{"id":6251,"date":"2025-06-26T05:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T05:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=6251"},"modified":"2025-06-26T05:20:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T05:20:42","slug":"ein-umbruch-in-new-york-zohran-mamdani-und-das-erzittern-der-demokraten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/ein-umbruch-in-new-york-zohran-mamdani-und-das-erzittern-der-demokraten\/","title":{"rendered":"A Turning Point in New York \u2013 Zohran Mamdani and the Trembling of the Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York, June 26, 2025 \u2013 It was a political earthquake that shook not only the streets of New York but threw the entire Democratic Party into turmoil: Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-declared democratic socialist, defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday evening \u2013 a victory whose symbolic power reaches far beyond the city limits. The son of award-winning filmmaker Mira Nair and renowned anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani had launched his campaign in October 2024 as a largely unknown assemblyman from Queens. Today, he is considered the frontrunner for the most powerful municipal office in America \u2013 against an incumbent running as an independent, a Trump-aligned Republican, and possibly even against Cuomo once again. His victory is not only a triumph of the grassroots over the political establishment but also a magnifying glass for the deep fractures within the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"486\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 888 \/ 486;\" width=\"888\" controls src=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/x-downloader.com_GkiyiH.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mamdani embodies contradictions that are rare in today's politics: he is leftist but disciplined, outspoken in his convictions but open to dialogue, religiously rooted but secular in governance. His campaign focused on directly addressing everyday realities \u2013 with free buses, free childcare, government-run grocery stores, a rent freeze, and more affordable housing. All of it to be financed through higher taxes on the wealthy. And Mamdani has never been timid. In a past post, he called the NYPD \"racist, anti-queer, and a threat to public safety\" \u2013 a statement he softened during the campaign without fully distancing himself. Instead, he proposed the creation of a new public safety agency that would focus more on psychological support and prevention. His stance on the Israeli offensive in Gaza also sparked controversy. Mamdani openly referred to it as \"genocide,\" defended the slogan \"globalize the intifada\" as an expression of global struggle for equality, and told Stephen Colbert on \"The Late Show\" that Israel, like any other state, had the right to exist \u2013 but also the obligation to comply with international law. In a country where the topic of Israel quickly becomes a litmus test of political loyalty, it was a calculated provocation. That Mamdani reached this position at all was due not least to the dramatic fall of his main opponent: Andrew Cuomo, once a Democratic hopeful, attempted a comeback after resigning in 2021 over allegations of sexual harassment. But voters did not forgive him. He won support mainly in conservative and Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuUj8ggW8AAdh7g.webp?resize=640%2C706&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuUj8ggW8AAdh7g.webp?w=928&amp;ssl=1 928w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuUj8ggW8AAdh7g.webp?resize=11%2C12&amp;ssl=1 11w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuUj8ggW8AAdh7g.webp?resize=272%2C300&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuUj8ggW8AAdh7g.webp?resize=768%2C847&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even Republicans celebrated Mamdani's victory \u2013 not out of sympathy, but in hopes of turning him into a national scapegoat. President Donald Trump wasted no time: \"A 100 percent communist lunatic,\" he wrote on Truth Social. \"We\u2019ve had radical lefties before \u2013 but this is absurd.\" While Bernie Sanders hailed Mamdani as the future of the party \u2013 \"Finally someone who doesn\u2019t ask what billionaires want, but what the working class needs\" \u2013 other Democrats warned of a looming catastrophe. Lawrence Summers, former Treasury Secretary under Barack Obama, wrote on X: \"I am deeply concerned about the future of the party \u2013 and the country.\" The moderate Democratic camp also remained conspicuously silent. Neither Chuck Schumer, nor Hakeem Jeffries, nor Governor Kathy Hochul issued a clear endorsement after Mamdani's win. It was a silence that spoke volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuQwoYGX0AAeZba.webp?resize=640%2C643&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuQwoYGX0AAeZba.webp?resize=1020%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1020w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuQwoYGX0AAeZba.webp?resize=12%2C12&amp;ssl=1 12w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuQwoYGX0AAeZba.webp?resize=1024%2C1028&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuQwoYGX0AAeZba.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuQwoYGX0AAeZba.webp?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuQwoYGX0AAeZba.webp?resize=768%2C771&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuQwoYGX0AAeZba.webp?w=1195&amp;ssl=1 1195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mamdani is not only the first Muslim and Indian American candidate with realistic chances of becoming mayor \u2013 he would also be the youngest person to hold the office in over 100 years. He represents a new, multiethnic generation that does not apologize for its convictions. He lives in Astoria with his wife Rama, a Syrian American artist. He once performed as a rapper under the name \u201cYoung Cardamom,\u201d dedicating a song to his grandmother \u2013 today, that very video is being shared millions of times. His campaign was creative, grassroots, digital, and surprisingly effective: He jumped into the freezing ocean at Coney Island on New Year\u2019s Day in a full suit to promote his planned rent freeze. He walked the length of Manhattan. He spoke on TikTok in Bangla, Spanish, and Arabic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuTzjfOWEAA6XTV.webp?resize=640%2C624&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuTzjfOWEAA6XTV.webp?resize=1024%2C999&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuTzjfOWEAA6XTV.webp?resize=12%2C12&amp;ssl=1 12w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuTzjfOWEAA6XTV.webp?resize=300%2C293&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuTzjfOWEAA6XTV.webp?resize=768%2C750&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_GuTzjfOWEAA6XTV.webp?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His opponents accuse him of being naive. Mamdani counters: \u201cI have no experience with corruption, scandal, or resignation. And I\u2019m proud of that.\u201d Democrats now face the fall with mixed feelings. Mamdani against incumbent Eric Adams, running as an independent. Against Curtis Sliwa, the ever-fighting Republican. And perhaps \u2013 against Cuomo again. For many, more is now at stake than just the mayor\u2019s office. \u201cRepublicans will turn Mamdani into the face of the Democrats,\u201d warned a representative of the anti-Trump group \u201cRepublicans Against Trumpism.\u201d \u201cThat hurts moderate candidates in swing districts and reduces the chance of winning back the House.\u201d Mamdani sees it differently: \u201cWhat happened is not a leftist shift, but a return to the roots. Democrats have ignored working people for too long \u2013 and they have ignored us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, Zohran Mamdani is not just a person, but a litmus test. 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