549. Mamdani’s Wrecking Ball and the Rise of Anti-Migrant Vigilantes
7/1/202645 min
Is Zohran Mamdani becoming much more than a mayor and effectively running a shadow presidential campaign through the candidates he's backing? How significant is Australia’s new centrist party and could something similar be done in the UK? Are the anti-migrant protests and vigilantes in South Africa unique to the region, or part of a global populist pattern of scapegoating migrants for the failures of politics?
Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more in this week's edition of Question Time.
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First 90 secondsRory Stewart· Host0:00
How does an opposition party define its identity after it loses? That's the question hanging over American politics this week. Zohran Mamdani has suddenly become much more than a mayor. Every congressional candidate he endorsed won, including two who unseated incumbent Democrats. Some people think it's proof that the Democratic Party is now moving decisively left. But I think the more interesting question is whether New York is telling us anything at all about voters and the midterms. And this week, one of the questions we've received is whether Mamdani is the future of the Democratic Party or in reality, a gift to the Republicans and Trump. The answer could determine the future of the United States. This episode is powered by Fuse Energy.
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