I agree with the strong sentiment expressed above about the need to unite behind the Mandani movement but here is an early example of the contradictions and difficulties it will increasingly face as it is forced to navigate between its base and the power structure.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/nyregion/mamdani-osse-dsa-endorsement.html As Travis says, supporting Jeffries is undoubtedly necessary to win " support from political leaders in higher offices who hold the purse strings...to get things done" but it also risks discouraging the militant "youth who are taking action" and tarnishing the image of the movement as representative of " what a truly democratic approach to change looks like." Should Mamdani have supported rather than rejected Ossé's bid to unseat Jeffries? It's an unfair question to ask of anyone outside of the coalition with only a second hand acquaintance with the issues and personalities involved and the present relationship of forces between the leadership and oppositon around this question , but I doubt even within our own small circle there would be unanimity about how to proceed if we inside the movement at this early stage of its development. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39417): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39417 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116415357/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
