Exclusive | Mamdani-backed Queens Assembly candidate hates American holidays like Veterans Day, July 4th
Federal holidays are no cause for celebration, according to a far-left Queens Assembly candidate backed by NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.“Whether it is July 4th, Thanksgiving, Veterans, Columbus or now Labor Day, we enjoy days off that are supposed to be victories for people, when they truly represent the silencing & destruction of our movements,” Aber Kawas, a longtime Palestinian-American activist, wrote in an online journal posted on Sept.
7, 2015 — Labor Day.“Today I do not celebrate a day off, I only recommit myself to a global movement that fights against the death, displacement, and exploitation of people for capital.“For this movement, a day off is not a victory.A day off means nothing, because liberation means everything,” added Kawas, who like Mamdani, is a card-carrying member of the Democratic Socialists of America.“Dignity, justice & equality is the true victory.
Don’t get it twisted.”The resurfaced remarks by the 33-year-old, Brooklyn-bon Kawas — who moved to Queens last year — are a slap in the face to American principles such as equality and liberty established in the Declaration of Independence and U.S.Constitution, critics said.
“When Zohran Mamdani backs candidates like Aber Kawas who openly hate Labor Day, Veterans Day, and the American Dream, it’s a warning sign that we need to stop electing people who despise this country and everything it stands for,” said Councilman Robert Holden, a conservative Queens Democrat.“Socialism has failed everywhere, and it’s flat-out un-American.”Kawas is seeking the 34th District Assembly seat representing Corona and other parts of Queens.Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas is vacating the seat to challenge state Sen.Jessica Ramos (D-Queens).Despite Mamdani’s endorsement, Kawas is no lock to win in the predominantly far-left district and will likely have to duke it out against a fellow DSA comrade in the next year’s Democratic primary.
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