		While Mamdani become famous for his promise to stay in New York instead of flying off to Tel Aviv during the Democratic primary debates, he has since pivoted on his stances on "[[Israel]]" after winning the primary. In a event with CEOs, he told that he would “discourage” use of ‘intifada’ after listening to Jewish leaders,<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Mark Chiusano\|newspaper=[[Time Magazine\|Time]]\|year=2025\|title= ‘A Politics of No Translation.’ Zohran Mamdani on His Unlikely Rise\|quote=Few events got as much attention as the closed-door one with the CEOs, hosted by the Partnership for New York City, a nonprofit business leadership group. In a conference room floating above the city and stocked with a spread of cookies, fruit, and cheese, Mamdani was not swarmed for selfies upon entry, as he usually is these days. He did a fireside chat and Q and A, during which he was grilled about his thoughts on the “globalize the intifada” brouhaha.

	To the CEOs, however, Mamdani said he would discourage the use of the phrase—a small but pointed evolution in language. In our interview, Mamdani frames the shift as the consequence of listening to New Yorkers, including Jewish leaders, as well as a rabbi who said the phrase evoked memories of bus bombings in Haifa. “The job of the mayor is to deliver for New Yorkers,” he says. “And it’s also to take care of New Yorkers.”}}</ref> even though 'intifada' is merely Arabic for 'uprising' and not an [[antisemitic]] phrase, even so far as having been used in the Arabic translation of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising exhibit in the U.S. Holocaust Museum. In an [[MSNBC]] interview with Al Sharpton, Mamdani talked about the "complexities of viewpoints" when referring to the [[Gazan genocide]].<ref>{{News citation\|title=WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ZOHRAN!??\|date=2025-09-09\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXVffXk2DuE}}</ref>		To the CEOs, however, Mamdani said he would discourage the use of the phrase—a small but pointed evolution in language. In our interview, Mamdani frames the shift as the consequence of listening to New Yorkers, including Jewish leaders, as well as a rabbi who said the phrase evoked memories of bus bombings in Haifa. “The job of the mayor is to deliver for New Yorkers,” he says. “And it’s also to take care of New Yorkers.”}}</ref> even though 'intifada' is merely Arabic for 'uprising' and not an [[antisemitic]] phrase, even so far as having been used in the Arabic translation of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising exhibit in the U.S. Holocaust Museum. In an [[MSNBC]] interview with Al Sharpton, Mamdani talked about the "complexities of viewpoints" when referring to the [[Gazan genocide]].<ref>{{News citation\|title=WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ZOHRAN!??\|date=2025-09-09\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXVffXk2DuE}}</ref>

			== Mayoral Cabinet ==
			The ADL investigated the transition committee appointees chosen by Zohran Mamdani and objected to around 20% of them. This means that the Zionist organization approves of 80% of his appointees.<ref>{{News citation\|title=At least 20% of Mamdani appointees have ties to anti-Zionist groups, ADL says\|date=2025-12-22\|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-least-20-of-mamdani-appointees-have-ties-to-anti-zionist-groups-adl-says/}}</ref>

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	{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}		{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]<br>[[Social Democracy]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}

	'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is an [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly ~~since~~ 2021 and is ~~the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election. A~~ member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.		'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is a [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 112th [[mayor of New York City]] since 2026. Previously they served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly from 2021 to 2025 and is a member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA). Mamdani ran on the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]] ticket as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.

	After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251126081828/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-26}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>		After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251126081828/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-26}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>
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	{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}		{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}

	'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is a [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election~~, which he won on November 4 with 50~~.~~4% of the vote.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-new-york-city-mayor.html</ref>~~ A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.		'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is an [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election. A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.

	After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20251104140751~~/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-04}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>		After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251126081828/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-26}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==

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	{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}		{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}

	'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is an [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election, which he won on November 4 with 50.4% of the vote.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-new-york-city-mayor.html</ref> A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.		'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is a [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election, which he won on November 4 with 50.4% of the vote.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-new-york-city-mayor.html</ref> A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.

	After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251104140751/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-04}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>		After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251104140751/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-04}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>

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	{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}		{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}

	'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is an [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election. A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.		'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is an [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election, which he won on November 4 with 50.4% of the vote.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-new-york-city-mayor.html</ref> A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.

