Zack Polanski had the chance to show real leadership. He blew it | Rafael Behr
A toxic debate over anti-Zionism leaves the Green leader looking like a passenger in the movement that carried him to the top When Donald Trump calls…
The Guardian reports that a toxic debate over anti-Zionism leaves the Green leader looking like a passenger in the movement that carried him to the top When Donald Trump calls someone a socialist he is not using the word in the same way that, say, Zohran Mamdani does.
The mayor of New York espouses democratic socialism as a mission of equitable distribution of wealth and opportunity.
This politics story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Zack Polanski, Rafael Behr and Zohran Mamdani.
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