Tag: New York City

Gaza Deals Blow to Democrats in NYC Primaries

Three candidates backed by the New York City mayor won after campaigning for Medicare for All, affordable housing, stronger union protections and opposing Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians, Jake Johnson reports. 

Patrick Lawrence: Sun Valley vs. Queensbridge

In New York City, the battle has been joined between Democratic Party elites and the voters they are increasingly committed to suppressing, between money and  democratic process, between power and the forces for change.