	After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251104140751/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-04}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>		After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251104140751/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-04}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>

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	{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}		{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}

	'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is an [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election. A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.		'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is an [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election. A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.

			After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251104140751/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-04}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Zohran Kwame Mamdani was born on October 18, 1991 in Kampala, the capital and largest city of [[Republic of Uganda\|Uganda]].<ref name=":1">{{Web citation\|author=Mona Davids\|newspaper=Little Africa News\|title=Ugandan-Born Zohran Mamdani Announces Candidacy for Mayor of New York City\|date=2024-10-26\|url=https://www.littleafricanews.com/zohran-mamdani-announces-candidacy-for-mayor-of-new-york-city/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250627171612/https://www.littleafricanews.com/zohran-mamdani-announces-candidacy-for-mayor-of-new-york-city/\|archive-date=2025-06-27}}</ref> He is the only child of Indian-Ugandan post-colonial Marxist scholar [[Mahmood Mamdani]] and progressive filmmaker Mira Nair.<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|title=Mahmood Mamdani education and career path: How Mamdani's father built a legacy of revolution through ideas and exile\|date=2025-06-25\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/mahmood-mamdani-education-and-career-path-how-zohran-mamdanis-father-built-a-legacy-of-revolution-through-ideas-and-exile/articleshow/122064130.cms\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250821213210/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/mahmood-mamdani-education-and-career-path-how-zohran-mamdanis-father-built-a-legacy-of-revolution-through-ideas-and-exile/articleshow/122064130.cms\|archive-date=2025-08-21}}</ref> His father gave him the middle name Kwame after [[Kwame Nkrumah]], the first [[Republic of Ghana\|Ghanaian]] President, which ~~Zohran says~~ has instilled in him the values of [[Pan-Africanism]].<ref name=":1" />		Zohran Kwame Mamdani was born on October 18, 1991 in Kampala, the capital and largest city of [[Republic of Uganda\|Uganda]].<ref name=":1">{{Web citation\|author=Mona Davids\|newspaper=Little Africa News\|title=Ugandan-Born Zohran Mamdani Announces Candidacy for Mayor of New York City\|date=2024-10-26\|url=https://www.littleafricanews.com/zohran-mamdani-announces-candidacy-for-mayor-of-new-york-city/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250627171612/https://www.littleafricanews.com/zohran-mamdani-announces-candidacy-for-mayor-of-new-york-city/\|archive-date=2025-06-27}}</ref> He is the only child of Indian-Ugandan post-colonial Marxist scholar [[Mahmood Mamdani]] and progressive filmmaker Mira Nair.<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|title=Mahmood Mamdani education and career path: How Mamdani's father built a legacy of revolution through ideas and exile\|date=2025-06-25\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/mahmood-mamdani-education-and-career-path-how-zohran-mamdanis-father-built-a-legacy-of-revolution-through-ideas-and-exile/articleshow/122064130.cms\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250821213210/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/mahmood-mamdani-education-and-career-path-how-zohran-mamdanis-father-built-a-legacy-of-revolution-through-ideas-and-exile/articleshow/122064130.cms\|archive-date=2025-08-21}}</ref> His father gave him the middle name Kwame after [[Kwame Nkrumah]], the first [[Republic of Ghana\|Ghanaian]] President, which Mamdani claims has instilled in him the values of [[Pan-Africanism]].<ref name=":1" />

	== Mayoral Platform ==		== Mayoral Platform ==

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	* '''Minority rights''': Mamdani says he will ensure immigrants are protected and remove [[United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement\|ICE]] from the city. He will also make New York a LGBTQIA+ sanctuary city, protect reproductive rights as well as expand and protect gender-affirming care citywide.<ref name=":0" />		* '''Minority rights''': Mamdani says he will ensure immigrants are protected and remove [[United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement\|ICE]] from the city. He will also make New York a LGBTQIA+ sanctuary city, protect reproductive rights as well as expand and protect gender-affirming care citywide.<ref name=":0" />

