‘A historic victory’: our panel reacts to Zohran Mamdani’s triumph | Panel

Our panelists discuss what Zohran Mamdani's victory in the mayoral race means for New York and beyond

Set aside for a moment the interminable back and forth over whether Zohran Mamdani represents the future of the Democratic party. This much is beyond dispute: Mamdani represents the immediate future of New York City, America's largest town and the financial capital of the world.

Osita Nwanevu is a columnist at Guardian US and the author of The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding

Judith Levine is Brooklyn-based journalist, essayist and author of five books. Her Substack is Today in Fascism

Malaika Jabali is a columnist at Guardian US

Bhaskar Sunkara is the president of the Nation, the founding editor of Jacobin, and the author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in An Era of Extreme Inequalities