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Peter Lucas

@lucpete.bsky.social
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Bylines in Jacobin, The Nation, Guardian, Architectural Review, and more. Write about labor, politics, and architecture. Based in NYC. Petermluc @ gmail jacobin.com/author/peter-lucas

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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
In my first edition of CUNY’s New Labor Forum “Working Class Voices” column, I spoke with a glazier about what life is like installing windows. You can read it, now free from the paywall, here: newlaborforum.cuny.edu/2026/03/27/i...
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
In response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy, New York City took part in a novel initiative that would democratize the planning for its coastal revamp. To read the full essay about how it unfolded: www.architectural-review.com/buildings/ea...
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I wrote about the East River Park reconstruction effort and the broader East Side Coastal Resiliency project, expected to be completed in 2027, for @social.architectural-review.com new “Coast” issue.
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The Architectural Review @social.architectural-review.com · 16/02/2026
‘Situated within a 100‑year floodplain, the park is set to protect 110,000 New Yorkers,’ writes Peter Lucas on the East Side Coastal Resiliency project in New York City by BIG and Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects. Read the full story in the Coast issue, and now online:
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East Side Coastal Resiliency project in New York City, US by BIG
The first stages of New York's post-Sandy flood defences have been completed after years of local resistance and interdepartmental infighting
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I spoke with Paul Heideman about his new book “Rogue Elephant: How Republicans Went from the Party of Business to the Party of Chaos” for @versobooks.bsky.social — you can watch our full discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cINu...
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ROGUE ELEPHANT author Paul Heideman on Trumpism and the Republican Party
YouTube video by Verso Books
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Talked Zohran, Trump, and the greatest city in the world. Give it a listen!
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Go tell everyone you know to vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social so we can have an @socialists.nyc member as mayor!
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
She finished the marathon!!!
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
G marathon day let’s go let’s win feeling good
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Take the 10 minutes to read this delicious interview. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Why Biden’s White House Press Secretary Is Leaving the Democratic Party
Karine Jean-Pierre feels that Democrats were so mean to Biden that she is becoming an Independent.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I'm so proud to have organized, fought and won alongside my friends and fellow elected officials in @socialists.nyc.
Socialist elected officials on stage.
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
11th hour fear mongering is just entirely racism, Islamophobia, and red-baiting from Team Cuomo
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al @alpostinghere.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
andrew cuomo is now demanding shirtless pics of Zohran Mamdani to make sure he doesn't have "GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA" tattooed across his back. just as well, mr. cuomo is offering up shirtless photos of himself, free of charge.
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I listened to the Lorentzen pod about OBAA and I was like goddamn the other guy on this pod is really dumb. Turned out to be the guy who wrote the Vanity Fair McCarthy piece lol
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Watching horror movies is one of the many great joys of Halloween Season
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Bernie Sanders on out-of-touch Democratic Party leadership: “… the Mamdani campaign is a crystallization of that. And if the Democratic leadership can’t support the Democratic nominee, what is the Democratic Party? Who’s the Democratic Party?” www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.
Democratic Party leadership is way out of touch with where the American people are, and it’s almost frightening to see the kind of anger and contempt that people feel toward it.
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Remarkable conversation between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani about what it means to be a mayor and how cities can lead in the struggle for economic and social and racial justice. Full video here:
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Mayor to Mayor: A Conversation Between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani
When the senator came to New York in early September, he had a few spare minutes to talk municipal politics and governance with one of his biggest fans, Zohran Mamdani.
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist member of the Wisconsin legislature, responded to Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic primary wIn in NYC by saying there needed to be more candidates like him. Today, she announced that she’s running for the Democratic nomination to be Wisconsin’s next governor.
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Opinion | Francesca Hong thinks Wisconsin’s ready for bolder politics
John Nichols: The three-term state lawmaker from Madison is launching a bid for governor with an affordability message that crosses lines of party ideology.
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I spoke with @omarfatehmn.com about his campaign for mayor, recent attempts by party insiders to undermine him, and how to fight back against Trump. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh
The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party revoked it.
