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06.01.2026 - 16:49 [ CodePink.org ]

Emergency Action at the OAS: Hands Off Venezuela

On Tuesday, January 6, the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a special Permanent Council meeting “to consider recent events in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,” following the kidnapping of Venezuela’s sitting president and escalating U.S. actions inside the country.

We are mobilizing outside OAS headquarters at the exact moment this meeting takes place because the OAS has a long and documented history of providing political cover for U.S. intervention, regime-change operations, and violations of sovereignty in the hemisphere, including in Venezuela.

02.01.2026 - 10:30 [ ABC7 New York ]

Watch Mamdani‘s full inauguration speech

The new mayor gave his speech just moments after his public swearing-in ceremony.

02.01.2026 - 10:24 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Amtsantritt von Mamdani: Eine neue Ära für New York?

„Wem gehört New York?“, fragt Zohran Mamdani in seiner Antrittsrede, in der der links-demokratische Politiker deutlich macht, dass er nicht vor hat, kleine Brötchen zu backen. Er wendet sich direkt an jene Kritiker, die ihm im Vorfeld zur Mäßigung rieten: „Beim Schreiben dieser Rede wurde mir gesagt, dies sei der Anlass, die Erwartungen herunterzuschrauben. Ich solle diese Gelegenheit nutzen, um die Menschen in New York dazu zu ermutigen, wenig zu verlangen und noch weniger zu erwarten. Das werde ich nicht tun. Die einzige Erwartung, die ich zurückschrauben möchte, ist die der geringen Erwartungen. Ab heute werden wir umfassend und kühn regieren.“

01.01.2026 - 13:54 [ ABC7 New York ]

Zohran Mamdani inauguration: The next mayor of NYC | Live updates

NEW YORK (WABC) — Zohran Mamdani officially became the next mayor of New York City after being sworn in during a private ceremony at midnight on New Year‘s Day.

Later on Thursday afternoon, his ceremonial swearing-in ceremony will take place on the steps of City Hall.

01.01.2026 - 13:49 [ CNN ]

Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York City

Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who campaigned on a promise to tackle the affordability crisis in one of America’s most expensive cities, was sworn in as New York City’s 112th mayor early Thursday.

04.11.2025 - 13:57 [ CBS News ]

NYC early voting ends with record turnout, shattering 2021 stats

Early voting has ended in New York City, and the initial numbers show the highest early voting turnout for a non-presidential election in the city.

The New York City Board of Elections reported 735,317 early voting check-ins over the past nine days. That‘s more than four times the total from the 2021 mayoral race, which reported only 169,879 early voting check-ins for the general election.

04.11.2025 - 13:50 [ AMNY.com ]

2025 Mayor’s Race – EARLY VOTING: Turnout sets a non-presidential election year record as NYC Mayor’s Race energizes the city

A whopping 732,866 voters cast ballots over the nine days of early voting in the New York City mayor’s race this year, according to an amNewYork analysis of early voter data from the city Board of Elections.

The general election’s early voting turnout this year marked the highest number of votes cast before Election Day in a non-presidential election year since the city implemented early voting in 2019.

02.11.2025 - 16:24 [ Stol.it ]

New York wählt neuen Bürgermeister – 34-jähriger Linker Favorit

Mamdani wurde 1991 als Sohn indischstämmiger Eltern in Uganda geboren; seine Mutter ist Filmemacherin, sein Vater ein renommierter Politikprofessor. Später zog die Familie nach New York. Seit seinem Studium engagiert sich Mamdani politisch und gehört als Mitglied der „Democratic Socialists of America“ zum linken Flügel der Demokraten. 2021 zog er für seinen Wahlkreis im New Yorker Stadtteil Queens ins Parlament des Bundesstaats New York ein.

02.11.2025 - 16:17 [ NPR.org ]

Mamdani‘s youth support goes beyond New York. For many, he‘s now a national leader

Zohran Mamdani sits with attendees to watch „The Cost of Living Classic“ soccer tournament on October 19, 2025 in New York City.

01.11.2025 - 16:01 [ ZohranForNYC.com ]

Zohran for New York City

Zohran Mamdani is running for Mayor to lower the cost of living for working class New Yorkers.

18.10.2025 - 14:00 [ NoKings.org ]

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.

18.10.2025 - 13:58 [ NPR.org ]

No Kings protests: What to expect at Saturday‘s marches around the country

No Kings organizers estimated that more than 5 million people turned out for the June protests. They speculate that Saturday‘s event could be even bigger.

