Mamdani's speech today is worth watching in full (link below). It will chagrin the rich and powerful. They aren’t especially perturbed by his program which doesn't threaten private property but they don’t like anything which arouses mass anticapitalist sentiment and a movement which might.
Mamdani pointedly announced to the large crowd that "I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.” "I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist”, he said. "I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical." “The movement we began over a year ago did not end with our election...And while we will encourage New Yorkers to demand more from those with the great privilege of serving them, we will encourage you to demand more of yourselves as well...What we achieve together will reach across the five boroughs and it will resonate far beyond. There are many who will be watching. They want to know if the left can govern. They want to know if the struggles that afflict them can be solved. They want to know if it is right to hope again.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c2vCt4jlM8 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39975): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39975 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117037934/21656 -=-=- 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
