In Episode 301 [10] of the CounterVortex podcast [11], Bill Weinberg offers his anarchist annotation of the New York City mayoral candidates' debate [12]. He makes the case that the promise of "socialism" represented by Zohran Mamdani [13] is (alas) not as real as the threat of fascism represented by Curtis Sliwa [14]—or acquiescence to fascism represented Andrew Cuomo [15]. Both Cuomo and Sliwa invoked the too real possibility [13] of Trump attempting to abrogate New York's municipal powers if Mamdani becomes mayor. However, this contingency could heighten the contradictions [16] in a politically salubrious way—prompting the needed rupture [17] between progressive-run localities and the illegitimate Trump regime [18].
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