Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn spoke at length Sunday evening about their shared progressive vision. (Photo: Scott Eisen/Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
Feb 03, 2019
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 PS6.4 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.
\u201cGreat to speak to @AOC on the phone this evening and hear first hand how she\u2019s challenging the status quo.\n\nLet\u2019s build a movement across borders to take on the billionaires, polluters and migrant baiters, and support a happier, freer and cleaner planet.\u201d— Jeremy Corbyn (@Jeremy Corbyn) 1549229743
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."
\u201cIt was an honor to share such a lovely and wide-reaching conversation with you, @jeremycorbyn!\n\nAlso 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.\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1549238327
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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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 PS6.4 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.
\u201cGreat to speak to @AOC on the phone this evening and hear first hand how she\u2019s challenging the status quo.\n\nLet\u2019s build a movement across borders to take on the billionaires, polluters and migrant baiters, and support a happier, freer and cleaner planet.\u201d— Jeremy Corbyn (@Jeremy Corbyn) 1549229743
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."
\u201cIt was an honor to share such a lovely and wide-reaching conversation with you, @jeremycorbyn!\n\nAlso 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.\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1549238327
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.
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 PS6.4 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.
\u201cGreat to speak to @AOC on the phone this evening and hear first hand how she\u2019s challenging the status quo.\n\nLet\u2019s build a movement across borders to take on the billionaires, polluters and migrant baiters, and support a happier, freer and cleaner planet.\u201d— Jeremy Corbyn (@Jeremy Corbyn) 1549229743
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."
\u201cIt was an honor to share such a lovely and wide-reaching conversation with you, @jeremycorbyn!\n\nAlso 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.\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1549238327
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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