Move comes after rightwing Republican accuses New York City mayoral candidate of concealing support for ‘terrorism’

Move comes after rightwing Republican accuses New York City mayoral candidate of concealing support for ‘terrorism’

The Trump administration has raised the possibility of stripping Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate for New York City, of his US citizenship as part of a crackdown against foreign-born citizens convicted of certain offences.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, appeared to pave the way for an investigation into Mamdani’s status after Andy Ogles, a rightwing Republican representative for Tennessee, called for his citizenship to be revoked on the grounds that he may have concealed his support for “terrorism” during the naturalization process.

Mamdani, 33, who was born in Uganda to ethnic Indian parents, became a US citizen in 2018 and has attracted widespread media attention – and controversy – over his vocal support for Palestinian rights.

    • grue@lemmy.world
      98·
      29 days ago

      If they do this, it is further confirmation that we are actually living in a fascist state.

    • Allemaniac@lemmy.world
      394·
      29 days ago

      THAT’s the trigger point where you will accept that you live in a fascist country?? Have you been asleep since january?

      • Raltoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        40·
        29 days ago

        Long story short is that America has literally been going through “First they came for …” for months now.

        I can already see the headlines from later this year and the next, about how “no one could see it coming” and “why didn’t anyone warn me(better)”. You can actually just go to communities making fun of pro-brexit folk and see the same quotes from them afterwards.

        • Tinidril@midwest.socialEnglish
          22·
          29 days ago

          Months. Did you somehow miss black lives matter? The rapid growth of the prison industrial complex? This is just the explosive conclusion to a pattern that was well underway long before Trump.

    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
      361·
      29 days ago

      We better start preparing for a stronger resistance now while we still can.

      1. find local communities and get involved to make connections
      2. We can effect things drastically with a general strike. This targets the establishment’s income streams, and can bring a fascist government to its knees if done on a large enough scale.
      3. Contact a union and attempt to unionize your workplace so that the general strike is even more effective (plus, ya know, better pay and working conditions as a bonus!)

      This method would not only work in the US, but anywhere in the world.

      Union Suggestions:

      1. Continuing to participate in publicly visible resistance demonstrations like 50501 (the next one is July 17th) to encourage others to stand up with you and prove to that there are millions of others who will join them in the fight. A large part of Nazi Germany’s success in taking over the country was a lack of massive public demonstrations against the new regime, making people feel helpless and afraid to take a stand.

      If we put in the work, we can resist this and we can win. Look at how effective these methods were when used in Chile in 2019.. If we completely reject the political system and rebel on a mass scale, there is NOTHING they can do to stop us.

      • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
        8·
        29 days ago

        ASF-IWA:

        We do not seek the conquest of political power, but rather the total abolition of all state functions in the life of society. Hence we reject all parliamentary activity and other collaboration with legislative bodies.

        uhhhh no thanks. they’re never going to actually get anything done

        • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
          8·
          29 days ago

          If you’d prefer a more standard union, there’s quite a few to choose from. The United Workers Union looks to be alright.

          An issue with more ‘standard’ unions is that they are often centralized with leaders that can become corporate captured, and thus begin to actually work in the interests of the capital owners to only achieve modest or lackluster gains from negotiations or strikes. They also often don’t have a particular interest in truly changing the status quo, such as working toward building up popular movements to challenge capitalism itself, instead only hoping for a wage increase so they can continue as usual, with a little more breathing room.

          The ASF-IWA doesn’t demand that their members don’t vote in political elections, only that as an entity, they’re more focused on direct-action instead of waiting for permission from a corporate captured system.

          But in the end, joining any union is still a win in my book.

      • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        29 days ago

        I might be a downer but T still has many supporters/apologists. I believe that things will start to change only when those people become vocal against him. Until that happens resistors will start populating the camps next to the “illegals”.

        • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
          5·
          29 days ago

          A lack of resistance now will only guarantee a quick decent into Russian style authoritarianism. We resist now, or wait years or potentially decades for it to crumble and break.

          The 50501 resistance movements have already shown us that there are millions who will openly resist. The military parade showed hundreds of slouched out of step soldiers, who would only do so if they disapproved. Trump only barely won the election.

          Does he have supporters still? Of course, a wide amount of brainwashed people are were caught in that trap, and it will take a great deal of hardship for them to come out of that cult.

          But just as many are not. Just as many are awake to what is happening. It may decent into civil war, and I think it’d prudent to be ready for that possibility, but hopefully it won’t come to that.

          But don’t wait for a mass movement to make it safe for you to stand up, or you may never stand up.