Aiming to 'Build a Movement Across Borders,' Ocasio-Cortez and Corbyn Discuss Climate, Immigration, and Economic Justice
An
extensive talk between the two progressive leaders highlighted a
shared "hope in the peace, prosperity, and justice that everyday
people can create when we uplift one another," Ocasio-Cortez
said
by
Julia Conley
Two
popular progressive figures indicated that they'd formed a new
alliance this weekend, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)
spoke extensively with Jeremy Corbyn, head of the U.K.'s Labour
Party, about their shared commitment to push bold, forward-thinking
proposals.
Corbyn
thanked Ocasio-Cortez for "challenging the status quo"
just a month into her first term in Congress following her surprise
primary victory against 10-term, pro-business Democratic Rep. Joe
Crowley.
The
congresswoman has already started a substantive national dialogue
about the need to tax the wealthiest Americans at a much higher rate,
pushing a plan to tax all income over $10 million at 70 percent. In
the U.K., Corbyn has called for a tax system which demands far more
of the wealthiest five percent of Britons, promoting a plan that
would create £6.4 billion ($8.3 billion) in revenue.
Corbyn
expressed hope on Twitter that the conversation would be the
beginning of a global conversation about "taking on the
billionaires" and others who benefit from the current
economic system.
Great to speak to @AOC on the phone this evening and hear first hand how she’s challenging the status quo.— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) February 3, 2019
Let’s build a movement across borders to take on the billionaires, polluters and migrant baiters, and support a happier, freer and cleaner planet.
Ocasio-Cortez
praised the conversation as a "wide-reaching" one
which dealt with their ideas for "peace, prosperity, and
justice that everyday people can create."
It was an honor to share such a lovely and wide-reaching conversation with you, @jeremycorbyn!— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 3, 2019
Also honored to share a great hope in the peace, prosperity, + justice that everyday people can create when we uplift one another across class, race, + identity both at home & abroad. https://t.co/7qnz42I8du
The two
progressives discussed the climate crisis and the need to invest in
government services for the public as well as their joint
condemnation of President Donald Trump's proposed wall at the
U.S.-Mexico border, which Corbyn has said "undermines
international law."
The
conversation came two months after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and
former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis unveiled Progressive
International, a global movement aimed at uniting progressive
leaders, advocates, and constituents all over the world in the fight
for economic and social justice—battles that affect most of the
global population while the richest amass exorbitant wealth.
"It
is important that we build that sense of international connection,"
Corbyn told Varoufakis last year at the Edinburgh Book Festival.
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