28.09.2025 - 20:59 [ ZohranForNYC.com ]

Zohran for New York City

Zohran Mamdani is running for Mayor to lower the cost of living for working class New Yorkers.

28.09.2025 - 20:48 [ Fox5 New York ]

Live: Eric Adams drops out of NYC mayor’s race after insisting he’d stay the course

(today)

NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has abruptly dropped out of the 2025 mayoral race, just days after insisting he would not succumb to political pressure and declaring himself the only candidate strong enough to defeat Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.

28.09.2025 - 20:44 [ New York Times ]

New York City Mayoral Election 2025: Latest Polls

(September 27, 2025)

These are the latest polls of the New York City mayoral election.

27.09.2025 - 21:27 [ Jacobin ]

Kamala Harris Thinks Trump Is a “Communist.” That’s Insane.

The contrast between this and the “Fighting Oligarchy” message could hardly be starker. Where Sanders and AOC have been crisscrossing the country promoting the message that Trump should be rejected because he’s a servant of wealthy and powerful “titans of industry,” Harris wants to appeal to the oligarchs themselves to save us from the “communist” Trump.

California governor Gavin Newsom recently took a similar line. In his appearance on the Pivot podcast, Newsom responded to host Kara Swisher’s question about Mamdani by bringing up Trump’s deal with Intel, whereby the government agreed to buy almost 10 percent of the company’s stock.

Mamdani and Trump, the governor suggested, weren’t so different. Newsom said it “sounds like Trump’s been paying a lot of attention to” Mamdani, given Trump’s “desire to socialize great American companies.” Just like Mamdani wants to start a few municipally owned grocery stores in New York, Trump wants to do something similar, Newsom contended, through public ownership of a slice of Intel. According to Newsom, it’s “just perverse” that someone like Mamdani could be “shaping the Democratic Party in the context of the socialist brand” when Democrats should be pointing out every day that Trump “is the leading nationalist and socialist of our time.”

18.09.2025 - 15:44 [ Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator for Vermont ]

It Is Genocide

Hamas, a terrorist organization, began this war with its brutal attack on October 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 innocent people and took 250 hostages. Israel, as any other country, had a right to defend itself from Hamas.

But, over the last two years, Israel has not simply defended itself against Hamas. Instead, it has waged an all-out war against the entire Palestinian people. Many legal experts have now concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The International Association of Genocide Scholars concluded that “Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide.” The Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel have reached the same conclusion, as have international groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

Just yesterday, an independent commission of experts appointed by the United Nations echoed this finding. These experts concluded that: “It is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”

I agree.

03.09.2025 - 15:14 [ NPR.org ]

Appeals court blocks Trump‘s use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans

The ruling barred the use of the act in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, which fall under the Fifth Circuit‘s purview. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Justice Department will almost certainly appeal to the wider appeals court or the Supreme Court.

25.08.2025 - 21:37 [ New York Times ]

New York’s Most Powerful Democrat Hasn’t Endorsed Mamdani. Yet.

(August 14, 2025)

The governor is not alone in her hesitancy. Prominent Democrats from New York — including the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer; Senator Kirsten Gillibrand; and the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries — have not made an endorsement in the race. Of the 10 House Democrats in New York City, only four have endorsed Mr. Mamdani.

Like House Democrats, Ms. Hochul is facing re-election next year, potentially against Representative Elise Stefanik, a top Republican supporter of President Trump. Some political observers think that an enthusiastic endorsement of Mr. Mamdani could hurt the governor in more conservative areas of the state.

29.07.2025 - 22:11 [ Freedom Flotilla Coalition / Youtube ]

HANDALA SOS – CHRISTIAN SMALLS

SOS! The crew on ‚Handala‘ have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.

Chris Smalls is a citizen of the U.S.

Tag the U.S. Department of State NOW:
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio

FB: @U.S. Department of State

Instagram: @statedept @secrubio

29.07.2025 - 22:06 [ LA Progressive ]

Black Lives Matter Grassroots Vehemently Condemns Israel’s Kidnapping of Chris Smalls

Black Lives Matter Grassroots demands:

– The immediate release of Chris Smalls and all captured activists.
– The immediate end to the engineered famine and deliberate starving of the people in Gaza.
– An end to labor complicity with genocide.

