David Broder – First We Took Manhattan, Then We Took Berlin
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The strategy behind Zohran Mamdani and Die Linke's victory in Berlin shows a campaign grammar that could transform the political dispute in Argentina: less dispersion, more discipline and a message capable of crossing different territories
David Broder – First We Took Manhattan, Then We Took Berlin
On Sunday, Germany’s socialist party Die Linke won the Berlin elections for the first time. Like New York’s Zohran Mamdani, it beat the establishment parties by offering Berliners concrete action on rents and the cost of living. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
<p style="margin-bottom:11px">Helena Ferro de Gouveia, commentator of CNN Portugal, reacts to the election results in Germany, highlighting the huge popular dissatisfaction with the cause of victories both of the extreme right and of the extreme left. The commentator highlights the program of Die Linke remembering that it should not be romanticized.</p>
Die Linke’s victory in Berlin is reminiscent of Zohrab Mamdani’s in New York: housing, young people and the cost of living were at the heart of both campaigns. Elif Erpal, however, must take the next step: turning the election victory into a government majority. Leonard Cohen put the two cities on the same page. Politics is now bringing them into the same conversation. First, New York elected mayor Zohrab Mamdani, a democratic socialist who made…
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