The People's Republic of Astoria

Tim Donovan

In 2018, ten strangers met in Astoria Park. Just seven years later, they’d elect the mayor. This is the story of a movement — from the inside. Winner of two Signal Awards. Before Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor, before the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) became a national force, there was a young bartender named Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a crazy idea: run for Congress. After Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic primary in 2016, a whole generation of young activists were newly trained in electoral organizing — people like AOC. Her upset victory in 2018 sparked a political revolution that would transform New York City’s politi...

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