Zohran Mamdani: The Socialist Shaking Up New York
30 October - 21 mins
Podcast Series
Newstalk Daily
It’s the campaign that’s electrified New York and unsettled Washington. Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist from Queens, has become the unexpected lightning rod of American politics. Ugandan-born, the son of a filmmaker, and a proud New Yorker, he’s promising to take on the city’s entrenched establishment with rent freezes, free buses, universal childcare, and a $30 minimum wage.
He’s taken on heavyweights like Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa and won over crowds of young voters in stadium-sized rallies featuring Bernie Sanders and Alexandia Ocasio-Cortez. But his insurgent campaign has also drawn fierce criticism from centrist Democrats and Republicans alike, who accuse him...
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