	== ~~Leniency With Zionism~~ ==		== Israel ==
	~~Despite having become famous~~ for ~~his promise to stay in New York instead~~ of ~~flying off to Tel Aviv during the Democratic primary debates, Mamdani has since pivoted on his stances on~~ "[[Israel]]". ~~In a event with CEOs~~, he ~~told~~ that he would ~~“discourage” use of ‘intifada’ after listening to Jewish leaders~~<ref>{{Web citation\|author=~~Mark Chiusano~~\|newspaper=[[~~Time Magazine~~\|~~Time~~]]\|~~year~~=2025\|~~title~~= ~~‘A Politics of No Translation~~.~~’ Zohran Mamdani on His Unlikely Rise~~\|~~quote~~=~~Few events got as much attention as the closed~~-~~door one with~~ the ~~CEOs~~, ~~hosted~~ by the ~~Partnership for New York City, a nonprofit business leadership group. In a conference room floating above the city~~ and ~~stocked with a spread~~ of ~~cookies, fruit, and cheese, Mamdani was not swarmed for selfies upon entry,~~ as ~~he usually is these days. He did~~ a ~~fireside chat and Q and A, during which he was grilled about his thoughts on the “globalize the intifada” brouhaha~~.		Mamdani has been known for being hightly critical of "[[State of Israel\|Israel]]" and has condemed the [[apartheid]] system and Israeli war crimes as well as supported the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement.<ref name=":2">{{Web citation\|author=Tom Allon\|newspaper=City&State New York\|title=Opinion: Weaponizing antisemitism is dirty politics\|date=2025-06-30\|url=https://www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025/06/opinion-weaponizing-antisemitism-dirty-politics/406398/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906170003/https://www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025/06/opinion-weaponizing-antisemitism-dirty-politics/406398/\|archive-date=2025-07-06}}</ref> Unlike most high profile politicians, Mamdani has stated he believes that Israel is committing a [[Palestinian genocide\|genocide]]<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Liam Stack\|newspaper=[[New York Times]]\|title=Mamdani Has Long Criticized Israel. His Opponents Attack Him for It.\|date=2025-06-25\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/mamdani-gaza-israel.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250904195746/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/mamdani-gaza-israel.html\|archive-date=2025-09-04}}</ref> and has said he would arrest [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] if he entered New York.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Lisa Featherstone\|newspaper=[[Jacobin (magazine)\|Jacobin]]\|title=All the Worst People Are Losing It Over Zohran Mamdani’s Win\|date=2025-07-15\|url=https://jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdani-nyc-billionaires-israel-defenders\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250827133149/https://jacobin.com/2025/07/mamdani-nyc-billionaires-israel-defenders\|archive-date=2025-08-27}}</ref> For his stance he has earned the ire of [[Zionism\|Zionists]] and is regularly falsely accused of being [[Antisemitism\|antisemitic]], despite proving himself not to be a radical by condeming the start of [[Israel-Gaza war and genocide\|Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa]] as "a horrific war crime".<ref name=":2" />

	To the CEOs, however, Mamdani said he would discourage the use of the phrase—a small but pointed evolution in language. In our interview, Mamdani frames the shift as the consequence of listening to New Yorkers, including Jewish leaders, as well as a rabbi who said the phrase evoked memories of bus bombings in Haifa. “The job of the mayor is to deliver for New Yorkers,” he says. “And it’s also to take care of New Yorkers.”}}</ref>, even though 'intifada' is merely Arabic for 'uprising' and not an [[antisemitic]] phrase, even so far as having been used in the Arabic translation of the Warsaw Ghetto ~~'''~~Uprising~~'''~~ exhibit in the U.S. Holocaust Museum. In an MSNBC interview with Al Sharpton, Mamdani talked about the "complexities of viewpoints" when referring to the [[Gazan genocide]]<ref>{{News citation\|title=WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ZOHRAN!??\|date=2025-09-09\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXVffXk2DuE}}</ref>.		Mamdani become famous for his promise to stay in New York instead of flying off to Tel Aviv during the Democratic primary debates, he has since pivoted on his stances on "[[Israel]]" since winning the primary. In a event with CEOs, he told that he would “discourage” use of ‘intifada’ after listening to Jewish leaders,<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Mark Chiusano\|newspaper=[[Time Magazine\|Time]]\|year=2025\|title= ‘A Politics of No Translation.’ Zohran Mamdani on His Unlikely Rise\|quote=Few events got as much attention as the closed-door one with the CEOs, hosted by the Partnership for New York City, a nonprofit business leadership group. In a conference room floating above the city and stocked with a spread of cookies, fruit, and cheese, Mamdani was not swarmed for selfies upon entry, as he usually is these days. He did a fireside chat and Q and A, during which he was grilled about his thoughts on the “globalize the intifada” brouhaha.

