It has been a real pleasure to watch so many Americans enjoy what might just be a pivotal moment in American politics, with the victory of Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim and South Asian to win the office of mayor of New York.

In a joyous interview with former Democrat labor secretary Robert Reich last week, Mamdani (that’s MAMDANI – which he spelt out loud and proud when opponents repeatedly mispronounced his name) said that if you treat young people with the respect they deserve, they will join with you. And he was right. He campaigned on the cost of living and took joy in his richly multicultural city, he stood up on Palestine and made peace with many of the city’s Jewish voters.

Reich labelled him the future of the Democratic Party.

But what happened is bigger than just one Democratic Socialist of South Asian descent. Reich put it this way: “Anti-Trump sentiment won the day, with near-record........

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