New Dealers Reborn

On this week’s episode of The Open Mind, we welcome the Justice Democrats’ executive director, Alexandra Rojas. When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did the improbable and defeated an incumbent party leader and possible successor to the next speaker of the house. It was because of a new movement of dedicated Democratic Party activists. They call themselves the Justice Democrats, their mandate: it"s time to usher in a new generation of diverse working class leaders into the Democratic Party, a party that fights for its voters, not corporate donors, it"s platform emphasizes popular initiatives that Senator Sanders champion during the ‘16 campaign, ones increasingly adopted across the party today, a Green New Deal, a Living Wage, Medicare for All, Free College Tuition, criminal justice reform, immigrant rights, and a ban on corporate PAC money. Representative Ocasio-Cortez alongside three other newly elected House Justice Democrats are already influencing the trajectory of House leadership, including a proposal for a Green New Deal Select Committee.