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Published 31 July 2026 ยท politics
Leftwing Democrats are having their moment in the sun, with Zohran Mamdani in New York, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and endless calls for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Leftwing Democrats are having their moment in the sun, with Zohran Mamdani in New York, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and endless calls for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president in 2028.
Has Democratic socialism shifted from the political fringe to the mainstream? And can this group lure back the all-important swing voters? Jonathan Freedland speaks to Bhaskar Sunkara,
president of the Nation magazine, founding editor of Jacobin and author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequalities Archive:
AP, Reuters Watch Jonathan Freedland on our new Politics Weekly YouTube channel Send your questions and feedback to politicsweeklyamerica@theguardian.com Help support the Guardian. Go to theguardian.com/politicspodus Continue reading...
Published: July 31, 2026 โข 9:30 AM IST ยท Updated: July 31, 2026 โข 10:09 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
Key points
Leftwing Democrats are having their moment in the sun, with Zohran Mamdani in New York, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and endless calls for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president in 2028. Has Democratic socialism shifted from the political fringe to the mainstream?
And can this group lure back the all-important swing voters?
Jonathan Freedland speaks to Bhaskar Sunkara, president of the Nation magazine, founding editor of Jacobin and author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequalities Archive: AP, Reuters Watch Jonathan Freedland on our new Politics Weekly YouTube channel Send your questions and feedback to politicsweeklyamerica@theguardian.com Help support the Guardian.
Go to theguardian.com/politicspodus Continue reading...