Our friend Jerry Dunleavy published an outstanding piece Monday night for Just the News that NewsBusters readers will want to bookmark and save in perpetuity for its exhaustive compilation of links showcasing the seemingly endless list of disturbing views by communist and New York City Democrat mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani.
At the onset, Dunleavy noted Mamdani has referred to himself as a “democratic socialist” and received backing from “so-called ‘fact-checkers’ and legacy media in denying that he is a Communist — but his oft-repeated past comments strongly contradict his denials.”
Dunleavy came out of the gate strong with these examples:
An investigation by Just the News shows that in tweets, speeches, and affiliations, Mamdani, at his core, holds a strong affinity for straight-up Communism: praising and campaigning with a Marxist state senator in New York; declaring that NYC needed a mayor just like a famously young Indian mayor who was a member of an explicitly Marxist and Communist Party; praising the 1917 Russian Revolution which led to the overthrow of the Czar and, soon, the establishment of the Soviet Union at the cost of millions of lives; arguing about the need to “seize the means of production” in a reference to a core Marxist principle; praising famous radical Communist figures; and much more.
After quoting Mamdani’s denials he’s a communist, Dunleavy dug in, including his ties to “comrade” New York State Senator Julia Salazar, who has repeatedly called herself “a Marxist.”
Mamdani has praised other avowed communists, according to Dunleavy (click “expand”):
Mamdani has also repeatedly praised famous Communist figures and leaders. A tweet by him from December 2020 was especially striking, as it suggested that he believed NYC needed a Communist mayor — a job he would pursue himself just a few years later while denying that he is a Marxist.
“them: so what kind of mayor does nyc need right now? me:” Mamdani tweeted as he shared a Twitter thread from the Indian Puducherry State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) — or the CPI(M).
“Comrade Arya Rajendran, age 21, new Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She will be the youngest mayor of a major city in the world. Here she leads a detachment of Red Volunteers in @CPIMKerala. #CPIM #LeftAlternative #Communist,” the Indian Communist Party tweeted. The profile for that branch of the Communist Party included a hammer and sickle emoji in its Twitter description.
Tagged in the tweet threat was the “Official Twitter Handle of CPI(M) Kerala State Committee.” The thread Mamdani was re-tweeting contained two other tweets.
“21-year-old comrade Arya Rajendran elected as the Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation today. Congratulations comrade. #CPIM #Communist #LeftAlternative #Women #womeninleadership,” the Twitter thread also said.
Dunleavy left no stone unturned, reporting out Mamdani’s views on everything from statues to supporting the sezisure of “the means of production” to praise for the Russian Revolution, “which soon ushered in Communist rule in Russia and the establishment of the brutal Communist-led Soviet Union.”
To read Dunleavy’s full piece, click here.
