Applying this to Mamdani, his government could be a great moment to push for reforms from the left by organising, and intensify class conflict whenever his reforms get pushback from the ruling classes.
The key to this is supporting Mamdani’s more radical reforms (i.e. those that genuinely help the working class) while not supporting the Democratic party and its institutions. Support “Mamdani the Radical Reformer” and “Mamdani the Agitator”, not “Mamdani the Democrat”.
As communists we must maintain our own independent political organizations that are unapologetically led by the working class and for the working class, and which exist wholly outside of the bourgeois parties. Anything less is entryism and doomed to fail. First and foremost this should be seen as an opportunity for agitation and propaganda, for showing workers what they can demand and what they can achieve through organizing outside of bourgeois structures.
The key to this is supporting Mamdani’s more radical reforms (i.e. those that genuinely help the working class) while not supporting the Democratic party and its institutions. Support “Mamdani the Radical Reformer” and “Mamdani the Agitator”, not “Mamdani the Democrat”.
As communists we must maintain our own independent political organizations that are unapologetically led by the working class and for the working class, and which exist wholly outside of the bourgeois parties. Anything less is entryism and doomed to fail. First and foremost this should be seen as an opportunity for agitation and propaganda, for showing workers what they can demand and what they can achieve through organizing outside of bourgeois structures.