Zohran Mamdani did not attend the conference in Chicago, but describes himself as a Democratic socialist and has previously embraced radical left-wing policies such as ending private homeownership in favor of communal living. (Heather Khalifa/The Associated Press)
"Socialism 2025 is a four-day conference bringing together thousands of socialists and radical activists from around the country to take part in discussions about social movements, abolition, Marxism, decolonization, working-class history, and the debates and strategies for organizing today," the conference touts on its website.
Fox News Digital provided Mamdani's office with a bullet-point list of six quotes and platforms promoted at the event, including one woman who identified herself as a Wisconsin high school teacher calling for youths to be "radicalized" before they enter college.
"All of you who got radicalized in college, imagine if you got radicalized four years earlier," the woman, who was a member of the audience, was heard saying during the conference.
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Another Chicago-based activist who spoke during a panel called for the U.S. government to be overthrown.
"I think it’s important to say the state isn’t democratic. We don’t live in a democracy. We should start saying that more so. I mean, there are so many different ways — I’m not going to go into it — but people are clapping, so there’s general agreement. I’m glad we agree on that," the activist said during a panel Saturday called, "Their End is Our Beginning: Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition," which receive applause from the crowd.
President Donald Trump has slammed Mamdani as a "Communist Lunatic" and vowed he would "save New York City." (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
Mamdani trounced top NYC mayoral competitor and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the polls in June. Mamdani's victory is viewed as the Democrat Party moving farther to the left in New York City after national voters sounded off in the 2024 election that the party's embrace of some left-wing policies alienated Americans.
President Donald Trump has slammed Mamdani as a "Communist Lunatic" and vowed he would "save New York City."
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"As President of the United States, I’m not going to let this Communist Lunatic destroy New York," Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier in July. "Rest assured, I hold all the levers, and have all the cards. I’ll save New York City, and make it 'Hot' and 'Great' again, just like I did with the Good Ol’ USA!"
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