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Former Soviet Dissident Natan Sharansky Sounds Alarm Over Mamdani’s Socialist Agenda

Former Soviet dissident and Prisoner of Zion Natan Sharansky warned that ideas gaining influence in American politics today resemble the communist ideology he opposed during his years in a Soviet prison. Speaking with Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch on The Viktor Frankl Podcast, Sharansky said the modern woke movement and democratic socialism increasingly divide society into “oppressors”

Published July 19, 2026 · 3:41 PM

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