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
“At a time when people are hungry for bold change across the country, we need to support, not silence, progressive candidates. Zohran Mamdani’s victory in NY was a testament to the people-powered campaign voters are craving.” — US Rep Ilhan Omar on why top Democrats should embrace progressives
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Minnesota Democrats Are at War Over the “Mamdani of Minneapolis”
Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Omar Fateh won the endorsement of his city party. Then the state party overturned the result. Representative Ilhan Omar calls it “inexcusable.”
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
“They Will Attack Every Organized Worker in America” A powerful warning from the head of the largest federal employees union. Trump’s attacking federal workers and their unions now. But it’s only a matter of time before the most anti-labor president in history attacks every union—and every worker.
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“They Will Attack Every Organized Worker in America”
Talking to the head of America’s largest union of federal workers about Trump’s assault on his members and all of labor.
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Why does Trump attack Mamdani? Because, Mamdani says, “We will actually deliver on those commitments (to serve working people). And our delivery on them will throw his betrayal into stark relief. That is a threat to his politics, and it motivates so much of this language and this focus that he has.”
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“The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani
New York's Democratic mayoral nominee shares his views on the city's affordability crisis, the new media landscape—and how Democrats need to stand up for what they believe.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
For those who are in any doubt over my position: I’m not interested in bombs. I’m interested in peace. My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social, 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/jeremy-corbyn-remembering-hiroshima
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Jeremy Corbyn: Nuclear Disarmament Now
On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima Day, Jeremy Corbyn continues the call for nuclear disarmament and world peace in a speech at the World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs. We publish his...
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Billionaires financed primary attacks on Zohran Mamdani’s democratic socialism. Mamdani embraced the label and explained what it meant. When the votes were counted, he won a sweeping 56-44 victory. New Yorkers are not afraid of Mamdani — or his vision for a future that serves the working class.
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New Yorkers Aren’t Afraid of a Democratic Socialist Mayor
Andrew Cuomo's allies spent a fortune shouting that Zohran Mamdani is a socialist. Result? A Mamdani landslide in the Democratic primary.
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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
In the election to be New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani is waging war on the city’s establishment and capturing the public’s imagination in the process. Will it be enough to succeed?
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The Socialist Candidate for New York
In the election to be New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani is waging war on the city’s establishment and capturing the public’s imagination in the process. Will it be enough…
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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Campaigners numbering in the tens of thousands have spread out over the city to knock on more than one million doors, flyer street corners and early voting sites, and even take to the East River by boat. Neal Meyer on Zohran Mamdani's mayoral bid.
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The Socialist Candidate for New York
In the election to be New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani is waging war on the city’s establishment and capturing the public’s imagination in the process. Will it be enough…
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
HOW TO STAND UP TO TRUMP (NYC Mayor Primary Edition) RIGHT: Zohran Mamdani “Donald Trump’s… unconstitutional military action represents a dark new chapter in his endless betrayals that now threaten to plunge the world deeper into chaos.” WRONG: Andrew Cuomo “I think the world is a safer place.”
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Zohran Mamdani Just Showed How to Stand Up to Trump
Mamdani and Brad Lander prove they know how to say “no” to a lawless president and his war—while rival Andrew Cuomo stumbles.
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Why Bernie Sanders Says It’s Critical to Elect Mamdani and Reject Cuomo Speaking to The Nation, the senator hails the “grassroots movement supporting Zohran” as a vital alternative to “the billionaire establishment supporting Cuomo.”
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Why Bernie Sanders Says It’s Critical to Elect Mamdani and Reject Cuomo
Speaking to The Nation, the senator hails the "grassroots movement supporting Zohran" as a vital alternative to "the billionaire establishment supporting Cuomo.”
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Republicans and Dems find common ground in telling Trump: No War With Iran! Republican Thomas Massie: “This is not our war.. . I’m introducing a War Powers Resolution tomorrow to prohibit our involvement. I invite all members of Congress to cosponsor this resolution.” Democrat AOC: “Signing on!”
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The US Should Not Support Israel's War on Iran, say Democrats and Republicans
Bernie Sanders has sponsored an anti-war resolution in the Senate, while conservative Thomas Massie is doing the same in the House.
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I spoke with Council Member Alexa Avilés about her re-election campaign, why the real estate industry and pro-Israel lobby are spending so much to unseat her, and protecting immigrants under Trump.
