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A decade ago Occupy reframed US political debate, trained a generation of activists, and served as a dress rehearsal for movements that followed
April 27, 2021 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses supporters during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, 2020. (Photo by Brittany Greeson/Getty Images) While running for Congress in 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was fond of saying “Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.” It was the sounding note of her two-minute, campaign-defining ad, produced for $10,000 by democratic socialists in Detroit. By “a woman like me,” Ocasio-Cortez meant something specific: a woman born to the working class, in a place (the Bronx) where “your ZIP ...