How JFK and the CIA Gave NYC Zohran Mamdani (and Obama to the US)

Tags: Education, Socialism, War and Foreign Policy

08/04/2025 Tho Bishop

In an attempt to compete with the Soviet Union by bringing future elite political leaders from Africa to study in US universities, Sen. John Kennedy and the CIA inadvertently spread Marxism here and abroad. One product of this program was bringing Mamdani’s Marxist father to the US.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-jfk-and-cia-gave-nyc-zohran-mamdani-and-obama-us

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