We are asking all workers and people who believe in working class power to:

– Call the state department and demand the release of all those captured on the Freedom Flotilla.
– Email your Congressmembers asking them to demand the release of our people.
– Actively boycott pro-Israel companies.
– Pass resolutions and make official statements calling for an end to the genocide in Palestine.
– Raise awareness to the deliberate mass starvation, engineered famine, and genocide by making posts, engaging in political education, and disrupting spaces of complicity.

29.07.2025 - 21:58 [ NewRepublic.com ]

Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls

Meanwhile, there’s not a peep from mainstream media in the U.S.

27.07.2025 - 00:46 [ Freedom Flotilla Coalition / Youtube ]

Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls Boards Boat to Gaza

(July 21, 2025)

Amazon Labor Union leader Chris Smalls is on the ‚Handala‘, the 37th ship to challenge Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza. Amazon has invested billions in intelligence like the Nimbus project, used for the surveillance and targeting of Palestinians.

Chris shares that “…an injury to one is injury to all,” calling on labor unions worldwide to fulfill their responsibility: to be the shield for the working class, which includes protecting Palestinian people, and urges unions to stop their shipments of arms to Israel, fuelling their genocide in Gaza.

“We come with baby food, toys, medicine, and hope — not just for Gaza, but for the future of our children in America back at home. The world is watching.”

14.07.2025 - 22:20 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Senators Bernie Sanders, Peter Welch and Chris Van Hollen in Solidarity with Odeh

(16 hours ago)

“We strongly condemn the effort to expel MK Ayman Odeh from the Israeli Knesset,” the US senators said. “If Israel is going to call itself a democracy, it must tolerate peaceful dissent.” The senators linked the expulsion effort to Odeh’s calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, an end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and a political solution between Israelis and Palestinians.

“For over a decade, MK Odeh has been a leading advocate for peace, justice, and Jewish-Arab partnership,” they said. “The current expulsion effort is a direct response to MK Odeh’s outspoken and brave calls.” The lawmakers described the move as sending “a chilling message to millions of Palestinian citizens of Israel: that their representation is conditional and their rights revocable.” “We stand in solidarity with MK Odeh and with the right of all lawmakers, Arab and Jewish, to speak freely and without fear of political retribution,” they said.

10.07.2025 - 00:27 [ Politico.com ]

Zohran Mamdani leads general election poll for NYC mayor

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani holds a 10 point lead over Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s general election for mayor, while incumbent Mayor Eric Adams trails in fourth place behind Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, according to a new poll.

03.07.2025 - 00:40 [ WION.com ]

Trump to use Communist Control Act against Zohran Mamdani? Here‘s what it means – is his deportation possible?

(June 27, 2025)

As Zohran Mamdani wins the Democratic primary in mayoral polls in New York, some Republicans are calling on Donald Trump’s administration to revoke his citizenship and deport him from the country or use the Communist Control Act of 1954 against him. Mamdani became a US citizen in 2018.

03.07.2025 - 00:30 [ USA Today ]

Donald Trump threatens to arrest NYC mayoral Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani

(July 1, 2025)

Trump threatened to arrest Mamdani if as mayor he follows through on pledges not to assist federal officials enforcing immigration laws.

“Well then, we’ll have to arrest him,” Trump told reporters on July 1 while visiting a detention center in Florida. Trump said that he would “be watching over him very carefully on behalf of the nation.”

Trump also said „a lot of people are saying he‘s here illegally,“ which is false. Mamdani is a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Uganda, who immigrated to the United States with his parents − film director Mira Nair and Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani − at the age of seven.

26.06.2025 - 04:32 [ New York Intelligencer ]

Brad Lander Is the Happiest Loser

In the last few days of this race, you spoke often about your alliance with Mamdani, saying “Jewish New Yorkers and Muslim New Yorkers are not going to be divided.” What has it been like for you to promote this example of solidarity between the two of you at a time when many have sought to drive a wedge between these two communities?

The year and a half plus since October 7 has been excruciating. I am a proud Jewish New Yorker, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in city government, and these issues matter a lot to me. Watching surging antisemitism culminating in these horrific incidents in D.C. and Boulder has been really frightening. I’ve talked to a lot of Jewish New Yorkers who are anxious. For me, that’s always gone along with believing in equal humanity. We have this Jewish term, b’tzelem Elohim. That means everyone’s equally created in God’s image. Palestinian kids in Gaza deserve just as much safety and opportunity to thrive as my kids do.