‘Hope Is Alive!’ Mamdani Victory in NYC Seen as Historic Tur
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 8:05 am‘Hope Is Alive!’ Mamdani Victory in NYC Seen as Historic Turning Point
EXCERPT: "“If we embrace this brave new course rather than fleeing from it,” said Mamdani, “We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him.”
“If there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This is not only how we stop Trump. It is how we stop the next one.” . . . . "
Jon Queally - November 05, 2025
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EXCERPT: "“If we embrace this brave new course rather than fleeing from it,” said Mamdani, “We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him.”
“If there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This is not only how we stop Trump. It is how we stop the next one.” . . . . "
Jon Queally - November 05, 2025
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/zohra ... -601339537 ]