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A revived video of Zoharan Mamdani, a candidate from New York City Mayor, advocates “seizing the means of production”, has put a cold through a part of the Communist refugees. Toi could not verify the authenticity of the video independently.However, Mamdani has clearly rejected him claims of being a communist, and described herself as a “democratic socialist”.“I call myself a democratic socialist, in many ways, inspired by the words of [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.] Decades ago, those who said, “Call it democracy or call it democratic socialism: There should be better distribution of wealth for all children of God in this country,” he told NBC.
What does viral video clip say?
According to the New York Post, in a clip revived from the 2021 young Democratic Socialist of America Conference, Mammadani says that the “this entire project” is not only aimed at raising class awareness, but also to achieve socialism and choose leaders who are “unpublished” about it.He admits that socialist strongly supports some reasons – such as boycott, partition, and restrictions against Israel, as well as the final objective of seizing the means of production – may be unpopular now, they are still worth moving forward.“This is important for the way we organize, the way we establish ourselves, you know, set our work and our priorities that we do not leave any one issue for the other; we are not even a moment and only see what people are ready for, but we meet both of them, which we are doing right and also ensure what is right.
What did the Communist refugees say?
Calling it a “unsuccessful and dangerous government model”, former Brooklyn Counselor and Communist refugee Ari Kagan wrote on X, “After the Red October Socialist Revolution in 1917, the Bolsheviks seized the means of production, removed the owners of the business or killed business, ended freedom and did not consider private farms and food storage.”“This is very cold to hear. It is dangerous and scary. Most of the new Yorkers must reject this man, ”he told NYP.Calling it “out of the Communist Playbook of Carl Marx”, representative Nicole Mallioticis, whose mother fled from Communist rule established in Cuba by Fidel Castro, said, “In all his leftist rhetoric, this is the most scary thing that Mamdani has said and it is directly out of the Communist Playbook of Carl Marx.”Nicole said, “My mother ran away from a country that ‘seized the means of production’ and now my relatives have no medicine in Cuba, no property and rice and beans are ration and beans.”Meanwhile, Brooklyn Councilvuman Inna Vernikov, who was born in the Soviet-controlled Ukraine, accused Mamdani of hiding his true political beliefs.The post said, “This is why Zoharan’s entire song ‘Democratic Socialism’ is a pure deception in any way about communism.” “All of us who grew up under communism are all well known. The countries of our household were destroyed by ideas that were dressed in a pleasant, motivational packaging,” he said.