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
“It’s not complicated: landlords know they can make a lot more money if Andrew Cuomo is in City Hall. That's why they're going all in. — NYC mayoral candidate @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on why landlords are funding his Dem primary rival NOTE: There are more tenant voters than landlord voters.
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Zohran Mamdani Is Surging at Just the Right Time
By running a campaign in the La Guardia tradition, the insurgent New York mayoral candidate is closing the gap with Andrew Cuomo—and winning support from AOC.
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Socialist New York City Council member Alexa Avilés is running for reelection against a Democratic primary candidate backed by big real estate and pro-Israel money. We spoke to her about her record and the forces that want her out of office.
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Alexa Avilés: “I Am Deeply Committed to the Working Class”
Socialist New York City Council member Alexa Avilés is running for reelection against a Democratic primary candidate backed by big real estate and pro-Israel money. We spoke to her about her record an...
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Zohran Mamdani’s momentum had already made him Andrew Cuomo’s closest competitor in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary competition by the time he had a strong debate showing and then secured AOC’s endorsement. Mamdani is surging at precisely the right moment.
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Zohran Mamdani Is Surging at Just the Right Time
By running a campaign in the La Guardia tradition, the insurgent New York mayoral candidate is closing the gap with Andrew Cuomo—and winning support from AOC.
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I interviewed @shahanafrombk.bsky.social about why corporations and billionaires are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to unseat her. Read below:
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 05/06/2025
Targeted by billionaires and right-wing PACs, the first Muslim woman on the New York City Council is defending gig workers, tenants, and the Gaza solidarity movement.
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Shahana Hanif Won’t Back Down
Targeted by billionaires and right-wing PACs, the first Muslim woman on the New York City Council is defending gig workers, tenants, and the Gaza solidarity movement.
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Shahana Hanif @shahanafrombk.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
🎸 No, I won't back down! 🎸 www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Shahana Hanif Won’t Back Down
Targeted by billionaires and right-wing PACs, the first Muslim woman on the New York City Council is defending gig workers, tenants, and the Gaza solidarity movement.
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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
‘The struggle of the Palestinian people for dignity, freedom and human rights has shown in practice what they have always attested to: existence is resistance.’ Jonathon Shafi on deteriorating US-Israeli relations:
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Israel in the Cold
Israel’s absence in recent negotiations between Trump, Hamas, and Middle Eastern leaders potentially signals a crossroads in the US-Israeli relationship, as the genocidal campaign might be losing…
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Bad news: after making it to another final round of an interview for an editing job, I got rejected Good news: adopted a mama cat and her kitten
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Back to trying to use this account more…
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is a fantastic piece in @thenation.com with this particularly absurd anecdote — the REI CEO invoking social justice language to union bust. www.thenation.com/article/econ...
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John Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The Socialist Caucus in the Wisconsin Legislature Just Doubled in Size
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Opinion | Wisconsin’s Legislature has a growing Socialist Caucus
John Nichols: With the message of putting working-class folks ahead of corporations and billionaires, socialist lawmakers are making gains in the Capitol.
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
One of my favorite contemporary bands, @thebrazenyouth.bsky.social , made an account — hometown, the brazen youth if these wild winds are yours, love it all, etc. just can’t skip classics. Cool to see them on here.
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I am so grateful we have publishing houses like @versobooks.bsky.social that take politics seriously. Great video with Noah Kulwin and wonderfully produced www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkI1...
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Noah Kulwin on American Foreign Policy under Trump
YouTube video by Verso Books
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We are bringing this back in a very big way
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The answer hasn’t changed, it’s still join DSA: www.dsausa.org/get-involved/
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Get Involved with DSA - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Joining DSA means making a commitment to cooperation and solidarity. Not only do you help further democratic socialist ideas in the United States, you also become part of a community that shares your ...
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Just because the GOP are war hawks does not change the fact that Harris and Dems wanted more Gazan blood spilled.
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Who is speaking now?
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Who is speaking now?
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Gladys the cat, Gladys the GOAT
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Peter Lucas @lucpete.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This is the exact desired outcome of everyone frothing at the mouth to blame homeless people. Even if they aren’t responsible for this specific fire, they represent the chaos and disorder the fire has caused and should be punished accordingly.
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