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New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has handed the organisation that backed him, the Democratic Socialists of America, the biggest electoral win in its 43-year history.
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Ginia Bellafante
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NEW YORK – Claiming victory as New York City’s next mayor on Nov 4, Mr Zohran Mamdani began his speech with a reference to Eugene Debs, the 19th-century labour leader and politician who stood as the long-time oracular voice of American socialism.
It is a role that now falls to Mr Mamdani, who has handed the organisation that backed him, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the biggest electoral win in its 43-year history
