Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Biggest Fight
The Mother Jones Podcast
Mother Jones
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🗓️ 9 January 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
WTF is the Green New Deal? Washington D.C. is awash with talk of a polarizing plan to fight climate change, as freshman Democrats like U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez turn up the pressure on party leaders to take urgent action. Today, we take a historical look at the Green New Deal, beginning with Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s depression-era economic jumpstart, and trace how ideas of environmental justice and the green economy have evolved across subsequent presidencies. To help us assess the challenges ahead, we’re joined by Vien Truong, CEO of Green for All, an advocacy group that’s championed the Green New Deal for more than a decade, and Mother Jones climate reporter Rebecca Leber, who’s been following the deal’s newfound momentum.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Mother Jones Podcast. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm Jamila King in New York. |
| 0:04.0 | On today's show, |
| 0:08.0 | on today's show, a new year, a brand new Congress. |
| 0:17.0 | And if you're paying attention, which I know you have been, |
| 0:20.0 | you can't avoid these three words. |
| 0:24.0 | Green New Deal. |
| 0:25.0 | Green New Deal. |
| 0:27.0 | The Green New Deal. |
| 0:29.0 | And its stunning sudden arrival |
| 0:32.0 | with great fanfare in Washington DC. But what is it and why |
| 0:37.2 | is it suddenly on everyone's lips? We'll give you everything you need to know about |
| 0:42.2 | its history, the politics of when and if it could get across the line, |
| 0:47.0 | and what's next in the fight to finally confront climate change. Could this be the start of a new era in climate activism? |
| 0:57.0 | Stick around. Over on our Instagram page, one video has been going crazy, as it has been going crazy. been shirt dancing on a rooftop with friends. Having a ball it seems spinning and |
| 1:25.7 | grinning a totally infectious homage to the breakfast club. |
| 1:32.4 | A Twitter user to the breakfast club. |
| 1:34.3 | A Twitter user posted this video last week. |
| 1:37.2 | An apparent attempt to embarrass the new congresswoman from New York, |
| 1:41.4 | Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, who has seemingly overnight become a magnet |
| 1:47.1 | for ridiculous right-wing fury and befutlement. |
| 1:50.1 | Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is living rent-free in the minds of many conservatives |
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