" NYC congressional primaries : the political issues " [ NEWS from the World Socialist Web Site ]

NYC congressional primaries: The political issues Barry Grey@wswsgrey 15 hours ago [On Tuesday, all three candidates for the US House of Representatives from New York City endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their Democratic Party primary races. They defeated establishment Democrats backed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, from New York’s 8th congressional district (CD), and New York Governor Kathy Hochul. Two of the three winners are DSA members who call themselves socialists. Democratic incumbents were defeated in two of the three CDs. Since the districts involved are heavily Democratic, the victory of the primary winners in the November general election is virtually assured. The primary results reflect a political radicalization within the working class and among youth and professional layers who are being hammered by the accelerating economic, social and political crisis of American capitalism. The leftward shift of large sections of the population that resulted in the election of Mamdani last year is continuing and deepening. It is fueled by hatred for Trump and disgust with the Democratic Party’s failure to seriously oppose—indeed, its complicity in—Trump’s fascistic attacks on immigrants and democratic rights, wars of aggression, cuts in social programs, and the plundering of the economy for the benefit of his fellow billionaire oligarchs.]