			To the CEOs, however, Mamdani said he would discourage the use of the phrase—a small but pointed evolution in language. In our interview, Mamdani frames the shift as the consequence of listening to New Yorkers, including Jewish leaders, as well as a rabbi who said the phrase evoked memories of bus bombings in Haifa. “The job of the mayor is to deliver for New Yorkers,” he says. “And it’s also to take care of New Yorkers.”}}</ref> even though 'intifada' is merely Arabic for 'uprising' and not an [[antisemitic]] phrase, even so far as having been used in the Arabic translation of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising exhibit in the U.S. Holocaust Museum. In an [[MSNBC]] interview with Al Sharpton, Mamdani talked about the "complexities of viewpoints" when referring to the [[Gazan genocide]].<ref>{{News citation\|title=WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ZOHRAN!??\|date=2025-09-09\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXVffXk2DuE}}</ref>
	== References ==		== References ==
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	Zohran Kwame Mamdani was born on October 18, 1991 in Kampala, the capital and largest city of [[Republic of Uganda\|Uganda]].<ref name=":1">{{Web citation\|author=Mona Davids\|newspaper=Little Africa News\|title=Ugandan-Born Zohran Mamdani Announces Candidacy for Mayor of New York City\|date=2024-10-26\|url=https://www.littleafricanews.com/zohran-mamdani-announces-candidacy-for-mayor-of-new-york-city/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250627171612/https://www.littleafricanews.com/zohran-mamdani-announces-candidacy-for-mayor-of-new-york-city/\|archive-date=2025-06-27}}</ref> He is the only child of Indian-Ugandan post-colonial Marxist scholar [[Mahmood Mamdani]] and progressive filmmaker Mira Nair.<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|title=Mahmood Mamdani education and career path: How Mamdani's father built a legacy of revolution through ideas and exile\|date=2025-06-25\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/mahmood-mamdani-education-and-career-path-how-zohran-mamdanis-father-built-a-legacy-of-revolution-through-ideas-and-exile/articleshow/122064130.cms\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250821213210/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/mahmood-mamdani-education-and-career-path-how-zohran-mamdanis-father-built-a-legacy-of-revolution-through-ideas-and-exile/articleshow/122064130.cms\|archive-date=2025-08-21}}</ref> His father gave him the middle name Kwame after [[Kwame Nkrumah]], the first [[Republic of Ghana\|Ghanaian]] President, which Zohran says has instilled in him the values of [[Pan-Africanism]].<ref name=":1" />		Zohran Kwame Mamdani was born on October 18, 1991 in Kampala, the capital and largest city of [[Republic of Uganda\|Uganda]].<ref name=":1">{{Web citation\|author=Mona Davids\|newspaper=Little Africa News\|title=Ugandan-Born Zohran Mamdani Announces Candidacy for Mayor of New York City\|date=2024-10-26\|url=https://www.littleafricanews.com/zohran-mamdani-announces-candidacy-for-mayor-of-new-york-city/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250627171612/https://www.littleafricanews.com/zohran-mamdani-announces-candidacy-for-mayor-of-new-york-city/\|archive-date=2025-06-27}}</ref> He is the only child of Indian-Ugandan post-colonial Marxist scholar [[Mahmood Mamdani]] and progressive filmmaker Mira Nair.<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|title=Mahmood Mamdani education and career path: How Mamdani's father built a legacy of revolution through ideas and exile\|date=2025-06-25\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/mahmood-mamdani-education-and-career-path-how-zohran-mamdanis-father-built-a-legacy-of-revolution-through-ideas-and-exile/articleshow/122064130.cms\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250821213210/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/mahmood-mamdani-education-and-career-path-how-zohran-mamdanis-father-built-a-legacy-of-revolution-through-ideas-and-exile/articleshow/122064130.cms\|archive-date=2025-08-21}}</ref> His father gave him the middle name Kwame after [[Kwame Nkrumah]], the first [[Republic of Ghana\|Ghanaian]] President, which Zohran says has instilled in him the values of [[Pan-Africanism]].<ref name=":1" />

