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Some well-deserved good news,
John:

Yesterday, 33-year-old Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the
Democratic primary in New York City’s mayoral race, defeating a disgraced,
corrupt former governor from a famous political dynasty with the backing
of billionaires, corporate Super PACs, career politicians, and the party
establishment.

[ [link removed] ]Screenshot of news search results showing coverage of Zohran Mamdani’s
victory in the New York City mayoral primary. Headlines include: The
Guardian – ‘On to victory’: supporters overjoyed as Zohran Mamdani defeats
Andrew Cuomo in New York primary; Jacobin – In Zohran Mamdani’s Win,
Socialism Beat the Status Quo; CNN – Takeaways from New York City’s
mayoral primary: Mamdani delivers a political earthquake. Thumbnails next
to each headline show images of cheering supporters and Mamdani speaking
at a podium.

Make no mistake: This is a MASSIVE win for our progressive, working-class
movement that dares to put forward a bold vision and fight for the people
instead of the corporate elite.

Zohran campaigned on lowering costs for New Yorkers through free buses, a
rent freeze, no-cost childcare, city-owned grocery stores, taxing
corporations and the 1 percent, raising the minimum wage to $30 by 2030,
and more.

Surprise! That’s what working people want from their leaders.

Not only that, but he notably did not throw marginalized communities like
trans youth, immigrants, or Palestinians under the bus like so many in the
Democratic Party are so quick to do in an attempt to win elections.

Zohran has shown that when you're brave and stand up to a political
establishment that thinks lowering costs for everyday people is too hard
(on their billionaire donors, that is) — you can inspire millions that
another future is possible.

When polls showed Zohran gaining on Andrew Cuomo in the last few weeks,
Cuomo-supporting super PACs fueled by lobby groups, corporations, and
billionaires like Michael Bloomberg and Trump-supporter Bill Ackman dumped
a record-shattering $25 million into the race.

The Democratic establishment claims it's desperate to win back young and
disaffected voters, but every time someone actually inspires people, they
unite CEOs and corporate Super PACs against them because their policies
aren't billionaire-approved.

People are done waiting for political courage. That’s why Zohran — fueled
by grassroots donations and matching public funds — prevailed. This
election was a referendum on the old Democratic Party that refuses to
change and separate itself from the corporate elite who want to keep the
working class down.

With the growing rise of MAGA fascism in this country, voters don’t want
feckless politicians who run further to the right and cozy up to corporate
interests like Republicans — they are looking to the left for a true
opposition party.

Though our focus is federal races, Zohran embodies the future we’ve been
fighting for since our founding in 2018, and we’re keeping it up by
recruiting and supporting working-class progressive candidates to
challenge do-nothing Democratic incumbents who refuse to change.

We’re already supporting State Rep. Donavan McKinney in his primary
challenge against out-of-touch, multi-millionaire incumbent Rep. Shri
Thanedar. To elect him and other progressive, working-class candidates to
Congress, it’s going to take a groundswell of grassroots support, just
like we saw in Zohran’s race.

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This is a promising sign of hope, and a warning to every career politician
that thinks they can survive a primary from the left.

In solidarity,

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