She ain't an imperialist, donno what to tell you all.

https://twitter.com/GuillaumeLong/status/1329836004287639554

  • JoeySteel [comrade/them]
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    The only time she ever used the word "bourgeois" was to attack socialists for reading

    Shes a lib, easily one the best libs in North America and Europe

    But dont piss in my face and tell me its raining

    And y'all motherfuckers claiming the Bolivan flag shit was an op when an antiwar activist whos been active since iraq war says the below

    We were not contacted. For weeks. After pressing the issue, always taking care to remain courteous and respectful of process, we were subjected to a galling and contemptuous bureaucratic runaround that sometimes felt like applying to – and being rejected by – an exclusive private school.

    This three-month process involved repeated visits to her office, where our reception ranged from chilly to downright intimidating, endless emails and telephone calls, bureaucratic excuses and dissimulations, and eventually, after much persistence on our part, a half-hour vetting via conference call by a Washington staffer.

    The result? As we say in Queens, bubkes.

    By contrast, a group of imperialist sympathizers who had been promoting the coup for months were granted instant access. On November 16, four days after the military coup that destroyed Bolivian democracy, Ocasio-Cortez met with a group of pro-Áñez, pro-Camacho activists led by one Ana Carola Traverso. Traverso’s connections to the Bolivian coup plotters have been extensively documented online.

    In sum, a gang of coup supporters, not constituents, were granted instant access, a photo op and promises of ongoing support. Actual constituents, opposing the coup, were shown the door.

    Our reception by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez was radically different from that I received from her predecessor, Joe Crowley. When, in 2004, I requested a meeting on behalf of the Queens Antiwar Coalition, we were granted prompt and respectful access to the Congressman. We did not have high hopes of changing his vote on the Iraq, but we felt it was important that he hear from his constituents.

    https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/02/14/ocasio-cortez-to-constituents-on-bolivian-coup-drop-dead/

      • JoeySteel [comrade/them]
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        Socialism is when you have zero socialist policies, enter a capitalist party then fail to get healthcare for the parasitic labour aristocracy in the imperialist heartland whilst providing cover for radlibs to vote for a war criminal monster rapist

          • JoeySteel [comrade/them]
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            Its when you grift radlibs into voting for a capitalist political party with a war criminal rapist that imprisoned a generation of blacks

            And the more votes you can get of radlibs to vote for a capitalist party, the more socialister it is

              • JoeySteel [comrade/them]
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                Sorry comrade im not very well read in theory so ill just check Aocs twitter for latest development in revolutionary theory

                https://mobile.twitter.com/AOC/status/1127270688925134849

                Socialism is when you tax the rich

    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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      Also from that article:

      We were greeted warmly in [Crowley's] rather funky local office – a striking contrast with AOC’s soulless corporate-style digs, where underlings refer to her as “the Boss” – and were encouraged to speak our piece. Crowley never pretended to be an opponent of US imperialism, but he gave us a respectful hearing, stated his position, and engaged in what felt like meaningful discussion of the war. At a minimum, as Twitter’s bluecheck pundits would say, we felt “seen.”

      They're saying that they prefer an openly-imperialist politician who's friendly over a less-friendly politician who made some material progress towards keeping U.S. weapons away from the coup government. That's poor judgment to say the least.

      None of this shit -- not her statements, not her office decoration, not her photo ops -- matters half as much as what she actually does.

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        AOC also supports US imperialism

        https://www.leftvoice.org/aoc-lines-up-with-pelosi-bolton-and-trump-in-support-of-coup-attempt-in-venezuela

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          I defer to caucus leadership on how we navigate this.” That was how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. Representative for New York’s 14th congressional district, responded to a question by the National Review about how she views the US-orchestrated coup attempt in Venezuela.

          Zero substantive support, then. It's a non-answer to a bait question; she's not even on a foreign relations committee.

      • JoeySteel [comrade/them]
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        Exactly....like meeting with fash and having a photo op during a coup

        Glad you see my point

        • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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          Caring more about a photo op than a bill to keep weapons away from a coup government is pretty :LIB: