Mamdani’s DSA signed off on summit glorifying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

The DSA promoted the People’s Summit for Korea in New York City; the conference called for the reunification of Korea under the authority of communist dictator Kim Jong Un.

By Vered Weiss, World Israel News

New York City’s Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani belongs to a socialist group that signed off on a summit praising North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and included anti-American slogans such as “Death to Imperialism.”

Mamdan is an outspoken member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which organized an anti-Israel march in New York City just days after October 7th and long before Israel’s military operations in Gaza began.

The DSA promoted the People’s Summit for Korea in New York City; the conference called for the reunification of Korea under the authority of communist dictator Kim Jong Un.

The Democratic Socialists of America was listed as one of the “supporting organizations” for the summit, which was attended by 500 people.

Speakers led chants of “Death to imperialism” and called on the United States to end the alleged “economic domination of Korea.”

Although Mamdani did not attend the summit, some sources said his closeness to the event at Riverside Church in Harlem, held from July 25 to 27, is concerning.

“What does it tell New York’s Chinese and Korean immigrants who fled to the city to get away from oppressive regimes?” veteran political strategist Hank Sheinkopf told The New York Post on Tuesday.

“What does it say to [others] who fled here because of repressive regimes? It tells them that if you support Mamdani, the people who are with him are going to do terrible things to us.”

One of the speakers, Brian Becker, called on the United States to show greater acceptance of communist dictatorships, such as Kim Jong Un’s regime in North Korea.

“One of the problems that we face in the United States is the nonstop demonization and caricaturing of the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea],” he said.

“What happens here in the belly of the beast, in the center of imperialism, would make all the difference in the world … for those yearning to take the socialist path,” he continued.