Zohran Mamdani’s election this week as New York City’s Mayor is a story that has travelled far beyond the city’s five boroughs. Noted political theorist Corey Robin — Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center — unpacks what Mamdani’s victory means for the Democratic Party establishment, U.S. politics in the Trump era, and progressive movements beyond America.

What is the most striking aspect of Mamdani’s victory?

The most significant aspect is that it has been built for over a decade, going back to the early 2010s, with the rise of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which had been a moribund organisation, but got a new lease of life after Occupy [Wall Street] and the [2008] financial crisis. There h

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