The headlines in the corporate media after the Democratic primary victory of
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York’s 14th congressional district on June 26 often omitted her name in favor of touting the loss by her opponent, establishment Democrat Joseph Crowley, whom the corporate media did name. Brushing aside the intentional or unintentional slight of the
old boys’ club in the corporate media and Democratic party establishment, the victory of
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez in the
14th district in New York, a district encompassing the eastern Bronx and part of the Queens boroughs of New York City, was a major step forward for the
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), of which she is a member.
Fox News blowhard Sean Hannity posted
the following list on his television show of the points in Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s platform, no doubt with the idea of horrifying his viewers with her plan for destroying America, if not all of western civilization:
- Medicare for all
- Housing as a human right
- A federal jobs guarantee
- Gun control / Assault weapons ban
- Criminal justice reform / End private prisons
- Immigration justice / Abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Solidarity with Puerto Rico
- Mobilizing against climate change
- Clean campaign finance
- Higher education for all
- Women’s rights
- Support LGBTQIA+
- Support seniors
- Curb Wall Street gambling / Restore Glass Steagall
Actually, that all sounds pretty good! Thanks, Mr. Hannity! With that agenda, it’s no wonder Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the DSA are worrying not only the retrograde part of the electorate represented by Sean Hannity, but the Democratic Party establishment lately represented by Joseph Crowley. Let’s look forward to that agenda catching on with voters and being pushed by them across the country in areas beyond the Democratic Party stronghold of New York’s 14th congressional district.
— Ed.