Lumumba’s win in the Jackson, Mississippi mayoral race sets an example for grassroots forces intent on breaking the neoliberal grip on the U.S. left.
“Politics as usual” received a shocking blow to the face in the capital of conservative Mississipi on Tuesday after Chokwe Antar Lumumba took a vast stride toward becoming mayor of the City of Jackson in a landslide primary victory over eight other contenders. Carried to victory on the back of a revolutionary, grassroots effort, the 34-year-old Black attorney’s platform can be summed up with three simple slogans: “Free the land” and “serve the people,” “by any means necessary.”
