DSA leaders tapping into Mandani's popularity to push ‘abolition' of traditional family

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Zohran Mamdani's twisted comrades at the Democratic Socialists of America pushed for the 'abolition' of the traditional family at their annual conference, called marriage and sex work 'two sides of the same coin' and proclaimed abortions should be done in churches.
Panelists at the 'Socialism 2025' conference last month in Chicago did victory laps over Mamdani's June win in the Democratic primary for NYC mayor, repeatedly touting his lefty agenda over the four-day commie-fest, video of the event shows.
Speakers at 'The Left and the Family' seminar ignored the Uganda-born Mamdani's ultra-privileged upbringing by his Hollywood-director mom and radical Columbia University dad, all while parroting central tenets of Marxist ideology to the audience — that the nuclear family is inherently repressive, racist, sexist and promotes capitalism.
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'In addition to the abolition of family policing [government-run child protective services], we argue for abolition of the family in general and say that the institution of the family acts as part of the carceral system in that it reinforces children as property,' said panelist Olivia Katbi, co-chair of the DSA in Portland, Ore.
5 Zohran Mamdani's comrades rallied for an end of the traditional family at an annual conference — with twisted members of the Democratic Socialists of America calling marriage and sex work 'two sides of the same coin.'
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Eman Abdelhadi, another panelist who is also an assistant professor at University of Chicago's Department of Comparative Human Development, said many fellow lefties are 'surprised at how few people are ready for revolt.'
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5 (Left to Right) Eman Abdelhadi, a University of Chicago assistant professor; Brooklyn writer Emily Janakiram; and Portland DSA co-chair Olivia Katbi speaking at the 'Socialism 2025' conference in Chicago last month.
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'When we talk about family abolition…we're talking about the abolition of the economic unit,' she said. 'It is a horizon … in which all of our material needs are taken care of by the collective.'
Abbelhadi is also the co-author of a 2022 fictional book 'Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072' that offers a utopian vision of a future Big Apple thriving on socialism following the collapse of capitalism in the 2050s.
5 NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mandami (center) celebrates winning Democratic primary in June with (left to right0 mother Mira Nair, wife Rama Duwaji and father Mahmood Mamdani.
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Emily Janakiram, a Brooklyn-based writer and organizer for New York City for Abortion Rights, spent much of her time on the panel ripping the sanctity of marriage – a bedrock Marxist belief — while failing to mention Mamdani, 33, recently celebrated his wedding to artist Rama Duwaii, 27, with a lavish, three-day affair at his family's ritzy, secluded Ugandan compound.
'The only real difference between marriage and prostitution is the price and the duration of the contract,' barked Janakiram, who admitted once marrying to score a woman a green card.
'Sex work and marriage can't exist without each other — they're two sides of the same coin,' she claimed.
5 Portland DSA co-chair Olivia Katbi and Katie Gibson, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, speaking at 'Socialism 2025' conference.
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The panel — all of whom wore COVID masks and practicing social distancing — included Katie Gibson, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago.
The group took questions from the audience, including one man who bizarrely boasted he wanted to perform abortions in the House of God.
'I'm also a Baptist minister, and on that revolutionary horizon, I want to perform abortions at a church before it's all said and done,' said the man, who identified himself as a DSA member from Austin, TX, named 'Steve.'
Members of the panel nodded their heads in agreement as he spoke.
5 Members of the Uganda Special Forces Command monitor gate movement at the Mamdani family home in Buziga on July 24 during a gala bash celebrating Zohran Mamdani's February marriage to Rama Duwaii. The elite unit is routinely tasked with conducting high-stakes missions — not offering security for parties.
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Stu Smith, an investigative analyst with the Manhattan Institute, said Mamdani's Democratic primary win had DSA members feeling so cocky at the conference that many think they can 'burn the whole house down.'
'I think they're drunk on the aspect that they might actually get to be in power of the greatest city on earth,' he told The Post. 'They think they've already won, and they're completely willing to say whatever they want to say now. I think a lot of them are emboldened.'
Smith also said the DSA's anti-family message at the conference runs counter to Mamdani's lavish lifestyle.
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'He's a nepo baby from a traditional family — but then he wants to distribute the wealth while also just having a luxury wedding,' said Smith, who shared video of the seminar on X. 'It's just another example of him being a massive hypocrite.
Mamdani's campaign did not return messages.
Councilman Robert Holden, a moderate Queens Democrat, said the panelists' remarks should serve as a warning to all NYC residents of the threat Mamdani poses to traditional American values.
'Zohran Mamdani and his allies in the DSA are openly laying out their radical 'Project DSA 2026' agenda for state-run families, indoctrinating our children, and dismantling the very fabric of our society,' he said. 'This is exactly why we must defeat Mamdani and ensure he never gets anywhere near Gracie Mansion or City Hall.'