The Comrade Courant

Debunking the Myths: Zohran Mamdani and the Fog of New York Setting the record straight on NYC's new mayor Zohran Mamdani at the Resist Fascism Rally in Bryant Park, October 27, 2024 Photo by Bingjiefu He – CC BY-SA 4.0 On November 4, 2025, New York City made history. Zohran Kwame Mamdani—a 34-year-old democratic socialist, state assemblyman, and the son of Ugandan and Indian parents—was elected as the 111th mayor of the nation's largest city. He is its first Muslim, first South Asian, and youngest mayor in over a century. His campaign, powered by a grassroots movement and a platform focused on radical affordability, successfully toppled the political establishment, first in the Democratic primary against former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and then in the general election. Naturally, such a seismic shift was met not with sober analysis, but with a tidal wave of bad-faith attacks, Islamophobic conspiracy theories, and outright lies. The fog o...

No, North Korea Did Not Threaten to Nuke Israel Over Greta Thunberg: How a Satirical Post Became a Fake News Story Fact-Check: Tracing the Origins of a Viral Hoax A disturbing claim has been circulating online: that North Korea's state media warned it would launch a nuclear strike against Tel Aviv if Israel were to harm climate activist Greta Thunberg. The story sounds both bizarre and alarming, which is exactly a recipe to go viral. However, a thorough fact-check reveals a simple truth: no such threat was ever made. The claim is a complete fabrication that originated on a satirical website and was mistakenly or deliberately spread as real news. This article will trace the hoax to its source and provide the tools to identify similar false narratives. The Viral Hoax: Anatomy of a False Narrative The hoax typically appears with a dramatic narrative. It claims that North Korean officials, via state-run outlets like Pyongyang Radio and Korean Central Televisio...