The ‘Sewer #Socialism’ of #ZohranMamdani

By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Mr. Dionne is a contributing Opinion writer.
Oct. 16, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/opinion/mamdani-nyc-mayor-sewer-socialism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t08.aJG-.MEFBgMYQHfjw&smid=url-share

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Beyond the specifics, history teaches that #progressive mayors prosper when they understand why voters put them in office. Sheri Berman, a Barnard College political scientist and a widely respected scholar of #SocialDemocracy, offers a brisk two-part formula. “Successful left-wing mayors,” she told me, “focused on (a.) problems in their cities, and (b.) problems where they had the power to do something.”

For history buffs, Mr. #Mamdani has done the service of rekindling an interest in a largely forgotten American tradition, the “sewer socialists” who ran a significant list of cities in the last century. The most durable among them was Daniel Hoan, the #socialist mayor of Milwaukee from 1916 to 1940.

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Fantastic analysis from #GeorgeMonbiot. We need to be gathering together around the world to stop the rise of #oligarchy.

Who's up for a #revolution?
#FarRight #PowerToThePeople #Society #SocialDemocrats #socialdemocracy #Brexit #Europe #FutureOfEurope

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"Social democracy, then, is not a step beyond capitalism but a softer version of it. The illusion works only for those who benefit from it. The miners in Congo and the garment workers in Bangladesh who feed Western industries see through it clearly."

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#Capitalism #SocialDemocracy #Abolish

The majority of Americans cannot tell the difference between #SocialDemocracy & #Marxism / #Leninism.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #DNC #RepublicanParty #RNC #GOP #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #Sanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive #Progressives

" #Socialdemocracy cannot serve as a true alternative to #capitalism. It appears attractive on the surface but is built upon deep contradictions that eventually collapse under their own weight.

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#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive

#Democrats, we have won the #Hispanic #Latino #Latina vote again. We #Latinos are not likely to engage with those who call themselves #Socialist. Why? Look to #Cuba and #Castro. He destroyed that island nation's economy for generations. Five generations have lived under the thumb of socialism.

Please, for the love of all things beautiful, stop using the word Socialism to describe what you want to do.

Use #SocialDemocracy or something else. Socialism is a horrible disease worse than capitalism