Zohran Mamdani Should Run Third-Party in the General Election for New York City Mayor
The Trumpist trifecta of Andrew Cuomo, Eric Adams, and Curtis Sliwa is too dangerous for us to play it safe.
The Trumpist trifecta of Andrew Cuomo, Eric Adams, and Curtis Sliwa is too dangerous for us to play it safe.
All the tactics and tricks of electoral work won’t help DSA build a real base for socialist politics if millions of people can’t easily see us. That’s why in New York, we should talk seriously about using fusion voting and general elections to boost our visibility.
DSA’s 2023 National Convention voted to “act like an independent party.” As we consider what that means in practice and for our future we can take some lessons from New York’s Working Families Party.
If NYC-DSA can centralize our comms work for our electoral campaigns, we can run more effective races that build popular identification with our project.