11/11/14

In August 2023, Zohran Mamdani, the new Mayor-elect of New York City delivered a keynote speech at the Democratic Socialists of America’s national convention in Chicago claiming that “Our fight is to end capitalist exploitation… and the parasitic death-drive of capitalism.” Let’s be clear about what the DSA platform calls for: the nationalization of railroads, utilities, critical manufacturing, technology companies, institutions of monetary policy and financial services, as well as public ownership of hospitals and other healthcare providers. It also urges government control of food production with a call to “socialize the agricultural system.” Finally, it calls for “social ownership” of the media and internet providers. It demands that the U.S. work toward collapsing the criminal justice system by defunding the police; the demilitarization of the border and ICE; and finally, the DSA calls for dramatic cuts in U.S. military spending, an immediate withdrawal from NATO, cutting off Israel while normalizing relations with Cuba, Iran, Venezuela. In other words: No more America as we know it. We wish the peoples of New York good luck for a bleak future.