Tag: AOC
With 58K Palestinians Made Homeless in Gaza, AOC and the Squad Resolve to Block Precision Bombs for Israel
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations says that 58,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been made internally displaced persons …
How Socialism Stopped Being a Dirty Word for Some Voters – And Started Winning Elections Across America
The leftist Democratic Socialists of America, which helped congressional star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez get elected in 2018, looks to be a big political player again in New York City’s 2021 municipal elections.
Footage of cops tackling grandma with dementia is a reminder of what AOC really means by ‘defund the police’
Socialists Don’t Want to Destroy Liberalism. We Want to Go Beyond It.
Many socialists have ambivalent feelings about liberalism. Depending on the day, they may see liberals as well-meaning but naive centrists, parroting nice-sounding platitudes but unwilling to mount a serious challenge to the unjust status quo.
Source: Socialists Don’t Want to Destroy Liberalism. We Want to Go Beyond It. | Portside
Sanders, AOC, Tlaib Threaten to Cut Israeli Funding if Netanyahu Annexes 1/3 of Palestinian West Bank
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Progressive members of Congress will circulate a letter on Tuesday threatening US funding for Israel …
AOC Introduces Bill to Ban Police Use of Teargas on Domestic Protests | Portside
Police are routinely using a chemical weapon banned in international warfare against peaceful protesters during a pandemic — but a new bill would stop the practice all together.
Source: AOC Introduces Bill to Ban Police Use of Teargas on Domestic Protests | Portside
AOC joins other Democrats to boycott Trump’s State of the Union
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley joined a small but growing list of House Democrats who will skip President Donald Trump’s third State of the Union speech, scheduled for 9 pm ET Tuesday.The impeached president, who could be acquitted by Senate Republicans as soon as Wednesday,
‘We need to be realistic’: AOC predicts Miami won’t exist ‘in a few years’ without Green New Deal
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez predicted that Miami will no longer exist in just a couple of years if the Green New Deal is not passed.
Source: ‘We need to be realistic’: AOC predicts Miami won’t exist ‘in a few years’ without Green New Deal
AOC, Bernie Sanders to Introduce Resolution Calling ‘Existential Threat’ of the Climate Crisis an ‘Emergency’
“We are facing a climate emergency that requires a massive and immediate federal mobilization.”