	== Mayoral ~~platform~~ ==		== Mayoral Platform ==

	* '''Housing''': He plans to freeze rents for the over 2 million people who live in rent stabilized apartments. Additionally he plans to build affordable housing, crack down on bad landlords, end deed theft and fix the property tax system.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=Zohran for New York City\|title=The Platform\|url=https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250905182224/https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform\|archive-date=2025-09-05}}</ref>		* '''Housing''': He plans to freeze rents for the over 2 million people who live in rent stabilized apartments. Additionally he plans to build affordable housing, crack down on bad landlords, end deed theft and fix the property tax system.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=Zohran for New York City\|title=The Platform\|url=https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250905182224/https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform\|archive-date=2025-09-05}}</ref>
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	* '''Minority rights''': Mamdani says he will ensure immigrants are protected and remove [[United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement\|ICE]] from the city. He will also make New York a LGBTQIA+ sanctuary city, protect reproductive rights as well as expand and protect gender-affirming care citywide.<ref name=":0" />		* '''Minority rights''': Mamdani says he will ensure immigrants are protected and remove [[United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement\|ICE]] from the city. He will also make New York a LGBTQIA+ sanctuary city, protect reproductive rights as well as expand and protect gender-affirming care citywide.<ref name=":0" />

			== Leniency With Zionism ==
			Despite having become famous for his promise to stay in New York instead of flying off to Tel Aviv during the Democratic primary debates, Mamdani has since pivoted on his stances on "[[Israel]]". In a event with CEOs, he told that he would “discourage” use of ‘intifada’ after listening to Jewish leaders<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Mark Chiusano\|newspaper=[[Time Magazine\|Time]]\|year=2025\|title= ‘A Politics of No Translation.’ Zohran Mamdani on His Unlikely Rise\|quote=Few events got as much attention as the closed-door one with the CEOs, hosted by the Partnership for New York City, a nonprofit business leadership group. In a conference room floating above the city and stocked with a spread of cookies, fruit, and cheese, Mamdani was not swarmed for selfies upon entry, as he usually is these days. He did a fireside chat and Q and A, during which he was grilled about his thoughts on the “globalize the intifada” brouhaha.

			To the CEOs, however, Mamdani said he would discourage the use of the phrase—a small but pointed evolution in language. In our interview, Mamdani frames the shift as the consequence of listening to New Yorkers, including Jewish leaders, as well as a rabbi who said the phrase evoked memories of bus bombings in Haifa. “The job of the mayor is to deliver for New Yorkers,” he says. “And it’s also to take care of New Yorkers.”}}</ref>, even though 'intifada' is merely Arabic for 'uprising' and not an [[antisemitic]] phrase, even so far as having been used in the Arabic translation of the Warsaw Ghetto '''Uprising''' exhibit in the U.S. Holocaust Museum. In an MSNBC interview with Al Sharpton, Mamdani talked about the "complexities of viewpoints" when referring to the [[Gazan genocide]]<ref>{{News citation\|title=WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ZOHRAN!??\|date=2025-09-09\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXVffXk2DuE}}</ref>.
	== References ==		== References ==
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	'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is an [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election. A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.		'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is an [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election. A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.

	== ~~Personal Life~~ ==		== Early life ==
	Zohran was born to Indian-Ugandan post-colonial Marxist scholar [[Mahmood Mamdani]] and progressive filmmaker Mira Nair.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/mahmood-mamdani-education-and-career-path-how-zohran-mamdanis-father-built-a-legacy-of-revolution-through-ideas-and-exile/articleshow/122064130.cms]		Zohran Kwame Mamdani was born on October 18, 1991 in Kampala, the capital and largest city of [[Republic of Uganda\|Uganda]].<ref name=":1">{{Web citation\|author=Mona Davids\|newspaper=Little Africa News\|title=Ugandan-Born Zohran Mamdani Announces Candidacy for Mayor of New York City\|date=2024-10-26\|url=https://www.littleafricanews.com/zohran-mamdani-announces-candidacy-for-mayor-of-new-york-city/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250627171612/https://www.littleafricanews.com/zohran-mamdani-announces-candidacy-for-mayor-of-new-york-city/\|archive-date=2025-06-27}}</ref> He is the only child of Indian-Ugandan post-colonial Marxist scholar [[Mahmood Mamdani]] and progressive filmmaker Mira Nair.<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|title=Mahmood Mamdani education and career path: How Mamdani's father built a legacy of revolution through ideas and exile\|date=2025-06-25\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/mahmood-mamdani-education-and-career-path-how-zohran-mamdanis-father-built-a-legacy-of-revolution-through-ideas-and-exile/articleshow/122064130.cms\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250821213210/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/mahmood-mamdani-education-and-career-path-how-zohran-mamdanis-father-built-a-legacy-of-revolution-through-ideas-and-exile/articleshow/122064130.cms\|archive-date=2025-08-21}}</ref> His father gave him the middle name Kwame after [[Kwame Nkrumah]], the first [[Republic of Ghana\|Ghanaian]] President, which Zohran says has instilled in him the values of [[Pan-Africanism]].<ref name=":1" />

