The Dig: Organizing Zohran’s NYC w/ Alina Shen and Fahd Ahmed
Jacobin Radio · May 7, 2026 · 2:16:26
Jacobin Radio · May 7, 2026 · 2:16:26
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Featuring Alina Shen and Fahd Ahmed on organizing working-class Asian New Yorkers into Zohran Mamdani’s campaign and then building power under a democratic socialist mayor. A discussion with two of New York’s most talented community leaders on building mass bases and struggling through the contradictions of wielding state power — including with regard to the NYPD.
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