"Most significantly, Mamdani's election represents a profound and seismic development in the country's political landscape. The coalition he assembled, the campaign he ran, who he is, and the vision he offers provide critical and urgent lessons about stopping the rise of authoritarianism and fascism and resuming the struggle to build the kind of country we want-one rooted in justice, equality, and inclusion."
"The first core lesson from Mamdani's win is simple but often ignored: The way to win is to inspire, organize, assemble, and unleash the multiracial majority that wants justice, equality, and inclusion. Too much of the dominant conventional wisdom on the progressive and Democratic side holds that championing justice and equality is a losing electoral proposition. This view stems from a deep-seated, unfounded fear of alienating conservative white voters who are seen, with little empirical evidence of success, as cornerstones of any winning coalition."
Three recent events converged: the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York, the hospitalization of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the release of Abby Phillip's book on Jackson's political journey. Mamdani's election is portrayed as a profound, seismic shift with a coalition and campaign offering lessons to halt authoritarianism and fascism and rebuild a nation rooted in justice, equality, and inclusion. The core lesson emphasizes inspiring and mobilizing a multiracial majority committed to those values. Prevailing conventional wisdom that justice and equality lose votes is challenged by recent wins, signaling a growing New American Majority that elected Barack Obama and ousted Donald Trump.
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