Zohran Mamdani’s monumental primary victory, in the most important city in the world, is a political earthquake, rocking  the political establishment with seismic shocks that will reverberate throughout the country. Harnessing the anger at the ongoing cost of living crisis wracking working class people across NYC, Mamdani’s campaign is a full-throated rejection of the pro-corporate, pro-landlord, pro-big developers status quo that dominates the Democratic Party.

Instead of courting big business and accepting their donations, he ran an unapologetically pro-working class, pro-immigrant campaign, unleashing an army of nearly 10,000 volunteers that knocked on over 1.5 million doors! This historic victory was powered by DSA’s member driven organizing, running campaigns built by and for the working class that puts the needs of the millions over the millionaires and billionaires, that can challenge the corporate establishment, fight to tax big business and the super-rich and popularize socialist ideas! 

Zohran put it best–“We are special as DSA electeds not because of ourselves, we are special because of our organization.”

It’s our democratic mass member organization that creates political independence from the  ruling class and enables us to run candidates championing fast and free buses, rent freezes, Palestinian solidarity, and much more. If you haven’t already, join DSA to help build the mass political party we need to run a Zohran in every city and fight for socialism in Seattle! 

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Seattle DSA members celebrate this epic win and look to the future: will Zohran usher in a new wave of left wing challengers - inspiring independent electoral campaigns?  How can the movement he’s leading fight and defeat the tremendous power of Wall Street and the ruling elite? What lessons can we learn from the campaign that can inform our campaigns here in Seattle?  

Join this Thursday’s Seattle DSA Electoral Committee Meeting at 7pm to discuss these important questions and more.