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Zohran Mamdani and the Left
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
07 Nov 2025
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Black Agenda Radio · Zohran Mamdani and the Left

Lance Hawkins joins us from New York City to discuss the recent election of Zohran Mamdani, who will take office as the mayor of New York City on January 1. Lance Hawkins is a community, labor, and anti-war organizer, and a proud socialist born and raised in Harlem, New York. We discuss how the left should respond to a Mamdani mayoral administration.

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