Overview

• The Democratic Socialists of America’s International Committee and its New York chapter formally endorsed the People’s Summit for Korea, held July 25–27 at Riverside Church in Harlem.
• More than 500 attendees participated in workshops on building pro-North Korea student movements and joined chants of “death to imperialism” against US military and economic policies.
• Keynote speaker Brian Becker of the ANSWER Coalition condemned US “demonization” of North Korea and aligned the summit’s rhetoric with Pyongyang propaganda.
• On August 6, reports by the New York Post and Daily Caller revealed the DSA’s summit ties, intensifying scrutiny of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign despite his absence from the event.
• Neither Mamdani’s campaign nor DSA leadership has issued a formal statement addressing the summit endorsements or the ensuing political backlash.