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Sunday, September 6
 

12:00pm CDT

The Muslim Left, NYC, and Zohran Mamdani’s Victory
Sunday September 6, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Huron
The historic victory of Afro-Asian Muslim socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in NYC in 2025 was won in part by the NYC Muslim community, which mobilized in mass and has birthed an anti-imperialist ecosocialist Muslim Left. This panel will share and explore the ideological and organizational underpinnings of this new political formation as well as reflect upon the messy grappling with contradictions that comes with building counter-hegemonic power.
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Ashik Siddique

Ashik Siddique is national co-chair of Democratic Socialists of America, and has served on DSA's National Political Committee since 2021. He has organized with DSA’s campaign for Bernie in 2020, for campaigns against the climate crisis and for labor rights, with protests at the... Read More →
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Iskander Abbasi

Iskander Abbasi, PhD scholar of Islamic liberation theology and ecosocialism at Fordham University.
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Asad Dandia

Asad Dandia, local Muslim activist, Brooklyn Borough Historian and radical NYC tour guide leader.
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Aber Kawas

Aber Kawas is a Palestinian-American organizer from NYC. She has worked in community and movement organizations fighting for racial and economic justice across NYC and the country since she was a teenager.
Sunday September 6, 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Huron
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