Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s recent election victory has invigorated a new faction of the Communist Party in New York City. This group is actively encouraging the mayor to abandon the Democratic Party in favor of initiating a radical new political movement.
The Revolutionary Communists of America, a burgeoning organization, has hosted numerous events across New York City over the past month. Its leaders are urging the newly elected mayor to prioritize overthrowing capitalism by establishing a new political party centered around workers’ rights.
“Creating a mass workers’ party is a crucial step towards establishing a government led by workers,” explained a spokesperson for the group. Their manifesto calls upon the younger generation to play an active role in dismantling capitalism.
The group envisions a workers’ government that would introduce transformative policies, including free universal healthcare, accessible public transit, quality housing with rent capped at 10% of income, and free education. They also advocate for full employment and a reduced workweek without any reduction in pay.
“We must unite all communists and class-conscious workers under the banner of the American socialist revolution to finally put an end to capitalism,” the group declared. Their call to action is clear as they seek to rally support for a future where workers’ rights take center stage.
“Let us unite all communists and class-conscious workers in the party of the American socialist revolution and bury capitalism once and for all.”
NYC Communists, a local branch of the RCA, lobbied for members in a recent, fiery Instagram post.
“If you are tired of the Epstein Class and their wars, if you are sick of working job after job to stay above water, or if you have questions about why the world seems like its on fire and what our class can do about it—the RCA is for you,” the post stated.
A patron at Emblem bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, told The Post he was shocked to see members show up with posters and hold a meeting there — a challenge to Mamdani’s Democratic Socialists of America in their own backyard.
“How can the democratic socialists I held dear to my heart stay silent while communists organize in our backyard?” the source, a Democrat, said. “That’s not representation—that’s complicity.”
Other meetings were held at venues including in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Astoria and Park Slope.
The Post reached out to the group to ask about Mamdani — among the most prominent democratic socialists alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
“The election of Zohran Mamdani showed that hundreds of thousands of people across New York City are open to the ideas of socialism. We see this political shift in the population as a very positive thing,” RCA said.
The group backs Mamdani’s agenda: hiking taxes on the rich, providing publicly-funded universal childcare, and free bus service.
“However, we do not think Mamdani will be able to achieve major reforms and a fundamental change in the lives of the working-class majority unless he starts a campaign to unite the working class of New York City with workers throughout the state and across the country,” RCA said.
“He should fight for these reforms and universal healthcare, not just for New York City, but for workers across the nation,” a spokesman added. “This battle would represent a challenge to both political parties. A powerful movement on this basis could win real reforms and help build towards a fight for a socialist society.”
But RCA said Mamdani is not radical enough because he works within the Democratic Party and the current major two-party capitalist structure — which the communists said must be abandoned in favor of a communist-socialist workers’ party.
“We believe that the working class needs its own party, separate from the capitalist parties, the Democrats and Republicans,” the group said. “We do not support capitalist political parties, but call on the labor movement to break with them and put forward truly independent working-class candidates, as a step toward building a workers’ party.
“Had Mamdani run independently of the two parties, we would have critically supported his campaign. His volunteer base could have been the beginning of a workers’ party. We did not advocate voting for him as a Democrat.”
RCA claims to have boosted membership 83% since July 24, with support growing for communism and socialism among disillusioned younger voters
“The decline of American capitalism, and the growing instability and difficulty of life for ordinary workers, has pushed many people toward socialist and communist ideas,” the group said. “We are confident that the hatred of the US population towards the Epstein class, which includes both the Democrats and the Republicans, will continue to fuel our growth.”
The group pointed to a March 2025 poll by the Cato Institute/You Gov that found 34% of young people in the US and 14% of the population as a whole have a favorable view of communism.
In written answers to Post questions, RCA declined to say who leads its New York City branches.
“The work of the RCA is directed by an elected Central Committee,” said RCA, noting it has 43 branches across the US.
While they share ideals, the communist group’s push in the city is leaving some members of the DSA speechless in what could be a brewing turf war of liberal political factions.
One DSA activist emphasized that there is no relationship between DSA and the communist group.
“I never think about them,” the activist said.
Mamdani’s team had no immediate comment.
