The Left Sees Their Moment in Mamdani's Rise

Standing in the lobby of the art deco theater where Zohran Mamdani held a raucous rally last week, just hours after Hamas released Israeli hostages as part of a ceasefire deal, the organizer was dressed like this: a black T-shirt with the phrase "Return to the earth" at the top of a circle, "Democratic Socialists of America" at the bottom, a Palestinian flag in the middle.