DSA civil war brewing over Mamdanis Oct. 7 response, support of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch

The Iron Curtain is cracking.A civil war is brewing inside the DSA over its support of Mayor Zohran Mamdani — with his socialist comrades up in arms over his attendance at an Oct.7 vigil and his support of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Youth chapters within the New York City Democratic Socialists of America endorsed a protest outside City Hall Wednesday — on the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct.

7, 2023 attack on Israel — condemning the mayor’s “failures to uphold his commitment to the Palestinian Liberation Movement.”Sources said that the heads of the local chapter moved swiftly to try to tamp down the public criticism of youth chapters who had endorsed the rally.But Mamdani was still heckled by the protesters during a candlelit vigil for the victims later Wednesday at Union Square.

“Zohran you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide,” they chanted at Hizzoner, who remained stone-faced through the jeers from his anti-Israel comrades.Screenshots of internal group chats from NYC-DSA’s “Anti-War Working Group” obtained by The Post show members raging after leadership apparently threatened to pull the youth chapters’ funding and told them to stop using “pro-hamas dogwhistles” — calling it “unambiguously racist” and “inexcusable.”The members of the group chat were up in arms over an Instagram post from Hunter College’s Youth DSA chapter — which had endorsed the City Hall rally — claiming that NYC-DSA leaders threatened the youth chapters’ funding.“F—ing DISGUSTING,” one wrote“I’m out of things to say with this chapter’s leadership.It’s just nonstop horses–t,” another chimed in.One member even offered to use their “status as a Jew w/ family in the entity” to help respond to the brouhaha.

“I was born here but was signed up by fam for citizenship which I renounced, don’t care about Jewish/israeli feelings which, they should be made to cry more imho,” they wrote.The increased tension came before M...