Bronshtein
in the Bronx and Koba
the Dread; Laughter and the Twenty Million
Trotsky,
Stalin, and Zohran Mamdani
On June 24,
2025, Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman, won the primary to be
the Democratic Party's nominee for New York City mayor. Mamdani's mother is
Indian-born Mira Nair, a filmmaker nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA,
and recipient of a Golden Lion. His father Mahmood Mamdani was also born in
India. He occupies an endowed chair at Ivy League Columbia University. The
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government Chair is named for the son of one of the
Jewish Lehman Brothers. The New York Post reports that Columbia
professors in Mamdani's class are paid "an average of $308,000 a
year." Mahmood Mamdani has been accused of antisemitism.
Mira Nair has attempted to get Gal
Gadot, a Jewish actress, banned from the Oscars.
Zohran Mamdani
is a Twelver Shia, an
apocalyptic sect implicated in Iran's
push for nuclear weapons. He has professed "love"
for jihadi terrorists. He supports the anti-Israel BDS movement. When asked
about the phrase "Globalize the intifada," he said that that phrase
expresses support for "equality," "human rights," and
"equal rights." Bret
Stephens corrects Mamdani; "globalize the intifada" means
murdering Jews. When Mamdani campaigns in mosques, he
is met with cries of "Takbir" and "Allahu akbar."
He tells his mosque audiences that Israelis murdered an innocent little Muslim
girl named Fatima. Why bring up Fatima Abdullah in the New York City mayoral
campaign? Mamdani mentions Fatima to reinforce his portrait of
Muslims-as-victims of American Islamophobia and evil Israel. Mamdani
self-identifies as Muslims' avenger. "We have a million Muslims in this
city. This is is our chance … an opportunity to vote for one of us," he
says to mosque audiences. Mamdani does not encourage mosque audiences to vote
for the best mayor for New York City. He encourages mosque audiences to vote
for tribal power and revenge.
Mamdani also identifies as a socialist. He wants free buses, free childcare, government-controlled rent prices, and government-run grocery stores that sell food at government-set prices, prices that would undercut privately-run stores. He wants to "win socialism," "raise class consciousness," and he also wants to raise property taxes on "whiter neighborhoods." He "firmly believes in" "seizing the means of production." He wants to devote tens of millions of dollars to transgender drugs and surgeries.
