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Socialists at Mamdani’s alma mater Bowdoin to host mayor’s Israel-hating dad and Marxist influencer Hasan Piker
The Bowdoin Socialists defended its lecture series, saying it “reflects our interest in engaging national and international debates.”
Rich Calder
Mahmood Mamdani is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University and was director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research in Kampala from 2010 to 2022.
“I like that you guys rep Zohran Mamdani when the school very clearly does not, by the way, have you guys noticed that? Even though he’s the fu*#ing mayor now? I feel like at least now they can honestly rep him, right?Also, what is this website design, dude? … Yeah, 1995 socialist club looking ass website, dude.” (Hasan Piker, January 7, 2026)
”Look at how ass that website was yesterday. It’s still ass. […]Oh my god. God, I fu*#ing, okay, listen, listen, listen. I love you guys, okay? Respect to the Bowdoin Socialists.” (Hasan Piker, January 8, 2026)
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Bowdoin College Socialists Reject Order To Stop Political Activity, Invite Zohran Mamdani’s Father To Give Lecture
The Bowdoin Socialists are promoting a noted guest lecturer later this fall amid administration orders to tone down their allegedly controversial politics. The group is closely aligned with 2014 alum socialist organizer Zohran Mamdani, now the mayor of America’s largest city. The campus socialists, who organized their chapter after Mamdani’s recent New York City election,
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‘Bowdoin College Socialists’ Form in Nod to Standard Bearer Zohran Mamdani, Reject Jews’ Fears He’s Racist
In a salute to the recent election of Bowdoin College’s most famous socialist alum as mayor of America’s largest city, a group of the storied school’s students has formed a new political organization. The group – called Bowdoin College Socialists – says it agrees with Democrat Socialists of America’s characterization of Zohran Mamdani’s NYC’s mayoral
Ted Cohen