The election of Zohran Mamdani as New York mayor has inflated the illusion that radical change is possible without changing the mechanics of power. Image via Mamdani's Facebook page By Ali Ridha Khan & Joshua Reed, Elitsha, South Africa There is a seduction in the story of Zohran Mamdani. The insurgent from Queens. The son of an African exile and South Asian cinema royalty. A hunger striker for taxi drivers. A face of the new New York – brown, Muslim, global, young, fluent in