AOC Slams Rubio’s Pro-West Speech & Calls for ‘Class Based Internationalism’

EXCERPT:

OCASIO-CORTEZ: “I believe the Mexicans and descendants of African enslaved peoples would like to have a word on that. But, you know, I think it’s also important to note how thin that foundation is. Culture is changing. Culture always changed. Culture, for the entire history of human civilization, has been a fluid evolving thing that is a response to the conditions that we live in. And so, they want to take this mantle of culture. At the end of the day, though, is — you know, it is very thin. And so, the response that we have to have is, again, it’s material. It’s class-based, it’s common interest. There was certainly more openness to what I was saying than probably there would be in years past. We can’t underestimate the appeal of going back to these well-worn grooves. A lot of what we talk about when we talk about a class-based internationalist perspective also means ending the hypocrisy towards the global South.”