| | By Made by History / Produced by Olivia B. Waxman | Zohran Mamdani has captured national attention with his recent primary win in New York City's mayoral race. As a Democratic Socialist, Mamdani's campaign platform focuses on lowering costs and improving daily life for working-class residents, a message which resonated with Democratic voters. | As historian Andrew Morris reminds us in Made by History, Mamdani's rise harks back to another unexpected socialist victory—George Lunn's 1911 election as mayor of Schenectady. Addressing the concerns of a working-class population of a rapidly industrializing city, Lunn challenged establishment politics and promised city-run services and honest, accountable government. While Lunn faced difficulties in fully implementing all his policies, he still delivered significant improvements for the city, including expanding public health services, reducing the price of coal, and improving the city's infrastructure. Despite resistance from establishment politicians, Lunn remained focused on improving the lives of ordinary people, a model he maintained over decades of public service. Lunn's story offers lessons for Mamdani: bold ideas, when paired with tangible results, can allow even unlikely candidates to shape lasting change. | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | This week in 1996: Prince William |  | The July 22, 1996, cover of TIME |
| Boris Artzybasheff |
| "Last Friday the announcement came of a final divorce settlement between the Prince and Princess of Wales. Diana gets a generous financial deal and retains several privileges, although not the right to style herself as Her Royal Highness. Charles rids himself of the difficult, crowd-pleasing woman he married in what seems another age. But while Charles and Diana's legal ties are being severed, they are still joined by their children, and whatever their failures as husband and wife, they seem to have made a success of their roles as father and mother. If the Waleses have damaged the monarchy terribly, they may also have provided its salvation in William, the bright, likable prince just emerging into young manhood and just beginning to capture the public's imagination. As the divorce brings one act of the royal drama to an end, another one begins, with a fresh and appealing star." |
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| | This week in 2008: Nelson Mandela |  | The July 21, 2008, cover of TIME |
| TIME |
| "He would gather half a dozen men, Ramaphosa, Thabo Mbeki (who is now the South African President) and others around the dining-room table or sometimes in a circle in his driveway. Some of his colleagues would shout at him–to move faster, to be more radical–and Mandela would simply listen. When he finally did speak at those meetings, he slowly and methodically summarized everyone's points of view and then unfurled his own thoughts, subtly steering the decision in the direction he wanted without imposing it. The trick of leadership is allowing yourself to be led too. 'It is wise,' he said, 'to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.'" |
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| This week in 2015: Elizabeth Warren |  | The July 20, 2015, cover of TIME |
| Marco Grob |
| "Into this vacuum, a new Democratic faction has emerged, led by Warren...When she headlined the annual Connecticut state party dinner in June, more people came than at any time since Obama spoke in 2006. Her message, repeated with precision, is that both Republicans and Democrats have misread the economic challenge and been co-opted by the forces of greed. 'The pressure on the middle class is not simply a natural force,' she says. 'It is the result of deliberate decisions made by the leaders of this country.' America's enemy, in other words, lurks within. 'This is not a top-vs.-bottom story,' she continues. 'This is a top-and-everyone-else story. This is a 90-10 story.'" |
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