A Glimpse Of The Future In NYC – The Beginning Of The New York Commune
Since the election of Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor of New York City, his critics have continued to miss the true implications of this event. Even those who oppose Mamdani and understand that he is a Communist continue to talk in terms of what Mamdani can and cannot do within the framework of the law and the Constitution. They predict he will fail, be unable to achieve his objectives, and be exposed as a naïve, inexperienced charlatan.
Exactly when did revolutionary Communists ever confine themselves to working within the law?
Mamdani was elected, with extensive support from the Communist Chinese, Marxist-Leninist billionaires in our midst, and other creatures of the night, as the representative of a coalition of groups that fully intends to burn down the existing political, economic, and social order. They consider the United States to be a “prison nation” and an evil, oppressive construct. They do not want to reform it. They want to destroy it.
These groups will not limit their efforts to proposing changes to existing city ordinances. They will work outside the law. Mamdani will, at a minimum, stand aside and let them work.
If you want to see what that will look like on a small scale, read the press accounts of what just happened in Chinatown in New York City over the weekend. ICE agents gathered in preparation for raids to arrest illegal aliens in the area. Groups that track ICE agents’ movements in New York spread the word.
A crowd assembled, and violence ensued. NYPD officers responded. The ICE agents were forced to leave Manhattan while being pursued by hundreds of individuals who did not disperse until the officers entered the Lincoln Tunnel.
Afterward, the head of the NYPD, Jessica Tisch, spoke by phone with Special Agent Ricky Patel, the head of Homeland Security Investigations in Newark. Tisch was furious. She complained that ICE had put her officers in harm’s way and demanded an end to any such ICE activities in New York.
The New York City Police Commissioner blamed ICE for enforcing the law. Tisch has already agreed to stay on in the Mamdani administration.
This is what you can expect going forward. There is a universe of radical groups in New York City. They do not want reform. They want abolition. They want an end to policing. They want an end to incarceration. The man who rapes a woman and sets her on fire is not a criminal and an animal. He is oppressed. The system is the problem. It must be destroyed.
These groups include:
Vocal NY - “In the wake of righteous rage spreading across New York and the United States, we must demand divestment from law enforcement and investment in our communities: housing, care, social services, and public education. The institution of policing cannot create and maintain safety for Black, Brown, and poor communities. No amount of training, body cameras, or “reform” can protect us from the police.”
Action Network petition to which Vocal NY was a signatory.
Lisa Schreibersdorf, Executive Director of Brooklyn Defender Services.
Prominent members of these groups have already been named to Mamdani’s transition team.
This is how the Mamdani revolution is going to unfold. Direct action against law enforcement is going to escalate. Entire communities are going to declare themselves autonomous zones and to be self-policing. Officers trying to do their jobs are going to be confronted, assaulted, and ultimately, some of them are going to die.
The man in City Hall is not going to send in tactical teams or ask for the National Guard. One way or the other, he is going to side with those on the barricades. The City is going to slide into anarchy.
In 1871, following a disastrous war with Prussia, Paris, the capital of France, was rocked by a revolutionary movement that declared the independent Paris Commune, which did not answer to the national government. It took the French Army to retake the city and restore order. We may yet live to see the New York Commune emerge right here on our shores and be forced to take similar measures to regain control.
Trump must know what’s coming to his beloved NYC. I hope there is a Federal plan to intercede before the damage is irreversible.
It is a terrible reality that, in the U.S. of today, knowledgeable and deep thinkers like Faddis are relegated to the role of a modern Diogenes warning of the realities of a country gone berserk instead of being in a position to effect the changes needed to bring the country back from the brink. It is also a terrible reality that, in the U.S. of today, those in positions to effect those changes are incapable of doing so, lack the initiative to do so, or, worse, are profiting from the situation they've created.
While I pray that Faddis's prediction that the U.S. military may have to finally deal with an out of control NYC never materializes, another potentially deadly reality is that the U.S. military has been so neutered by the same idiocy that is driving NYC voters that it will be incapable of or unwilling to step in and rectify the situation. Think of the politicians who just advised the military that they should refuse illegal orders. That reminder, although accurate and already a part of the oath all members of the military and police departments take, was a deliberate shot across Trump's bow by venal politicians wrapping themselves in the flag of righteous indignation for the express purpose of heaping another pile of donkey dung on Trump's path to MAGA. If Trump or his successor were to order the military to intervene in NYC, the instantaneous reaction by those same venal politicians would be impeachment. Unfortunately, the situation could also be the final straw that fulfills Lincoln's chilling prediction that, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." As a senatorial candidate in 1858, Lincoln was correct in his prediction. The resulting Civil War proved that Americans are quite good at killing other Americans. Today's divided country would not only once again validate his prophecy, but the consequences would be exponentially more grievous.