{"id":4754,"date":"2026-04-11T17:18:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=4754"},"modified":"2026-04-11T17:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:18:47","slug":"radical-dsa-honcho-behind-mayor-zohran-mamdanis-rise-is-a-mime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=4754","title":{"rendered":"Radical DSA honcho behind Mayor Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s rise is &#8230; a mime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || 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\/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>No words!<\/p>\n<p>One of the Democratic Socialists of America\u2019s top leaders and architects of Mayor Mamdani\u2019s rise to power is a mime.<\/p>\n<p>Flatbush theater kid David Jenkins was elected last year to the DSA\u2019s National Political Committee \u2014 the socialist group\u2019s highest decision-making body \u2014 where he leads implementation of its major political goals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jenkins, left, founded the Broken Box Mime Theater in 2011, where he writes and performs. <span class=\"credit\">Broken Box Mime Theater\/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Self avowed anti-capitalist Jenkins, 40, is a proud founder of the Broken Box Mime Theater, where he performs pantomime to \u201ca heart-thumping soundtrack\u201d in full mime makeup.<\/p>\n<p>In images on his personal website, he can be seen in black attire, his face painted white with black teardrops, staring in astonishment as he pretends to hold out a map in one photo, and acting like the walking dead during some kind of zombie apocalypse in another.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>When he\u2019s not on stage trapped in imaginary glass boxes or pulling an invisible rope, Jenkins \u2014 whose other special skills include fluency in Mandarin \u2014 plays a key role in getting the party\u2019s radical agenda implemented.<\/p>\n<p>During monthly meetings, Jenkins and the other 24 committee members vote on measures \u2014 like how to escalate their fight against ICE per March meeting agenda \u2014 then pressure their \u201csocialists in office,\u201d including Mamdani, to adopt them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jenkins was elected last year to the DSA\u2019s National Political Committee for a two-year term. <span class=\"credit\">Julia Cavagna\/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a \u201clibertarian socialist\u201d \u2014 which is an anarchist caucus within the DSA that wants zero prisons or police as well as the complete abolition of all aspects of capitalism \u2014 Jenkins takes the more extreme positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJenkins is likely to agree with those more revolutionary people, but because he has done canvassing and does care about elections, he could be a swing vote,\u201d said Stuart Smith, an analyst for the Manhattan Institute, who has studied the group.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins has taken credit for Mamdani\u2019s Office of Community Safety, in a post to his comrades on a DSA discussion board.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jenkins, front row center, has been an active member of DSA since 2020. <span class=\"credit\">cerenaisok\/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cZohran\u2019s campaign is a genuinely incredible, historic success and honestly some of the easiest and best canvassing I\u2019ve ever done. \u2026 I\u2019m proud of members and friends who worked on his public safety plan, see all the echoes of work we\u2019d done \u2026 the Department of Community Safety is an important step toward our abolitionist horizon, and where we need to start in NYC,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>When he\u2019s not miming, his other performance acts have included anti-police \u201cpig squeaker\u201d protests at City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins, a fervent hater of the NYPD\u2019s Strategic Response Group, an elite special operations division that responds to mass shootings and major events \u2013 was among a troop of radicals at City Hall two years in a row protesting the police commissioner\u2019s speech to the City Council.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mimes perform to \u201ca heart-thumping soundtrack,\u201d according to the Broken Box Mime Theater\u2019s website. <span class=\"credit\">Julia Cavagna\/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe first squeaks were sporadic, hidden, punctuating lies and evasion from the NYPD officials that were testifying,\u201d Jenkins wrote in a manifesto he posted for DSA members. \u201cEventually, when we were discovered, we erupted in a chorus of squeaks and chants as we were escorted from the chamber. It wasn\u2019t a revolution, but it was effective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Disbanding the SRG was one of Mamdani\u2019s key campaign promises, and this week he vowed to go as far as overruling Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch if she doesn\u2019t agree, according to the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is the department of mental health and hygiene? Where is the department of homeless services?\u201d Jenkins shouted during another March 2024 City Hall protest, before being dragged by security while wearing a mask, and anti-police pig squeakers are heard in the background.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jenkins, front center, is part of the libertarian socialist caucus of the DSA. <span class=\"credit\">Broken Box Mime Theater\/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli panned the DSA \u2014 and its mime leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess they\u2019ve upgraded from the village idiot to the court jester,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins did not respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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