Kuala Lampur, Nov. 9 -- In the unfolding political theatre of the United States, the confrontation between Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Donald Junior Trump marks one of the clearest illustrations of a domestic ideological struggle - one that has little to do with foreign interference or global geopolitics. It is, by every measure, a contest for America's moral and economic soul, not a matter for the world beyond.

The new face of American progressivism

Zohran Mamdani represents a new generation of American progressives who refuse to accept that capitalism and inequality are inseparable. As a Democratic Socialist and State Assemblyman from Queens, his call for fare-free public transport, rent freezes, universal childcare, and city-owned groce...