The torch of American progressive history is being passed to a new generation: Corey Robin on Mamdani’s victory

Zohran Mamdani’s win as New York City’s Mayor is a triumph of a kind of democratic action that the country has not seen in a long time, says political theorist Corey Robin; he has made it very clear that the fight against authoritarianism and the fight for affordability are two sides of the same coin, Robin adds