	== Mayoral platform ==		== Mayoral platform ==

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	{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}		{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}

	'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is an [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election, which he won on November 4 with 50.4% of the vote.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-new-york-city-mayor.html</ref> A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.		'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is a [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election, which he won on November 4 with 50.4% of the vote.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-new-york-city-mayor.html</ref> A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.

	After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251104140751/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-04}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>		After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251104140751/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-04}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>

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	{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}		{{Infobox politician\|name=Zohran Mamdani\|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1991\|10\|18}}\|birth_place=[[Kampala]], [[Uganda]]\|political_orientation=[[Democratic socialism]]\|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]\|image=Zohran Mamdani.jpg}}

	'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is an [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election. A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.		'''Zohran Kwame Mamdani''' (born October 18, 1991) is an [[United States of America\|Statesian]] politician who has served as the 36th district member of the New York State Assembly since 2021 and is the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] nominee for mayor of [[New York City]] in the 2025 election, which he won on November 4 with 50.4% of the vote.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/results-new-york-city-mayor.html</ref> A member of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA), Mamdani ran on a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] platform of policies such as freezing rents and affordable housing, fast, free buses, no cost childcare and city-owned grocery stores.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Monica Moorehead\|newspaper=[[Workers World]]\|title=Zohran Mamdani’s victory: What we know and don’t know\|date=2025-07-01\|url=https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704163541/https://www.workers.org/2025/07/86566/\|archive-date=2025-07-04}}</ref> In the short term Mamdani's policies may alleviate the conditions of the [[proletariat]] in New York, however, due to the limits of bourgeois institutions Mamdani can achieve no lasting change and his progressive policies will be undone by future administrations.

	After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251104140751/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-04}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>		After winning the Democratic nomination, Mamdani shifted to the right in order to placate the [[bourgeoisie]] and the Democratic Party. He has made reassurences that he will not seriously challenge bourgeois interests and has gained the endorsements of right wing Democrats such as [[Kathy Hochul]], as well as supposed progressives like [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\|AOC]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Erik Schreiber\|newspaper=[[WSWS]]\|title=At election rally, DSA candidate Mamdani embraces right-wing Democratic Party establishment\|date=2025-10-28\|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251104140751/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/29/ikjg-o29.html\|archive-date=2025-11-04}}</ref> Admidst [[Donald Trump]]'s threats against [[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela\|Venezuela]], Mamdani declared [[Republic of Cuba\|Cuba]] and Venezeula to be [[Dictatorship\|dictatorships]], assisting efforts at consent manufacturing, though he also condemned the [[United States embargo against Cuba\|blockade of Cuba]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Alicia Civita, Matias Civita\|newspaper=Latin Times\|title=Mamdani Breaks Silence About Maduro and Cuban President Díaz-Canel: How Jorge Ramos and Daughter Paola Got Him to Open Up\|date=2025-09-25\|url=https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133944/https://www.latintimes.com/mamdani-breaks-silence-about-maduro-cuban-president-diaz-canel-how-jorge-ramos-daughter-paola-589809\|archive-date=2025-10-01\|quote=I want to be clear on where I stand. I believe both Nicolas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, jailed political opponents, and suppressed the free and fair press. And yet, our federal government's long history of punitive policies toward both countries, including extrajudicial killings of Venezuelans and the continuation of a decades long blockade of Cuba, have only worsened these conditions. Democratic socialism is about dignity, justice and accountability. And above all, it's about building a democracy that works for working people, not one that preys on them.}}</ref>