Tag: aoc
NYC Council Member Jumaane Williams: Hold Establishment Democrats Accountable Too
New York City Council Member Jumaane Williams discusses the 2018 midterms and the need to hold establishment Democrats accountable for real change to occur Visit…
Who’s Afraid of AOC?
Norman Solomon and Jaqueline Luqman join host Paul Jay to discuss whether the call from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary establishment Democrats weakens the party https://therealnews.com…
Specter of Fascism: Cohen Says Trump Won’t Leave Peacefully in 2020
Hearings reveal deepening systemic corruption, further degeneration of GOP, progressive members standout in questioning – Jacqueline Lukman, Henry Giroux and Carmen Russell-Sluchansky join Paul Jay…
Why A Housing Guarantee Should Be in the Green New Deal (2/2)
In part 2, Daniel Aldana Cohen, a sociologist and writer for Jacobin Magazine, explains why the Green New Deal must tackle the housing crisis with…
A Climate Sociologist Explains the Green New Deal (Pt 1/2)
Daniel Aldana Cohen, a sociologist and writer for Jacobin Magazine, explains why the Green New Deal must harness and expand the power of the public…
AOC: Climate Change “Not An Elitist Issue”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that more Americans lives will be lost if representatives continue to treat climate change as a partisan issue and put the…
Who Elected Zuckerberg Head of the Thought Police?
Facebook removed an ad by Adriel Hampton showing Sen. Lindsey Graham backing the Green New Deal, so now he’s running for governor of California to…
Thousands Rally with Bernie and AOC at Iowa Climate Summit
The day after he held the biggest Iowa rally of the election cycle, Sanders held a climate summit in Des Moines. TRNN’s Dharna Noor and…
AOC Says Bloomberg Run Isn’t ‘What We Need Right Now’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells TRNN that grassroots movements are “winning, beating the billionaires,” and paving the way for a Green New Deal. ** (Disclaimer: This…
‘Bernie Beats Trump’ Rally Draws Thousands on Eve of New Hampshire Primary
Sanders supporters remain confident he can win on Tuesday, that he’s best positioned to beat Donald Trump, and that he can implement a vision that…
Sanders Is Out, But Socialists Are Still Winning Elections
Micah Uetricht, co-author of “Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism,” discusses recent socialist victories in New York and…
‘A Progressive Bailout Includes A Freeze On Rent, Mortgages, And Utilities’
Public educator Jamaal Bowman wants to win the congressional seat of hawkish 30-year incumbent Eliot Engel. Justice Democrats, the group that helped elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,…
Left-progressive Cori Bush makes her mark—On the neoliberal agenda
Racial justice activist Cori Bush’s stunning upset against a Congressional Black Caucus-backed incumbent in Missouri underscores the power of the growing movement against racism and…
Blaming the Green New Deal for Texas Blackouts is Bullshit
Republican politicians like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have cynically used overblown and patently false claims that renewable energy failures are responsible for millions losing power…
