the way that we create urgency on the issue of climate is when we have people all across the world in the streets — in the streets — showing up, dema… - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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the way that we create urgency on the issue of climate is when we have people all across the world in the streets — in the streets — showing up, demanding change and demanding a cessation of what is killing us. We have to send the message that some of us are going to be living on this planet 30, 40, 50 years from now, and we will not take “no” for an answer. Climate must be a centerpiece of inside and outside organizing, an electoral and a popular force that cannot be ignored. This issue is one of the issues, the biggest issue of our time, and because of that, we must be too big and too radical to ignore.

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About Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born October 13, 1989) is an American politician and educator. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, elected on November 6, 2018. She is the youngest woman to serve in Congress in the history of the United States. Ocasio-Cortez is a proponent of LGBTQ rights and LGBTQ equality.

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Alternative Names: AOC Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Ocasio Cortez Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez Sandy Ocasio
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