The anarchist critique [9] of Zohran Mamdani [10]'s election [11] in the New York City mayoral race reminds us that "socialist faces in high places" do not bring fundamental change, and Gotham has seen mayors before elected on populist platforms [12] only to capitulate [13] to the permanent government [14] dominated by the real estate industry once in office. However, the MAGA backlash [15] to Mamdani's rise may help keep him true to his populist program [16], as it is the working people of New York who will have his back when Trump strikes [20] back [17] against the city—not the real estate barons. This crisis could provide the impetus for the needed rupture between progressive-run localities and a federal apparatus controlled by the illegitimate [10] Trump regime—vindicating Murray Bookchin's theories of radical municipalism [18].
In Episode 302 of the CounterVortex podcast [21], Bill Weinberg notes the bla bla.
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