Todd Chretien argues that socialists must find ways to participate in “the Mamdani experiment”—and that Tempest member Ashley Smith's recent critique of Mamdani is a warning “from outside.” Chretien is co-chair of DSA in Maine. Democratic socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani and the New York City working-class movement's success in winning concrete reforms will shape the American Left to a significant degree for the coming period. Mamdani's victory in the Democratic primary in June and win in (…)

Ashley Smith analyzes the surreal, chummy meeting between the authoritarian Trump and NYC Mayor Elect and self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani and argues that building mass class and social struggle is the only way forward. It was the most anticipated meeting at the White House since Donald Trump's confrontation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Would Trump dress down and insult New York City Mayor Elect Zohran Mamdani? Would Mamdani give as good as got and (…)

While Mamdani's victory in the New York mayoral race signals a growing radicalism and challenges to Trump's agenda, his chummy meeting on November 21 with Trump at the White House sends a different message about what the Democrats are unwilling to do to stop Trump. Here the Tempest National Committee notes that the Democratic capitulation on the budget bill is just another indication that the Party has no solutions to the economic, social, political, and ecological crises facing the working (…)