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COMMENT: In defeating a New York political titan to be the Democratic nominee for New York mayor, Mamdani shows that voters wants someone – anyone – who will ‘flip the table,’ says campaign strategist Pablo O’Hana

Campaigning on cost of living issues, Mamdani beat out ex-governor Andrew Cuomo and his $25m super PAC.

Six months ago, the 33-year-old was an unknown outsider polling in single digits. Now he is in striking distance of becoming New York’s youngest, most leftwing mayor in a century

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani spoke to Salon about his left-wing vision for the city

The progressive Democrat from Queens is the son of a famous film-maker and poised to take on frontrunner Andrew Cuomo

The socialist millennial, and first south Asian man in the state assembly, is entering an already crowded mayoral race

In a recently published book Steven Friedman, who has written extensively on the political and social aspects of apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa, explores the racist underpinnings of the west’s responses to Israel’s war in Gaza. This is an extract from the book, Good Jew, Bad Jew.