RSH 145 -- This Week In America Sucks Ass (7.23.2025)

In this free episode, Peter and Adam talk about the Zohran Mamdani mayoral primary win in New York City, Mamdani and Black voters in New York City, the DSA’s long-time issue with (not) addressing Black issues, and how the social democratic Left can reach Black people politically. (Recorded July 5, 2025) 

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Links, research related to episode: 

• Why Young Men Don’t Like The Democrats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awU5f07rh2Y 
• Young Gen Z is more conservative and Trump-friendly, while older Zoomers are more progressive https://www.vox.com/politics/414266/republican-conservative-two-gen-z-young-voter-trumpier-progressive 
• Mamdani Triumphed Without a Majority of Black Voters. Where Does That Leave Them? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/politics/mamdani-black-voters-democrats.html 
• Use of ‘African-American’ Dates to Nation’s Early Days https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/21/arts/use-of-african-american-dates-to-nations-early-days.html 
• Mamdani’s Train is Running But Blacks Wonder if There is Space for Them https://www.blackagendareport.com/mamdanis-train-running-blacks-wonder-if-there-space-them   
• Mamdani won millennial voters of all races https://x.com/OwenWntr/status/1937812968634253501 
• Mamdani is polling much better than Cuomo (as of now) among many demographics, including Black voters https://www.michaellange.nyc/p/four-months-to-november; https://x.com/MichaelLangeNYC/status/1942997260226248784/photo/1  

 

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Peter MGunn – bass guitar 

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Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn.