Talked to somebody who was there and she said it was an spontaneous response that was angry.
Rather a typical political rally supporters at which supporters just boo the capacity crowd there of 13,000 people knew very distinctly that the Governor held the power to sign off on Mamdani’s platform to do so.
In that sense things in NYC are proceeding in a way not seen in a very long time. In other words the argument Occupy Wall St was making in 2011, that the 1% own the country and its elections, seems now to be becoming even more mainstream in the philosophy of the proles.
It’s easy to be cynical now, and there’s things to be concerned in this campaign. It’s not gonna be perfect. But man, you really do feel like something is afoot around these parts.
I think there’s huge upside in this election. Beyond the powerful symbolism of a Socialist being elected in the Financial Capitol of the World the potential of the success of real material transformation in people’s lives can and will reverberate around the world.
People ain’t playing anymore.
For some friendly skepticism, which parts of this suggest class consciousness?
If you talk to comrades on the ground who have been organizing for Mamdani, they will tell you all about how struggling with people for a cause that, at least in theory, is the manifestation of the working class taking action together to try and accomplish something that exerts their power and attempts to get something materially has been tremendous for developing class conscious locally.
It’s the act of striving for something better collectively that develops class consciousness.