I'm baaack!!! and today I'm diving into Zohran Mamdani's platform and campaign which has given me a surprising amount of renewed hope for the future of American politics, if we can stay focused on resistance, revolution, and harm reduction.

SOURCES:

1. NYTimes on Zohran: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/what-is-democratic-socialism.html
2. Zohran's Platform: https://web.archive.org/web/20250701190438/https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform
3. Who's afraid of socialism? https://ips-dc.org/whos-afraid-of-socialism/
4. The DSA’s “What is Democratic Socialism?” https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/what-is-democratic-socialism/
5. Britannica's Democratic Socialism: https://www.britannica.com/topic/democratic-socialism
6. Democratic Socialist Public Officials: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_Socialists_of_America_public_officeholders

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