From New York, this is Democracy Now.

The sun may have set over our city this evening.

But as Eugene Debs once said, I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.

In this Democracy Now special, we look at the rise of New York mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani,

the Democratic Socialist, who's set to become New York's first Muslim and first South Asian mayor,

after pulling off what Senator Bernie Sanders called one of the great political upsets in modern American history.

We'll spend the hour hearing Mamdani in his own words and look at the grassroots coalition

that helped propel him to victory.

So hear me, President Trump when I say this, to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.

All that and more coming up.

This is Democracy Now. Democracy Now.org, the war and peace report. I'm Amy Goodman. In this Democracy Now special,

we look at the rise of New York mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani. A November 4th, he made history by winning

the race to become the next mayor of New York City. The Democratic Socialist is the first

Muslim and first person of South Asian

dissent elected to lead the largest city in the United States. At 34 years old, he's also the

youngest person elected to the office in over a century. His meteoric rise from a little-known

state assembly member to his stunning upset over former Governor

Andrew Cuomo has sent shockwaves through the Democratic Party.

Today we spend the hour hearing Zoran Mamdani in his own words and look at the grassroots

campaign behind him.

Mamdani was born in Uganda and moved to New York as a child.

His parents are the acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair and Columbia University professor Mahmoud Mahmdani.

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